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    nVidia 290.36 Driver (28.11)

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by WaffleBoy, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. WaffleBoy

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    Graphics Driver - Verde 290.36 Driver - GeForce released like 1 hour ago I think.

    INJOY!!!



    Post your performance! before and after!

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    The new NVIDIA GeForce 290.36 beta drivers are now available to download. Recommended for gamers diving into Batman: Arkham City , the drivers also add official support for Ambient Occlusion in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Furthermore, a Battlefield 3 fix is included to combat the random appearance of triangular artifacts, a SLI shadow bug is stamped out in Crysis 2, and Settlers 7 corruption is eliminated.

    On the tech side, the 290.36 beta drivers enable NVIDIA Surround on newly-released X79 SLI-certified motherboards, and native 3D Vision DisplayPort 1.1 connections are now possible on BenQ XL2420T and BenQ XL2420TX monitors.

    Ambient Occlusion

    As mentioned, the 290.36 beta drivers now allow for the use of Ambient Occlusion directly through the control panel in the two most popular titles of the moment: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.


    More info and compares here:

    Guide how to make a better quallity:

    Articles: NVIDIA GeForce 290.36 Beta Drivers Released - GeForce

    Bug Fixes:

    Fixes random flickering as Windows boot logo is loading or fading away.
    Fixes corruption in Crysis 2 with SLI and lower quality shadow settings.
    Fixes ability to set Surround resolutions to 5760x1080 using custom resolutions.
    Fixes some random instances of triangular artifacts when playing Battlefield 3.
    Fixes corruption and flickering of some objects in Battlefield 3 in the New York single-player level when anti-aliasing is enabled.
    Fixes corruption seen in Settlers 7 with the NVIDIA 275.33 drivers.
    Fixes playback of videos or live TV using Window Media Center resulting in a black screen.
    Fixes the issue where 1920x1080 @60Hz PC resolution mode switched down to @59Hz.
    Fixes mouse cursor flickering and shaking in Crysis 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Deus Ex and Civilization V when SLI is enabled when using 3DTV Play.
     
    WaffleBoy, Nov 28, 2011
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  2. Catzoo

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    Nothing about BF3 performance improvement :/
     
    Catzoo, Nov 28, 2011
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  3. WaffleBoy

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    The driver focuses more about the quallity. I will install it more 2 minutes (download)

    will see...
     
    WaffleBoy, Nov 28, 2011
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    thanks man..
     
    iNUKE, Nov 28, 2011
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  5. sl0519

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    Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 3 is worse than before, 10 fps less in average I would say.
     
    sl0519, Nov 29, 2011
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  6. WaffleBoy

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    Umm, the shadow better, flowers... a bit better.(Skyrim)
    Same FPS.
     
    WaffleBoy, Nov 29, 2011
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  7. Catzoo

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    So it goes from 100 to 90 ? :D
     
    Catzoo, Nov 29, 2011
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