Never experienced TXAA first hand, since none of my games support it. One of the main reasons I'm excited about AC3...

There have been reports of PhysX disabled with these drivers... I installed it but didn't really test it out on PhysX games. Anyone using these drivers do check on PhysX.

Anyway, notice how the driver size is ballooning past 200Mb! At this rate, in the future, it would be xGb.

New drivers... anticipation for Far Cry 3.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/...rivers-released



Is this a bit of a trend... new games... new drivers. I mean I'm not complaining, just saying...

Played "Far Cry 3" for several hours, maxed out, HBAO, 8x MSAA, 1920x1080... still smooth for most part! Using 310.64 Beta drivers. Can feel the game pushing my GPU... in fact, can notice slowdowns a bit here and there. This is the best looking game of 2012. The detail level is astonishing, e.g. hunting knife never looked so good, can see the clothes texture, the tiny imperfects on the face, etc.



This post has been edited by defaultname365: Dec 1 2012, 10:00 PM

OC version I guess - Palit Jetstream GTX 680 2G... my first high-end GPU ever, previously a 460.

I don't do benchmarks, as long as I can max out details and play well, I'm fine.

I heard the new WHQL 310.70 - they somehow didn't sign it? Which means it installs as if non-WHQL?

I'm hoping these new drivers will improve performance on FC3 and AC3 (as stated in notes).

Hmm... they have since removed all references of WHQL to this driver. Must have been a mistake. It is still Beta.

GeForce Experience Beta is now open...

http://www.geforce.com/drivers/geforce-experience

Anyways, installed the latest 310.70 Beta drivers and played FC3 a bit -- I found it to be smoother.

I still have a visual anomaly with the grass glowing/strange outlined look in certain areas (sometimes after a dead body falls on it, after a fire has occured, etc.).

Reception has been quite negative. If you watch the video, you will facepalm. Before there is NO PhysX, but after GeForce Experience, PhysX is turned on?

I think this is for those new to computers (and computer games) that find graphical terminologies difficult to understand. Or for those who just don't have the time to experiment with different settings.

Right now only a few games are available to be used under GeForce Experience. Great idea, but I really don't see hardcore gamers even thinking of using it.

Performance optimizations seem to be lacking as the GPU goes down from a high-end card. Blame it on console port? Anyways, "Far Cry 3" is really demanding on the maximum setting. Even my 680 seem to struggle here and there though smooth for most part. I don't think there are recent games that seem to throw everything at the screen like FC3.

Well, even if there are games like Crysis 1, it would just be a few. "Crysis 3" could be the next that can bring down any machine. As for AC3, it is more of case of poor optimizations. Not too sure about CoH 2. I notice you're using an i7 860, which is quite frankly... weak. I have an i7 870, had to overclock to 4GHz only then my GPU was able to perform at its intended level.

If planning on getting a high-end GPU, e.g 680/670/660, your processor will become a limitation as it was with my case. After upgrading my 460 to a 680, games actually become slower and struggled. Couldn't get proper max fps in e.g Unigine. It turns out my CPU couldn't 'keep up' (CPU/GPU linear scaling) with how much the GPU was able to process thus something like a bottle-neck, but with negative performance impact. So just a suggestion to either get a better processor or OC it if you're planning on getting a new GPU especially high-end.

Project SHIELD !

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/...-project-shield





It’s a full-fledged Android gaming portable, on the other it’s a wireless client to a GeForce GTX PC.

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This post has been edited by defaultname365: Jan 7 2013, 08:36 PM

The enormous challenge of process shrink means TSMC's 20 nm will not debut for almost another year. Both AMD and Nvidia will be using their existing 28nm. This means a tweaked and enhanced version of their 2012 products rather than a new design. Besides the 600 series are still going incredibly strong, no real reason to push for the next series. You can read about it here:
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/327809,...ds-in-2013.aspx



My prediction as to when we will see GTX 780 - Late 2013 or early 2014. Wide availability sometime in 2014. I'm pretty sure we'll be seeing 4th generation Core i7 to 'keep up'.

Can't wait for "Crysis 3 Open Multiplayer Beta"! And then have to try out the latest Beta drivers that seem to even further improve performance in AC3 (which I have barely scratched the surface). Exciting times ahead... funnily, only a GTX 690 can max out in Crysis 3 MP Beta according to the GeForce.com page.

From http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/...rivers-released

Nvidia:



Available in...

I hear whispers of Nvidia 700 Series later this year - but don't expect a huge performance increment. Nvidia will be doing a bit of a re-branding. Think of it as a refinement of the 600 Series. GK110 will be one to watch out for.