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ENHANCE MAX PAYNE 3, DIABLO III WITH GEFORCE R300 DRIVERS

By on May 21 2012
In Gaming, Software
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Gamers: a couple of the hottest games of 2012, Diablo III and Max Payne 3, are now upon us.  That means it’s time for some new GeForce R300 drivers.

Released today, the new NVIDIA GeForce R300 drivers are WHQL-certified and primed for both Diablo III and Max Payne 3. Looking for SLI, Ambient Occlusion, or FXAA? GeForce R300 drivers deliver those features in spades.

Download the new GeForce R300 drivers on GeForce.com.

We previously released a beta version of GeForce R300 drivers to give all you gamers out there an early look at the latest industry-defining features like NVIDIA FXAA, Adaptive VSync, and Frame Rate Target. We also highlighted numerous performance gains as high as 23 percent in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Today’s new GeForce R300 drivers (version 301.42) support all of the new GeForce GTX 600-series products, including GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680 and GeForce GTX 670. It also adds support for several new GeForce GT 600-series GPUs.

R300 highlights:

  • Boosts performance in several top PC games by up to 23 percent with a single GPU (tested on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) and by up to 23 percent with SLI (tested on Just Cause 2), when compared to the R295 drivers. Read our R300 article on GeForce.com for details and a complete list of performance increases.
  • Adds NVIDIA FXAA technology to the NVIDIA Control Panel, enabling ultra-fast anti-aliasing (up to 60 percent faster than MSAA).
  • Enables NVIDIA Adaptive VSync, which provides a smoother gaming experience by dynamically enabling and disabling vertical sync based on your current frame rate.
  • Enables NVIDIA Frame Rate Target in third-party applications, like EVGA Precision X, for automatic and dynamic adjustment of frame rate to a user-specified target.
  • Introduces several new NVIDIA Surround capabilities:
    • Add a fourth accessory display for access to email, web, or other applications while you game with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
    • Maximize an application to a single physical display when in Surround mode.
    • Confine the Windows Taskbar to the center display.
    • Enable bezel peeking to temporarily peek behind the monitor bezels when using bezel-corrected resolutions.
    • Add or remove resolution settings from the list of Surround resolutions.
    • Full center display acceleration for single-wide display modes.
  • Adds or updates NVIDIA SLI support for numerous new games such as Max Payne 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Street Fighter X Tekken, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Risen 2: Dark Waters and more.
  • Adds or updates NVIDIA 3D Vision support for several new games such as Dirt: Showdown (rated Good), World of Tanks (now rated Excellent), Oil Rush (rated 3D Vision Ready), Rayman Origins (rated Good), and Wargame: European Escalation (rated Good) and more.

For more details, refer to the release highlights on the driver download pages and read the GeForce R300 article on GeForce.com.

Enjoy the new GeForce R300 driver and let us know what you think.

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  • http://twitter.com/DOTKIX KIX

    I love nVidia :-) Since 2001 :D

  • Chris_Daniel

    Thanks KIX! GeForce3?

  • Nekrage

    The release notes have NOTHING to do with Diablo 3….soooooo why even mention it? Attempting to build hype for your drivers by mentioning Diablo 3?….if you did not fine tune anything to give D3 enhanced fps or anything of the matter then these drivers have nothing to do with D3.

  • Chris_Daniel

    Hi Nekrage,
    These drivers are the first to add WHQL support for all the GeForce technologies with Diablo III: FXAA, Adaptive Vsync, Ambient Occlusion (in R295), Frame Rate Target, and SLI (in R295).

  • acidbugler

    using a m11 laptop when i updated to 301.42 i was unable to use my external monitor and it would say an error message when i tried to goto nvidia control panel, had to restore to a previous point. lol really looking forward to this working to fix some issues with diablo 3

  • Chris_Daniel

    For a system specific issue like this it is best to get help on our moderated forums. We have a specific thread for this driver here: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=229953

  • http://twitter.com/mdgio Michael Giovinazzo

    I would like to mention that 301.42 dropped performance in Diablo 3 from 140 fps (using 301.24) to 80 fps with a GTX 460 / 3770K. This has implications when using vsync.

    I recommend staying with .24 rather than .42 for this game.

  • Chris_Daniel

    Hi Michael, we are investigating a clock issue with some manufacturer’s higher clocked cards. I believe your performance issue isn’t specific to Diablo 3. If you have time it would be great to hear more about your issue on our moderated forums: http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=229953

  • Dangarza1967

    I updated the driver for a gt430 to r300 and it is putting my monitor to sleep, no connection showing thru hdmi , I rolled back driver and it works fine, any ideas?

  • http://Geforce.com/ Manuel Guzman

    Can you please tell me which monitor you are using and also if you have any other displays connected to your Geforce GT 430 at the same time?

  • StriderWhite

    I hate Nvidia, since 2001! I had only problems with their grapic cards.. 

  • acidbugler

     same here i cant get monitor to work with the update, and cant access nvidia control panel and am forced into restoring to a previous point.

  • syed117

    How about some drivers for the gtx 640, 650, 660, 670, 675, or 680 mobile GPUs?  I have a new laptop with a gtx 660m coming next week and Nvidia only has up to date drivers for the 610, 620, 630 and 635.  The ones shipping with the laptop are somewhere around 255.XX.  

    It’s ridiculous that Nvidia ships out mobile GPUs without any real support for sometimes months.  Yes, I know they always say that us fools who buy laptops should turn to the laptop manufacturer, but that’s nonsense.  Nvidia should have drivers ready to go the day laptops with their mobile GPUs are available.  

    The most ludicrous part of this situation is that when you go to nvidia.com, the first thing you see is a laptop with the GTX 680m.  Then you find out that there are no drivers for it.  Amazing.

    Hey Nvidia, how about taking care of the people who are going out of their way to buy laptops with your mobile GPUs?  This is been a problem for years and you have nothing to remedy the situation.

  • Chris_Daniel

    Hi Syed, we will be posting a beta driver on Monday for notebook GPUs up to 675M. While we typically have the first update for new GPUs posted earlier that this and do apologize for that (Windows 8 came at the same time), Verde drivers are post-launch updates, not launch drivers. At launch, the best driver for the notebook is the one that ships with the system and NVIDIA is updating those drivers right up until launch of the product.

  • syed117

    Hey Chris,

    Thank you very much.  I posted that comment on this article and then realized it was weeks old.  That’s why I just copied and pasted it to the newer one.

    I really do appreciate it.  There are a lot of people who are frustrated and I’m just glad that the beta will be released a few days before I get my new laptop.

    Thanks again,

    Syed

  • The_Ppls_Champ

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for the good news. Now I’m curiously waiting for the drivers, constantly refreshing the site, although it’s probably too early in the morning out there, lol. Can you please give us a glimpse of what to expect from these beta drivers?

    Thanks,

    Phani

  • akira takeshi

    If i play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 do i get the same grafic as Nvidia GeForce GTX 670?