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    Nvidia WHQL 331.82 Geforce driver released 19th november

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MrDJ, Nov 19, 2013.

  1. MrDJ

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    Nvidia WHQL 331.82 Geforce driver released 19th november

    Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1


    64bit NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 331.82 Driver WHQL



    32bit NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce 331.82 Driver WHQL


    release notes pdf     no direct download. click on Additional information and download from there.


    Release Summary

    This 331.82 Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience in Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag and Need for Speed: Rivals. These Game Ready drivers will also provide performance enhancements in a wide variety of different games.

    New in GeForce R331 Drivers

    Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 50% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:


    GeForce GTX 770/780/TITAN/780Ti:
    Up to 50% in Metro: Last Light
    Up to 26% in Crysis 3
    Up to 18% in Battlefield 4

    SLI Technology
    Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag – updated profile
    Path of Exile – added profile
    Natural Selection – updated profile

    3D Vision
    Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag – "Good"

    Gaming Technology
    Enables GeForce ShadowPlay™ technology
    Call of Duty: Ghosts – added TXAA support (disabled FXAA)
     
    MrDJ, Nov 19, 2013
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    Dang man, they are cranking out the WHQL's.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 19, 2013
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  3. MrDJ

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    they sure are mate. lets just hope they help more people out like the last lot.

    also these Enables GeForce ShadowPlay what everyone is talking about.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 19, 2013
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    Shadowplay worked with the last WHQL on desktop at least.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 19, 2013
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  5. Captmario

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    50% increase in Metro: Last Light..? Seriously?
    Also 26% increase in Crysis 3, that's some serious performance increase if it is, most of the times it's overstated but that's a rather huge increase.
    I'll check them out in Crysis 3 tomorrow
     
    Captmario, Nov 19, 2013
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    Those high % are very particular scenarios, not general rule. That's BS. Each driver release is same % blabla, we'd be at +300% over the initial perf if we listen to nvidia.
     
    Kallogan, Nov 19, 2013
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    " UP TO" are key words here.
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 19, 2013
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  8. Zymphad

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    And READING is the key activity for driver updates. Clearly says the big improvements are for GTX 780, 780 Ti, Titan, whatever you want to call the newly released big desktop guns from Nvidia.
     
    Zymphad, Nov 19, 2013
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  9. octiceps

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    The claims of up to 50% performance improvement are for 4K.
     
    octiceps, Nov 19, 2013
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    And only in SLI.
     
    Cakefish, Nov 19, 2013
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  11. kingyr

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    Had a quick go of these drivers. Ran 3Dmark11, result: -

    331.82 - 6122pts (second run 6125pts)

    314.22 - 6144pts
    331.65 - 6208pts

    All I could try out whilst at work :) hope this helps a little. Laptop spec as per my sig.
     
    kingyr, Nov 19, 2013
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  12. EvoHavok

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    No increase for Crysis 3 on a single 770M, so it's definitely just for 4k and SLI.
     
    EvoHavok, Nov 20, 2013
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