Nvidia BETA 306.02 Notebook drivers

UPDATE:
this issue with the wrong drivers downloading has now been reported to Nvidia and confirmed as a fault on their part.

they apologize and will get it rectified as soon as possible.

both links below are correct and safe to use



Nvidia BETA 306.02 Notebook Drivers released Monday 27th August


64bit Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit http://www.nvidia.com/content/Drive...t-international-beta.exe&lang=us&type=GeForce


32bit Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 8 NVIDIA DRIVERS 306.02BETA



Release Notes pdf http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/306.02/306.02-win8-win7-winvista-notebook-release-notes.pdf

 

awesome! weird how the release notes dont really differ much from 304.79

 

anyone try them out yet?

 

i will in 3 hours when i get off work

 

after update my GTX680M the latest driver, two issues remaining:
1. there's still no TXAA option.
2. in Sync option, the Adaptive Vertical Sync is gone, only left with on/off/override any application setting

Anyone can explain please?

 

1. TXAA option is only enabled as an in-game option when the game supports it (Secret World).

2. It seems like they have decided to take it out.

 

I am going to try these now, hopefully it won't conflict with the drivers given with to me by Sager.

 

Which is a shame, because it works just perfect in 302.77 - vsync on when needed, vsync off when not.

 

exactly, i just rolled back the driver to 302.96

 

Just downloaded them, they say they're incompatible with my hardware : /

Any suggestions?

 

UPDATE

just been pointed out on the gaming thread. nvidia have fecked up and the 64bit drivers as advertised take you to the 32bit drivers download.

edit:

the 64bit drivers on my first post are now directed to the correct download.

nvidia get your act together.

 

without telling us your hardware that is a little difficult.

adaptive vsync was removed because it was buggy for certain games and created a choppyness that was quite annoying. they are working to reimplement it in future drivers

 

Well, they could simply warn about it and just let us disable this feature if we encounter this issue.

 

realistically maybe 25% of all end users would even know how to turn adaptive vsync off if they were having issues. Most ppl on NBR are more tech savvy then the average individual. nvidia has to cater to the masses

 

Thanks for posting this. I have downloaded the drivers several times not noticing I was getting the 32-bit version. Their website is still mixed up. Your link is great. Thanks!

 

Well I am running a 680M GTX on a Sager NP9170. What other hardware specifications do you mean?

Thank you! I'll have to check your link because I didn't know Nvidia was directing me to the 32 bit version of the drivers until the last minute :O

 

Just had a read of the PDF release notes ...

The 680m is not showing under supported notebook devices? WTH? Or did i miss it?

 

now it should be as this driver now shows up when you do a search for 6xx notebook drivers.

to be honest i havnt had a chance to check the pdf out fully as nvidia has fecked up all their pages with the wrong driver links and as i post these on quite a few forums (of course nbr is always first) ive been back tracking to try and sort their mess out.

its not until you got to the licence agreement page that the download showed 32bit. ive seen messups from them before but this takes the biscuit.

 

Nvidia's 306.02 Together with Intel GFX .2817 I got another Performance Boost!
PC MARK 7: 5229
3DMARK11: 6237
3DMARK VANTAGE: 26398

 

What is the process for installing this on a Clevo book? I understand that they GPU is shared on chip with the Intel one and when playing around with beta drivers for the 7970m I had a host of issues. Is this just a standard install package? Or do I have to check "3d driver" only during a custom install or something?

I'm new to the Nvidia fold Any help would be appreciated.

 

Hi Peekachu

very good point. i would also like to know this as a new owner myself of the 680 graphics card.

in the past i would suggest a manual clean install in safe mode but like you im not sure now.
with nvidia in the past its just the driver you would install and all the other files would auto update. im guessing its the same now but its best for someone else to confirm this.

 

I just go to add/remove programs and remove nvidia stuff. then i restart and install the new driver. has worked for me very well for the last couple of years.

I dont like driversweeper etc in switchable graphics systems. sometimes it works like a charm but other times it messes something up and i cant get my system to run properly.

 

Is anyone using the updated Clevo driver (302.92) that was recently posted on their site? Looks like folks are doing fine with this 306.02 beta but why would one not use the Clevo drivers? Just curious about it and wanted to ask prior to updating.

 

someone on here tried that driver which gave better readings and then he tried this one which was better still.

 

UPDATE:

this issue with the wrong drivers downloading has now been reported to Nvidia and confirmed as a fault on their part.

they apologize and will get it rectified as soon as possible.

both links at the beginning of this thread are correct and safe to use.

 

Anyone try installing the new drivers OVER the old ones?

 

i always uninstall the old driver first. minimizes room for error and maximizes performance

 

i actually asked the Nvidia Tech support guy and he said this:

 

Hey guys, although my lappy is an Alienware I am running clevo cards, yet its still telling me it can't find compatible hardware? Running 2 680m's in SLI. Any ideas?

 

You might want to check if your hardware ID is shown as PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_00001558.

If you do see four 0's then you'll need to get a modded driver or modify the driver yourself everytime you want to install a new driver.

 

Under device manager I found these device ID's for the 680m.

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_048F1028&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_048F1028
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&CC_0300

None of which match what you posted. So I assume I have to modify the drivers myself. Which file should I modify and which ID should I add?

Edit: Well I just opened up the INF from my original drivers, copied the entire device list and pasted it in the new INF and it has installed everything perfectly, thanks for all the help guys.

 

Are you sure those are Clevo cards? Sub vendor ID 1028 is Dell by the way

Checked 306.02, there are 4 dell GTX680M in it but there's no PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_048F1028

If they are originally made by Clevo, then your laptop couldn't read the hardware ID correctly. If it's a Clevo card, go to C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\306.02\Win8_WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver and open up nvcv.inf. Ctrl + F to bring up the search box and paste this into it:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_71021558

You should be able to find it under the section [NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.0] and [NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1] and also [NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.2]. Three results total. Now for all 3 you can either delete &SUBSYS_71021558 or modify the 71021558 into 048F1028. Either way works. Once you finish editing, save the inf and run the setup.exe.


But if it's originally a Dell card, do this:

Find nvdm.inf under C:\NVIDIA\DisplayDriver\306.02\Win8_WinVista_Win7_64\International\Display.Driver and open it. Then bring up the search box and paste this into the box:

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_11A0&SUBSYS_05801028


And search the string. You should find only 2 results out of it right under the [NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1] and [NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.2] section.

Delete &SUBSYS_05801028 or modify 05801028 into 048F1028 for both of them, save .inf and run setup.exe.

All the file paths above are the default extracting directory for drivers downloaded from NVIDIA.

Edit: Looks like you got it solved

 

Thanks for all the help. I bought the cards from Eurocom an their each 4GB. Maybe something weird happens when you install them on an Alienware setup. All I know is the cards work perfectly
Lol. I'll give your suggestions a try just for the heck of it and see if it works. If it does I'll do the same if I encounter the issue again instead of copying the entire device list from one inf to the other.


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yes, over 304.79. no problems so far. i would guess this is how nvidia imagines the majority of its users will update.

 

Thanks so much hackness, although my method worked GPU-Z was acting weird and not displaying the gpu name correctly, the first steps you recommended for the clevo cards worked perfectly and now GPU-Z is reading the card name correctly, but its weird its detecting the card's vendor as dell when the device has 4GB of ram and was bought from Eurocom. You think they might have flashed my cards or something?

 

i'm using the Clevo driver 302.92, and it's working very well.
the adaptive sync is available under this driver.

 

GPU-Z's reading is also affected by the model you are using, this only happens when you cross sub vender , your card has the original vbios, just it depends on whether the hardware ID is presented correctly, if it's incorrectly then we have to take the incorrect hardware ID and modify the driver with it.

 

306.02 crashes BF3 for me constantly...

 

306.02 working great for me so far.. Can't really attest to better performance since I flashed non-stock firmware on my 680m which boots at 900/1100.. I don't have BF3 to test with, but Guild Wars 2 is working as it did before.. can't say if these drivers are actually smoother or not - GW2 doesn't run great as it is.. even though it tells me i'm running at 80 fps at near max settings (shadows and post processing kill our 680m) it still feels sluggish at times.

 

Installed over the old ones and checked off clean install. No problems so far. Witcher 2 on the default drivers I was getting some weird stuttering, but now it is gone and running smooth as butter. GW2 seems to be a lot smoother for me as well. I will give a few other games a try later today after work. Particularly BF3 & Batman: AC

 

Im in the same boat. Getting crashes every 10-20 mins. Otherwise, peformance is great!

 

New drivers are out and they work beautifully - GW 2. 60 (capped) FPS in GW 2 with everything at max. The lowest I've seen is 30 FPS during WvWvW with like 50+ people on each of three sides slinging spells. Incredible.

 

could you post your feedback for the WHQL > http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/688137-nvidia-whql-306-23-notebook-drivers.html

 

Has anyone with the 650M or 670M tried a DX11 game with these new drivers? They have not worked for me.

 

you wont get a reply here as this is an old page for the beta drivers