GeForce 326.80-BETA

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Release Summary

This Game Ready driver offers the best gaming experience for Splinter Cell: Blacklist and is also a recommended driver update for the Windows 8.1 Preview. GeForce R326 drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.
New in GeForce R326 Drivers
  • Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:
  • GeForce GTX 770:
    • Up to 15% in Dirt: Showdown
    • Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
  • GeForce GTX 770 SLI:
    • Up to 19% in Dirt: Showdown
    • Up to 11% in F1 2012
  • SLI Technology
    • Added SLI profile for Spinter Cell: Blacklist
    • Added SLI profile for Batman: Arkham Origins
  • 4K Displays
    • Adds support for additional tiled 4K displays
    • Extended support for tiled 4K features
 

Majic 7

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Tried these today along with the new GPU cooler. Tried them with the only thing I have loaded that doesn't maintain 60FPS, Tomb Raider Benchmark. The game doesn't maintain 60 FPS either with Tress FX. I like the effect but it is a frame rate killer. Still 50, 88, 68 with Tress FX and FXAA. No Tress FX 88, 152, 119. 2X SSAA no Tress FX, 58, 94, 75.4. Works for me.
 
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Tried these today along with the new GPU cooler. Tried them with the only thing I have loaded that doesn't maintain 60FPS, Tomb Raider Benchmark. The game doesn't maintain 60 FPS either with Tress FX. I like the effect but it is a frame rate killer. Still 50, 88, 68 with Tress FX and FXAA. No Tress FX 88, 152, 119. 2X SSAA no Tress FX, 58, 94, 75.4. Works for me.


It takes sli to get 60fps minimum in Tomb Raider at 1440p+.

Max settings with FXAA at 1440p gives me:

75.7 min, 98.1 avg, and 124.5 max

2xSSAA drops the frame rate to 55min, 75avg, 98 max.
 

RussianSensation

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It takes sli to get 60fps minimum in Tomb Raider at 1440p+.

But TR is a slow 3rd person action-adventure game. Those type of games don't need 60 fps minimum. At 60 fps average they fly as it is. I would take 2xSSAA with 55 min over blur-fest FXAA and 60 fps min any day in this type of game.
 
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http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/65047




  • Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:



Does it fix the random lockups 5xx users have with any 320xx drivers?...I had to keep going back to the rock solid 314.22 driver for my 560Ti 2GB card.

More info over at geforce.com forums on the matter.

I have lost some faith in Nvidia over the last 6 months or so.
 

Black Octagon

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But TR is a slow 3rd person action-adventure game. Those type of games don't need 60 fps minimum. At 60 fps average they fly as it is. I would take 2xSSAA with 55 min over blur-fest FXAA and 60 fps min any day in this type of game.

Not sure I agree with this. Tomb Raider may not be as stutter prone as fast paced shooters, but I can definitely tell the difference between 60, 75, 90 and 120fps. I can get around 80-120fps at 1440p on a single 7970, but I need to disable TressFX and basically all AA
 

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I don't know what to say except that every game I have loaded maintains 60 except for TR. Witcher 2, Borderlands 2, Skyrim loaded with graphics mods, not sure about Batman AC, benchmark is 38, 118, 78 avg. Lost my saves when I moved to W8 so I haven't played the game in a long while. Don't play Crysis, Farcry or Battlefield, not interested, but I am sure none of these would maintain 60. But I can in TR with these settings, Ultra, 16AF, normal shadows, high shadow resolution, ultra level of detail, normal hair quality, high reflections, DOF off, and SSAO normal. And with FXAA at my resolution I don't see that much difference between it and SSAA. Just isn't that blurry for me, maybe it's my 63 year old eyes. Lara is nice and crisp and there isn't that much to look at in the background. I keep seeing reviews that state you need SLI at this resolution but it hasn't been so for me with the games I play.
 

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But TR is a slow 3rd person action-adventure game. Those type of games don't need 60 fps minimum. At 60 fps average they fly as it is. I would take 2xSSAA with 55 min over blur-fest FXAA and 60 fps min any day in this type of game.

If I dont maintain 60fps it breaks immersion for me. Gotta maintain monitor refresh rate, cant stand tearing.
 

blackened23

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Why the hell do you need SSAA in Tomb Raider? Why is "ultra" a pre-requisite? Gimme a break. You don't need a 1000$ GPU or SLI for Tomb Raider at 1440p, you just need to run sensible settings and use a shred of common sense. Running games "maxed out" became ridiculously stupid and not tenable years ago, really, when games can't be "maxed out" with a Titan at 1080p for 60 fps solid, you know the entire concept is dumb. Sorry, maxing games out requiring a 1000$ GPU is a joke, even at 1080p much less 1440p. Nearly every game looks exactly the same with 2-3 settings lowered and can be run just fine. Crysis 3 looks identical at high settings as it does at very high. Only the FPS difference is immense.
 
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Why the hell do you need SSAA in Tomb Raider? Why is "ultra" a pre-requisite? Gimme a break. You don't need a 1000$ GPU or SLI for Tomb Raider at 1440p, you just need to run sensible settings and use a shred of common sense. Running games "maxed out" became ridiculously stupid and not tenable years ago, really, when games can't be "maxed out" with a Titan at 1080p for 60 fps solid, you know the entire concept is dumb. Sorry, maxing games out requiring a 1000$ GPU is a joke, even at 1080p much less 1440p. Nearly every game looks exactly the same with 2-3 settings lowered and can be run just fine. Crysis 3 looks identical at high settings as it does at very high. Only the FPS difference is immense.

I agree on the SSAA front. It's not needed at 1440P. As for the rest of your post? This is a hobby for most of us. I personally don't build gaming computers to then have to turn settings down in games. Some of us enjoy chasing that dream of running every single game at maximum settings. Crysis is a prime example of this.
 

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Why the hell do you need SSAA in Tomb Raider? Why is "ultra" a pre-requisite? Gimme a break. You don't need a 1000$ GPU or SLI for Tomb Raider at 1440p, you just need to run sensible settings and use a shred of common sense. Running games "maxed out" became ridiculously stupid and not tenable years ago, really, when games can't be "maxed out" with a Titan at 1080p for 60 fps solid, you know the entire concept is dumb. Sorry, maxing games out requiring a 1000$ GPU is a joke, even at 1080p much less 1440p. Nearly every game looks exactly the same with 2-3 settings lowered and can be run just fine. Crysis 3 looks identical at high settings as it does at very high. Only the FPS difference is immense.

Couldn't agree more. I gave up trying to run everything max because the hit to frame rate for stupid things like motion blur were ridiculous. I've tried to justify spending money on expensive cards and SLI to get that max effect but to be honest I just can't tell the difference and end up selling the cards. Maybe my eyes are just shot. But I guess let the guys who claim to need everything maxed out and 60fps for "immersion" have their fun. As if anyone could actually be fully immersed in a 3rd person game with all the clipping, invisible walls and awkward animation gaffes.
 

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I can tell you from experience at 2560x1600p, in the games available today, the second Titan only seems to deliver the ability to run SSAA in games like Tomb Raider or Metro:LL and MSAA in Crysis 3. Otherwise it's not needed if you forgo that setting and a single Titan runs those games maxed out without the anti-aliasing setting enabled.

Also with 2xSSAA in Tomb Raider with all settings maxed at 1600p, I get dips into the 30s quite often. The same is true in Metro:LL with 2xSSAA enabled. I don't think there is a GPU setup capable of maintaining 60fps minimums in those games using SSAA and high resolutions. Crysis 3 fares better with 4xMSAA and Ultra settings, some random 40-50fps dips, still not 60fps though. I'd guess a third Titan could probably get you there at 1600p.

Sold my Titans though and bought 2x780 Classifieds, came out of the deal with the 2 Classifieds and $350. The Titans are just not worth it at all unless you are trying to run 4K+ resolutions, otherwise a card like a 780 Classified is going to give an identical experience.
 
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Black Octagon

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I not only fully agree with blackened23's post but would even go so far as to say that ANY AA is superfluous at 1440p. I regularly play with it off altogether
 

FalseChristian

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All I can say is I'm disappointed in these new beta drivers. How are you supposed to play Quake HD with the Dark Places mod at a measly 5,000 fps with 8xAA and 16xAF?