is this the fix you are talking about?
Key Fixes
- Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
- Fixes an issue where some manufacturer's factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
- Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
its clearly written in release notes if you would like to read them.
GeForce 306.23 Driver WHQL
Release Date September 13, 2012Release Highlights:
This is the first WHQL-certified driver from the R304 family of drivers (304.xx to 306.xx) and the first WHQL-certified GeForce driver to combine support for Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista into a single driver package.
This is the recommended driver for the upcoming blockbuster PC games Borderlands 2 with PhysX and 3D Vision technology and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria with 3D Vision and DirectX 11 support.
New in R304 Drivers:
- GPU Support
- Adds support for GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, and GeForce GTX 650.
- Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
- Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
- NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
- The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.
- TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
- Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
- Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
GeForce GTX 560:
- Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
- Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
- Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
- NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
- Borderlands 2 – added
- Darksiders 2 – added
- End of Nations - added
- F1 2011 – updated
- F1 2012 – added
- Final Fantasy XIV – updated
- Nexuiz - added
- Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
- PlanetSide 2 - updated
- Saints Row: The Third – updated
- Shogun 2: Total War – updated
- Sleeping Dogs – updated from latest beta
- Spec Ops: The Line - added
- The Secret World - updated
- Torchlight II - added
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
- Tornado Force - added
- Tribes: Ascend – updated
- NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
- Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended
- A New Dawn – rated Fair
- All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good
- ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair
- Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent
- Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings
- Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready
- Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
- Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
- Dishonored – rated Good
- End of Nations – rated Good
- London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair
- Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent
- Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
- Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
- Raiderz – rated Fair
- Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready
- SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair
- Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready
- Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good
- Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good
- Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair
- The Secret World – rated Good
- The Walking Dead – rating Good
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – rated Excellent
- Other Profile Updates
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online
- Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
- NVIDIA Surround
- Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.
- NVIDIA CUDA
- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
- Key Fixes
- Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
- Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
- Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
Additional Details
- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.
- Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
- Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.
I never felt the need to post in this thread but i do this time. My Index score jumped 2 points and i do feel thing are working better overall. Certainly not any worse as of yet.
I just updated Drivers to GeForce 306.23 Driver. I'm getting very bad Video playback in IE & FF. Video is flickering non-stop while trying to play in both Browsers. In FF it's flickering from the video to "green screen" and in IE it's "black screen". It's only in Browser.....videos on Youtube, Yahoo, and here. I can play videos with vlc just fine.
If I can not figure it out I'll be jumping back to old Driver.
Anyone else getting this after updating??
EDIT: I just refreshed WEI and I have gone from 7.8 to 7.5!!
You don't seem to be having much luck with drivers lately Jeepman do ya! iirc you score dropped by 1 point last time and now a further 3 points!
The new drivers are working fine for me, videos just fine on youtube and yahoo.
Hi Jeepman, I updated to them yesterday I have noticed scan lines flickering in WMC up to now. I did get a.2 boost in WEI.
I was using the beta version of that driver set and no problem whatsoeverI may reinstall the beta version by the end of today!!
I guess that's the trade off for the Higher WEI Results. I'd rather it work than have Higher WEI results
Thanks for the feedback - Ant
Yup lately that is my luck..... You do recall right, it was 2 point last time but I got 1 back by switching my cards to both x16 slots instead of the x8/x16 I ran at first. Never got the other 1 back but things were running good so I let it go. (It's just a wei score)
Now this time I've dropped 3 points. So in all I've now dropped 4 points
from 7.9 to 7.5.
I'm in the process of uninstalling, sweeping and re-installing the NEW Drivers to see if it was a glitch or not. So we will see in a few......
EDIT: So after the uninstall/sweep/install of the NEW Drivers...... My WEI is now back at 7.8 (see pic).
Now what I have figured out is.... Everything works fine on 1 monitor, everything works fine running SLI on 3 monitors(setting: "Activate All Displays") but if I run SLI "Nvidia Surround" I get all the video flickering?
I'm gonna let it go for now and see what happens
Anyone one else run Nvidia Surround?
Any ideas?
Last edited by jeepmann4x4; 14 Sep 2012 at 04:12.
I'm still on 285.62 driver's with my GTX 560 as when i tried the 301's in the past they caused my graphics card to reach temps of 100 degrees C when gaming. Instantly removed them and went back to these 285's and not had a single problem since.
I know it wasn't a fan profile problem because the first thing i always do is check that my EVGA Precision software is up to date and working correctly. It just seemed strange that even though the right profile was running for my card it reached such temps. Now with these 285 driver's i'm using i never see temps go over 60 degrees no matter what i do.
I'll stick to what i know works for me and my hardware and even if the newer one's did supply a little bit of an FPS boost in some games i can't say i'm all that fussed :)
I gave up on the NEW 306.23 Drivers...and just went back to my trusted 301.42 Drivers... Oh well maybe next time...
Quote