nVidia Drivers 270.51 Beta Released

Elganja · Mar 30, 2011

This is the first release from the Release 270 family of drivers (versions 270.xx to 274.xx). You can read more about this family of drivers on GeForce.com.
This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs. This driver package also includes the 3D Vision Controller driver.
New in Release 270.51
GPU Support

Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 560 Ti and GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPUs.

Performance

Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v266.58 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:

Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)

Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)

Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)

Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)

Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560x1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti:

Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)

Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)

Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)

Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)

Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)

Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)

Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)

Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)

Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)

Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)

NVIDIA Update

This is a new feature in Release 270 and later drivers. 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. 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. Click here to learn more about NVIDIA Update.

NVIDIA 3D Vision

With Release 270 drivers, 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. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.

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

Adds support for new 3D Vision Desktop LCD monitors: Tongfang LM2230W

Adds support for new 3D Vision projectors: Acer X1261P, Acer X1261-3D, DepthQ HDs3D-1, NEC NP-V300X, Sanyo PDG-DXL2000

Fixed problem with DLP HDTVs and SLI which caused problems with eye synchronization

Add support for new 3D Vision All In One PCs: Acer Aspire Z5673, Lenovo B520

Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:

Alice Madness Returns

Crysis 2 (including multi-player demo)

Dead Space 2

DeathSpank

Dragon Age II

Duke Nukem Forever

Dungeon Defenders

Dungeon Siege III

Fable III

Faxion Online

F.3.A.R.

Final Fantasy XIV

Homefront (DirectX 9 and DirectX 10)

Lego Universe

Need for Speed World

Portal 2

Richard Burns Rally

Rift

Section 8: Prejudice

Shift 2 Unleashed

Shogun 2: Total War

Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures

Test Drive Unlimited 2

The Sims Medieval

Updated the following 3D Vision game profiles

MX vs. ATV Reflex

Monster Hunter Frontier Benchmark

NVIDIA 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 vs. the latest Release 265 drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured on Windows 7 64-bit. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration.

GeForce GTX 480 SLI in 3D Vision Surround:

Up to 109% in Aliens vs. Predator (5760x1080 1xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 107% in Burnout Paradise (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 267% in Call of Duty Black Ops (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 177% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 15% in Far Cry 2 DirectX 9 (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 250% in Left4Dead2 (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

Up to 159% in Need for Speed Shift 2 (5760x1080 2xAA / 16xAF)

CUDA

Adds support for applications using CUDA 4.0 features such as Unified Virtual Addressing (UVA) and GPUDirect™ v2.0.

Other

Installs HD Audio driver version 1.2.22.1

Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514

Supports playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel. For GPU and system requirements, visit the NVIDIA Blu-ray 3D website.

Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.

Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here.

Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.

Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.

Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.

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 X58-based motherboards.

Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

happy medium · Mar 30, 2011

Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

just a small improvement?

Lonyo · Mar 30, 2011

happy medium said:
Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)

just a small improvement?

Bug fix, not a normal improvement.

MentalIlness · Mar 30, 2011

So if they were getting 20 fps in Dragon Age 2, now...it will et nearly 2000 ? LOL....sure. Even if it were only 100% improvement, they would still be pushing 200fps at 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on.

I guess it goes back to what AMD said earlier, don't just say it....prove it.

I have Dragon Age 2, but won't install till I am done with the first one.

96Firebird · Mar 30, 2011

MentalIlness said:
So if they were getting 20 fps in Dragon Age 2, now...it will et nearly 2000 ? LOL....sure. Even if it were only 100% improvement, they would still be pushing 200fps at 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on.

What? 100% improvement would mean double the original, so 20fps would go to 40fps...

happy medium · Mar 30, 2011

http://techgage.com/article/a_look_at_nvidias_geforce_270_driver/

good read.

Elganja · Mar 30, 2011

MentalIlness said:
So if they were getting 20 fps in Dragon Age 2, now...it will et nearly 2000 ? LOL....sure. Even if it were only 100% improvement, they would still be pushing 200fps at 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on.

I guess it goes back to what AMD said earlier, don't just say it....prove it.

I have Dragon Age 2, but won't install till I am done with the first one.

i think someone needs to learn basic math again. If you are going to come in here and throw some FUD around, atleast be right.

edit: I see 96Firebird beat me to it

MentalIlness said:
So if they were getting 20 fps in Dragon Age 2, now...it will et nearly 2000 ? LOL....sure. Even if it were only 100% improvement, they would still be pushing 200fps at 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on.

I guess it goes back to what AMD said earlier, don't just say it....prove it.

I have Dragon Age 2, but won't install till I am done with the first one.

let's try to stay on topic and not make this an AMD vs NVIDIA thing

MentalIlness · Mar 30, 2011

Elganja said:
i think someone needs to learn basic math again. If you are going to come in here and throw some FUD around, atleast be right.

edit: I see 96Firebird beat me to it

let's try to stay on topic and not make this an AMD vs NVIDIA thing

Thats what happens when someone has been awake for 3 days. And before you start insulting and blaming, the only one that said anything about AMD vs. NV was you.

If you don't like the post, don't respond to it.

Elganja · Mar 30, 2011

MentalIlness said:
Thats what happens when someone has been awake for 3 days. And before you start insulting and blaming, the only one that said anything about AMD vs. NV was you.

If you don't like the post, don't respond to it.

how does my insult have anything to do with the bolded? It had to do with you using math on 0 sleep in 3 days, that made no sense

and please tell me where I blame? I'm just saying, posting stuff like "I guess it goes back to what AMD said earlier, don't just say it....prove it." isn't useful in this thread about nvidia's new drivers (and sounds an awful like trashtalk to me)

96Firebird · Mar 30, 2011

Elganja, you didn't have to ream him out like that, he made a simple mistake.

Mental, you'll just have to wait to see if user benchmarks show improvement...

Elganja · Mar 30, 2011

96Firebird said:
Elganja, you didn't have to ream him out like that, he made a simple mistake.

Mental, you'll just have to wait to see if user benchmarks show improvement...

I guess I mis-read his intentions

MoMeanMugs · Mar 30, 2011

I see this has a new audio driver. The HX850 in my desktop died, so I'm using my laptop for now, which has a 9600M GT. When I watch a Blu-Ray connected through HDMI to my receiver, I can't get DTS-MA or Dolby TrueHD. It just shows up as DTS or Dolby Digital. I'm wondering if this might fix the issue (using 267.76 now). Anyone else have this issue? It seems there's an idea in the back of my head about Nvidia cards not doing the sound properly, but maybe I'm thinking of something else.

96Firebird · Mar 30, 2011

I thought I read somewhere that Nvidia cannot do some sound profiles through HDMI, but I don't have time to search for it. Off to the career fair I go!

Keysplayr · Mar 30, 2011

Lonyo said:
Bug fix, not a normal improvement.

All the same.

Keysplayr · Mar 30, 2011

n/m already answered.

Grooveriding · Mar 30, 2011

This driver seems to contain the same fix found in the 550 drivers using an inf hack. Fully maxed DX11 is still unplayable, but if you disable the high quality blur and use 4xAA it is now playable on nvidia hardware.

Good enough for me. AMD is just better in this game I guess.

Lonyo · Mar 30, 2011

Keysplayr said:
All the same.

Not really. They didn't make it work better, they just made it actually work finally.

Keysplayr · Mar 30, 2011

Lonyo said:
Not really. They didn't make it work better, they just made it actually work finally.

And? You aren't happy about this I guess? Or you don't play DA2 and could care less?

formulav8 · Mar 30, 2011

Keysplayr said:
And? You aren't happy about this I guess? Or you don't play DA2 and could care less?

Technically he is right.

MentalIlness · Mar 30, 2011

Elganja said:
how does my insult

Whether you misread or not. Seems you admit it was an insult. Anyway, I am awaiting benches.

Just remember, it states basically 500% improvement. But it also says... up to that percentage.

For all we know, it could be 10%...or it could be 400%. So don't go out and get all excited until there is definitive proof.

Unless you want to believe everything NV tells you. Although we have seen how that has gone recently.

But if the "improvement" is that good. GREAT. I am all for it. The 9800GTX GPU in my wifes rig, is getting L-O-N-G in the tooth. Going to be replaced soon.

Mistwalker · Mar 30, 2011

Lonyo said:
Not really. They didn't make it work better, they just made it actually work finally.

I'm all for keeping these hardware companies honest, but...isn't this ultimately semantics/irrelevant at this point? The end user will see those percentage improvements in performance.

Whether the previous, lower performance was due to a bug (which seems likely in DA2's case) that was fixed or "fine tuning" does anyone care so long as it's improved? I mean, from a gamer's standpoint?

TastesLikeChicken · Mar 30, 2011

MoMeanMugs said:
I see this has a new audio driver. The HX850 in my desktop died, so I'm using my laptop for now, which has a 9600M GT. When I watch a Blu-Ray connected through HDMI to my receiver, I can't get DTS-MA or Dolby TrueHD. It just shows up as DTS or Dolby Digital. I'm wondering if this might fix the issue (using 267.76 now). Anyone else have this issue? It seems there's an idea in the back of my head about Nvidia cards not doing the sound properly, but maybe I'm thinking of something else.

No driver could fix it because the 9xxx series is not capable of bitstreaming DTS-MA or True-HD. It doesn't have the PAP circuitry. Only certain GPUs in the 4xx and 5xx series do.

You can, however, have the BD software decode the DTS-MA or True-HD tracks and output it as multi-channel PCM from your receiver. Same basic end audio result. You just don't get the same pretty lights on the receiver.

MoMeanMugs · Mar 30, 2011

Thanks for the info, TastesLikeChicken. At least now I know not to bother with it. I know I could have PowerDVD decode it, but I'm OCD and want to see the display on the receiver display DTS-MA.

Also, I have it set on the receiver to upmix 5.1 (seems there aren't many 7.1 BR's) to 7.1. It sounds less pleasing when the computer decodes it first. I don't know if there are 2+ DSP's in the receiver or what.

happy medium · Mar 30, 2011

Anyone try these yet?

tweakboy · Mar 30, 2011

What has this world come to. It might botch something In fine now,,,,,,

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