- NVIDIA FXAA Technology shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA.
- NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync dynamically enables vertical sync based on your current frame rates for the smoothest gaming experience. Adaptive VSync is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
- NVIDIA Frame Rate Target dynamically adjusts frame rate to a user specified target. Support for this feature is enabled via third party applications via NVAPI.
- NVIDIA Surround Technology Adds the following new Surround capabilities. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.
- Add in a fourth accessory display to get access to your email, web, or other applications while you game.
- Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode (enabled by default).
- Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display (enabled by default).
- Enable bezel peeking a feature which enables users to temporarily peek behind the monitor bezels using a hotkey (Ctrl + Alt + B). This feature is designed to be used in conjunction with bezel corrected resolutions.
- Add or remove resolutions from the list of Surround resolutions (only those selected will be available to applications).
- Full center display acceleration for single wide display modes (center display must be connected to the master GPU).
- NVIDIA SLI Technology Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
- Alan Wake
- Call of Juarez: The Cartel
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
- Left 4 Dead
- Orcs Must Die!
- Portal 2
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
- Risen 2: Dark Waters
- The Darkness II
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- Crusader Kings II
- Max Payne 3
- Sniper Elite V2
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- NVIDIA 3D Vision Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
- All Zombies Must Die! rated Fair
- Ghosts 'n Goblins Online rated Good
- Oil Rush rated 3D Vision Ready
- Postal III rated Good
- Rayman Origins rated Good
- SevenCore rated Fair
- Stacking rated Good
- Unigine Heaven Benchmark v3.0 rated 3D Vision Ready
- Wargame: European Escalation rated Good
- Warp rated Good
- Wings of Prey rated Fair
- Krater rated Poor
- Adams Venture Episode 1- rated Poor
- Blacklight: Retribution rated Poor
- The Darkness II updated in-game recommended settings
- Depth Hunter updated profile
- Dirt: Showdown rated Good
- Passion Leads Army Benchmark rated 3D Vision Ready
- Resident Evil: Operating Raccoon City Rated Fair
- rFactor 2 changed rating to 3D Vision Ready
- Trackmania 2: Canyon rated Fair
- Unigine 3.0 Heaven Benchmark updated profile
- World of Tanks changed rated to Excellent.
Other Details
- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.12.0.
- Supports OpenGL 4.2
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2
- Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here.
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