Nvidia Verde Driver v275.33 WHQL Released

Didn't see a post on this yet:

NVIDIA DRIVERS 275.33 WHQL

 

Looks like they've fixed the Witcher 2 3D vision bug but not done any performance tweaks for it

 

Does it work straight up or do you have to use a modified inf.

 

These are certified WHQL drivers. They will work as-is on M11x R2 / R3 systems, but will probably need some kind of mod for M11x R1.

 

^^THIS^^

Will give it a try tonight.

 

Assuming these are the same as the 275.27 BETA's then will work fine with the R1 as long you run discrete mode only.

I will see if I have time to give these a whirl tonight, I don't expect anything moving from 275.27.

 

Downloading at the moment. I will probably give it a try with a number of games that I am playing at the moment.

Hopefully this graphic card works well with Bioshock 2 which some previous versions failed to do so...

Hope this also works for GTA IV Episodes from Liberty City !

EDIT:

I am definitely feeling game play improvement for GTA IV Episodes from Liberty City.
I have been running the game with all setting to medium and AAx4. Increased FPS by 5~10 for me.

 

I agree. I think they may be more stable than beta drivers maybe?

I'll give em a try and see.

 

WHQL drivers are, of course, much more stable.
There are reasons why it is called beta, you know.

 

Can anyone confirm that these will install on a R3 without inf mod? The beta 275.27 did not. Thanks.

 

I can confirm that they install without a modified inf

 

Thanks drkfire

 

Driver works great, but I find I need to be overclocked in the BIOS to get decent performance on most games now. It wasn't like this on previous drivers. I'm not complaining, but it's something I've noticed.

 

Interesting. After installing this driver, my "Desktop Performance for Windows Aero" score went from 3.1 to 5.5.

What the heck did Nvidia do?!?!

I've been keeping up with every release, and this is the first where I've seen anything above 3.1-3.3. Last time, it went down .2!

 

how do left 4 dead 2 and tf2 work on these drivers? i have the beta ones currently, there's no harm in upgrading right?

 

180 megs. jeez.

 

How should I understand this? Is it mean that performance on CPU-depend games would be increased?

 

I'll explain in my situation.

It means that whenever I play any games that require more than my processor i7 640UM, I will be able to play with slightly higher performance by using this driver. These games include GTA IV, Fable III, Starcraft II and etc.

The maximum performance increase, according to Nvidia, can be 12%.

 

Oh no. Mine went from 3.1 to 5.3. This is very sad.
The following is my current WEI.

Processor: 5.5
Memory: 5.5
Graphics: 5.3
Gaming Graphics: 6.5
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

 

I went from 3.6 to 5.3

Processor: 5.9
Memory: 5.9
Graphics: 5.3
Gaming Graphics: 6.5
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

 

Anyone having any luck with Heroes of Newerth i tried the beta version and hon would start but it would not be usuing the 335m just seeing if this driver helps any or any tips

 

I was actually going to do some stress tests on these new drivers but I have run into the issue that the driver is saying I have no compatible hardware found. Safe mode, non-safe mode, with and without intel drivers, no matter what I try to do the nvidia driver will not see my 335m. Anyone else running into this with the new drivers? Its a new issue for me considering my last 20 installs of drivers have gone without a hitch.

 

Super smooth performance for Fable 3 and Sims 3 (all expansions) now. I'm pretty impressed!

 

I'm excited about the extra performance in CPU dependant games.

Any luck with TW2??

 

This driver is great, no more glitches in Fable 3 and frame rate definitely increase in StarCraft 2. I will test my Win7 score and report back

Before:
Processor: 4.8
Memory: 5.6
Graphics: 2.8
Gaming Graphics: 6.4
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

After:
Processor: 4.8
Memory: 5.6
Graphics: 5.3
Gaming Graphics: 6.5
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9


And there're 2 new options in Red Faction setting, ambiance something and sun shaft. I think it was hidden or unavailable in previous 264.xx driver.

Love u nvidia

 

now that's interesting....

 

really? I just updated my WEI and I'm still on the 275.27 betas and it went up to 5.3. so the 275.33 drivers didn't start it!



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I just updated to 275.33 and I can't get Civ5 to start properly anymore. Goes to black screen on start-up in both DX9 and DX10/11 modes.

Also the stupid GPU activity icon won't go away! If I untick it, it comes back as soon as I right-click the desktop or open the nVidia control panel or start a game...

 

hmm that's concerning. I'll hold off on updating then; I play Civ 5 and don't want to have to roll back the drivers just to play it. Thx for the info.

 

Wow, my Areo and Gfx score are both 6.6 on my R1, not sure what drivers I got. Sys Info says Driver Ver 197.12

 

I'm also still on 275.27 but just re-ran my WEI and got the nice bump.

CPU: 6.2
RAM: 6.2
Aero: 5.3 (was 2.2 before)
Gaming graphics: 6.5
HDD: 5.9 (My SSD gives 7.9 rating)

 

I installed these and although Civ V works fine for me, it does up League of Legends. Frame rate is really choppy and the game itself crashes if you alt-tab out of it.

Edit: I decided to reinstall these drivers after a clean sweep/install, however the crashes keep occurring on League of Legends, I think its either a client issue or an Optimus issue. I guess I'll have to wait for another update, in the meantime, which driver should I use instead as I was using 267.76 before.

 

Have only had a chance to test a few games on the new drivers, but Dawn of War II Retribution's Performance Test actually drops in framerate on the same settings with the new drivers. It's not a hugely significant drop, but it's consistently there on repeated tests.

Edit: This is on an R3 i7 mind you. Average frame rate drop is 2 fps, but much larger on minimum framerate figures on DoWII: Retribution.

 

With the new drivers I've had zero problems with my R3 i7 running Civ5 using the DX 10/11 option. Runs like buttah! Haven't tested DX9.

 

Since I updated to new driver, It seems like I can't add programs or games to white-list anymore, anyone has this issue???

Edit: Actually not all the games can't be added to white-list. Those not working are some Japanese games, although it still works in previous driver.

 

cool! guess i will give it a shot. thanks!

EDIT:

Can't load Civ 5 now; same issue as when I had my original drivers. My WEI got bumped up from 5.4 to 5.9 though

 

Are you having the same issue as me? Where it just goes to a black screen and nothing happens (sometimes you can see the cursor but that's it). Strange how it's only an issue for some configs despite us all having R3's.

I'm back to 270.61 and Civ5 works fine again.

 

That's so strange... everything works perfectly for me. The only change from the stock configuration I've made is upgrading the RAM to 8 gb (2x4gb Corsair sticks) but I don't see how that would make a difference with the new drivers at all.

 

Civilization V Support

Seems there are others having issues... potentially this fix might help?

Might be an optimus issue.. out of curiosity, sasquatchimo do you have Civ5 whitelisted in your nvidia control panel?

 

Yep same issue. I went back to 270.61 and my crack, er, Civ 5 addiction is safe



Oh and mine is whitelisted in nvidia control panel, glacius1. It's a very odd issue - didn't have any other problems w/ games except for that one.
I'll have to try the 'SkipIntroMovie' suggestion at some point; I don't want to mess with my drivers anymore today though.

 

Wow.. Colour me impressed!!

Fable 3, on my settings in a city i'm getting drops to 25fps with lots of NPC around. With an overclock and the new driver, same area 32/35fps!! NICE!

 

Has anyone verified that these drivers work with L4D2 on very high shaders?

I read that the beta ones worked, but I am looking for confirmation on this version before updating. I am still using 260.99 because of my love for L4D2

Thanks,
Stain

 

Yes they do. More than superb. Runs great maxed out with 2x AA.

 

Installed these yesterday and ever since then the GPU Activity icon keeps reappearing in my systray despite the fact that it's not turned on in the NV control panel and despite the fact that I keep "disabling" it from the icon itself. It will go away for a brief period and then returns on its own.

I did a complete uninstall of the 275 beta drivers, rebooted, rebooted again into safe mode and ran Driver Sweeper, rebooted and installed .33 (w/o 3D junk).

Anyone else seeing this?

 

Runs smooth for the games I played this week.
Installed these new drivers by checking the clean install option. That's all.

 

Hmm, I've found that the issue was actually with League of Legends and not the drivers. Seems that the game doesn't play well with 270 series drivers at the moment, but for everything else these drivers are fine.

 

Hey guys, what program do you use to track FPS?

 

I use Fraps

 

Cool, thanks

 

Cool Driver ey peeps.

Seems to make use of the Nvidia GPU properly this time whilst running the WEI tests. Thats cool.

Anyone installed them successfully on the M11x R1? Anything special need to be done before or during installation?
Modded INF required?

Hows performance? Any noticeable improvements?


Cheers.