Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are some examples of measured gains versus the previous 335.23 WHQL driver:
GeForce GTX 700 Series (Single GPU):
- Up to 64% in Total War: Rome II
- Up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 23% in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 21% in Star Swarm
- Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Origins
- Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 8% in Hitman Absolution
- Up to 7% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
- Up to 6% in F1 2013
- GeForce GTX 700 Series (SLI):
- Up to 71% in Total War: Rome II
- Up to 53% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 45% in Aliens vs. Predator
- Up to 31% in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 20% in CoD: Black Ops 2
- Up to 10% in Hitman Absolution
- Up to 9% in F1 2013
- Up to 7% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 6% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham Origins
- SLI Technology
- Total War: Rome II – added profile
- War Thunder – added profile
- Watch Dogs – updated profile
- Diablo III – updated profile
New in GeForce 337.88 Game Ready WHQL drivers
- Game Ready - This 337.88 Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you'll have the best possible gaming experience for Watch Dogs.
- Performance – Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games compared with the previous 335.23 WHQL. Significant CPU overhead reductions in the driver result in performance gains that will often favor CPU-bottlenecked situations. Per usual, results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings.
- Sample titles with performance gains of 10% or more since 335.23 WHQL*
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- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- F1 2013
- Hitman Absolution
- Sniper v2
- DiRT 3
- Just Cause 2
- Team Fortress 2
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- Call of Duty: Ghosts
- Sleeping Dogs
- Hitman Absolution
- Thief
- World of Tanks
- Just Cause 2
- Team Fortress 2
- StarSwarm
System Configuration Used:
GeForce GTX 780Ti SLI, 335.23 WHQL, 337.88 WHQL, Intel Core i7 4770K, 16GB, Win8.1 x64
- 4K Displays – 337.88 WHQL offers full support for both MST and SST 4K displays
- SLI Technology
- Watch Dogs – updated profile
- Wildstar – added profile
- Windborne – added profile
- Sniper Elite 3 – added profile
- Smite – added profile
- Icarus – added profile
- Daylight – added profile
- Dark Souls II – added profile
- Call of Duty: Online – added profile
- Bound by Flame – updated profile
- World of Tanks – updated profile
- Everquest: Landmark – updated profile
- Planetside 2 – updated profile
- Gaming Technology
- Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ technology
- Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ Twitch Streaming
- SHIELD
- Supports NVIDIA GameStream™ technology
- 3D Vision
- Supports new “3D Compatibility Mode” for 3D Vision that enables us to improve the 3D experience for many key DirectX 10 and 11 games.
- 3D Vision Profiles
- Goat Simulator – rated “Excellent”
- MXGP – rated “Good”
- Call of Duty:Online – rated “Good”
- Dark Souls II – rated “Good”
- DayZ – rated “Good”
- Halo: Spartan Assault – rated “Good”
- Loadout – rated “Fair”
- 3D Vision Profiles
We have a discussion thread open on this driver right here. The final release notes are still pending though. We will update this post later.