Tal como ayer AMD anuncio sus drivers oficiales Catalyst 11.4, junto a los Catalyst 11.4 Early Preview, ahora NVIDIA hace lo suyo y si bien no anuncia drivers con certificación WHQL, si ha lanzado para los más osados los drivers GeForce 270.51 beta (para desktop y notebooks) que vienen con una tonelada de cambios que pueden ver luego del corte respectivo.
Una de las nuevas características que NVIDIA implementará con estos drivers y versiones posteriores es la integración de un auto actualizador, el cual te notificará cuando haya nuevas versiones disponibles. Lo otro es la integración de los controladores para 3D Vision que ahora son incluido en el paquete de controladores gráficos de NVIDIA. Con los GeForce 270.51 Beta se incluyen la versión v270.47 de los 3D Vision Controller driver.
Hay varias mejoras de rendimiento y mejora en las funcionalidades con las tecnologías graficas y visuales de NVIDIA, las que pueden revisar en el siguiente y extenso sumario.
Performance:
– Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers.
GeForce GTX 580
Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)
Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560×1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)GeForce GTX 560 Ti:
Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)
Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)
Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)
Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)
Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920×1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)
Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)
Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560×1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)
Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560×1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)
Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920×1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)
Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920×1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)Nvidia Update – keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest Nvidia drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com.
Nvidia 3D Vision
– The 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. This driver package includes v270.47 3D Vision Controller driver. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver.
– New features added to 3D Vision window mode
-Adds support for HDMI 1.4 3D TVs when using 3DTV Play software, including DirectX 9 games, Google Earth, and 3DVisionLive.com.
-3D Vision window mode now works with Windows Aero enabled
– New NVIDIA Control Panel option to toggle 3D Vision window mode on or off.– Performance improvements
DirectX 9 applications when using NVIDIA SLI
Better performance using the in-game crosshair for Half-life 2, Left4Dead, and Left4Dead2– Expanded hardware support
– Multiple fixes
– New 3D Vision game profilesNvidia Surround
– Adds 3D Vision Surround support when using 3D Vision monitors with built-in IR emitters
– Increase performance for GeForce 200 series, 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several DirectX 9 PC games.CUDA
– Adds support for applications using CUDA 4.0 features such as Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA) and GPUDirect v2.0.
También están disponibles los mismos drivers, pero para notebooks con GPU NVIDIA, los cuales brindan soporte para las tarjetas graficas GeForce GT 555M, GeForce GT 550M, GeForce GT 540M, GeForce GT 525M, y GeForce GT 520M GPUs, incluyen notificación de actualización, drivers para 3D Vision integrados y mejoras de rendimiento en varios juegos.
ION notebook GPUs.
GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, and 500M-series notebook GPUs.
Quadro 5000M, 2000M and 1000M notebook GPUs.
Quadro NVS-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).
Quadro FX-series notebook GPUs (only those that support DirectX 10 or higher).This driver package also includes the 3D Vision Controller driver.
Adds support for the newly released GeForce GT 555M, GeForce GT 550M, GeForce GT 540M, GeForce GT 525M, and GeForce GT 520M GPUs.
Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers.
NVIDIA Update: This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. NVIDIA Update keeps your PC up-to-date with the latest GeForce drivers by notifying you when a new driver is available and directing you to the driver on www.nvidia.com. When you install a Release 270 or later GeForce driver from www.nvidia.com, you will be presented with the option to install NVIDIA Update.
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GeForce 270.51 beta drivers (Desktop):
Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit – Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit – Windows XP 64-bit – Windows XP 32-bit.
GeForce 270.51 beta drivers (Notebook):
Windows 7 / Vista 32-bit – Windows 7 / Vista 64-bit
* No está demas destacar que estos drivers son beta, sin soporte oficial por parte de NVIDIA.