NVidia release 326.41 beta driver

[Carfax83]

Release Summary

This driver enables GeForce to SHIELD streaming 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

SHIELD
Enables GeForce to SHIELD streaming. Learn more here.

4K Displays
Adds support for additional tiled 4K displays
Extended support for tiled 4K features

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0604.
Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4
Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.
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.

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Although NVidia claims the Korean monitor no display bug hasn't been fixed (should be fixed in the WHQL release in early August), some Guru3d forum members are reporting that it IS fixed in these drivers.

I'm going to try them when I go home, as I have a Catleap monitor. The previous 326.19 drivers didn't work for me, so I'm hoping these will.

 

[desprado]

This is the best driver for 7 series so far and min complains so far about this driver.

Here is a list of some of the bug fixes included with driver R326.41:

1325830 - [Remember Me]Application crashes on default launch
1330498 - Deadlight crashes when loading a game from the game menu
1329905 - Crashing in Borderlands 2 when you approach a catch a ride station with upgrade to R326.19 driver
1329680 - Metro Last Light Faction DLC exhibits low performance
1316287 - Half-Life 2 framerate drops to single digits when Ambient Occlusion is enabled in SLI mode
1323953 - Resident Evil 5 (DX10) Crashes after some time.
1328621 - Black edges in Battlefield 3 and MSAA 4x is enabled
1265807 - Brightness control stops working after the notebook is docked.
1299035 - [Nero Blu-ray player]Blu-ray playback is slow, with mixed colors, and the player crashes occasionally.
1307001 - [STALKER Clear Sky]: The game does not load during launch and presents a black screen.
1320505 - [Surround][Hitman Absolution, Diablo III, Bioshock Infinite]: With Surround enabled, the mouse cursor is restricted to one of the displays after launching the game.
1326743 - [Surround][Tomb Raider][WOW: Mists of Pandaria]: With Surround enabled, the game minimizes to the desktop after clicking any in-game menu option.
1248846 - [SLI][GeForce GTX TITAN]]FI 2012]: Game performance drops with SLI enabled.
1276491 - The GeForce Experience fails to install.
1309666 - With multiple users signed in, graphics and controls may corrupt upon resume from standby.
1324010 - GeForce Experience crashes (does not launch) when opened on the internal panel.
1318686 - With Surround, SLI performance is similar to single-GPU performance.
1313807 - Memory leak on Optimus platform may result in TDR/BSOD after multiple suspend/resume

For users with desktop TDR issues introduced in R320.xx, please use the following thread:
https://forums.geforce.com/default/...xx-display-driver-stability-feedback-thread-/

Here is a list of some bugs which are either fixed or targeted for our WHQL driver release in early August:

-No display on some monitors with Korean panels (Fixed in WHQL driver)
-TDR after leaving GPU idle for 36 hours (Targeting fix in WHQL driver)
-Faceworks demo shows DIgital Ira character with yellow beard (Fixed in WHQL driver)
-If driver without GFE is installed -> over install the driver which has GFE bundled ,uncheck GFE -> driver fails to install (Targeting fix in WHQL driver)

Here is a list of bugs that are targeted for next major driver branch. I will be continually adding more bugs to this list:
1328590 - Black artifacts on screen in Battlefield 3 when playing with Ultra preset graphic setting in Golf of Oman map
1295996 - [Surround]: 320.18: Dragon Age II exhibits lower performance after driver update
1339556 - Windows Magnifier application crashes when you close app if SLI is enabled

 

[Carfax83]

Can confirm this driver works on Korean panels

So far these drivers are excellent for me. See a noticeable performance boost in Crysis 3 using these over the previous 326.01 version I was using. Everything is testing out good, so I highly recommend these drivers..

 

[felang]

Can confirm this driver works on Korean panels

So far these drivers are excellent for me. See a noticeable performance boost in Crysis 3 using these over the previous 326.01 version I was using. Everything is testing out good, so I highly recommend these drivers..

Thanks for confirming, Will try these on my Achieva Shimian and report back later. Didn´t try the previous betas because I didn´t want to deal with the hassle of possibly having no display and didn´t have another monitor around.

 

[Jodell88]

I hope this means Linux will be seeing an updated driver that actually works with the 3.10 kernel.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Cool...glad to see they are working on or have fixed the issue with Korean monitors.

 

[Anarchist420]

Anyone know if clamp negative LOD bias works again in DX?

 

[GprophetB]

Any word on if they added the "maximize to current screen" feature for surround / triple display users? This feature was included in windows 7, but is missing from 8 nvidia control panel.

 

[guskline]

Just installed these drivers and work well with my Achieva Shimian 27" in rig 1 below.

 

[desprado]

This Driver have fixed some problems and most stable driver for GTX 7 series and more fixes will come in next WHQL Driver.

 

[felang]

Just installed these drivers and work well with my Achieva Shimian 27" in rig 1 below.

+1

Acheiva Shimian works great wtih these

 

[CakeMonster]

This Driver have fixed some problems and most stable driver for GTX 7 series and more fixes will come in next WHQL Driver.

Based on what?

 

[desprado]

Based on what?

There were many crashes in 320xxx and 326xxx versions of driver but this driver has less issues and many people in nvidia are giving a bit positive review about this driver.

 

[FalseChristian]

These beta drivers are quite good but I'm still only getting 5,000 fps in GLQuake.

 

[thilanliyan]

These beta drivers are quite good but I'm still only getting 5,000 fps in GLQuake.

Try turning the IQ settings down a bit...I'm sure you can get up to 6000fps.

 

[pcmax]

These beta drivers are quite good but I'm still only getting 5,000 fps in GLQuake.

LMAO! Gonna give these a shot.

 

[FalseChristian]

Try turning the IQ settings down a bit...I'm sure you can get up to 6000fps.

LOL! Nice come back!

 

[bwanaaa]

It's been a long time since I trusted nvidia to do anything but display drivers. But these come with an nvidia usb driver.

I installed the 'express' option. and it does not play nicely with my razer kbd. wake from sleep starts the pc but sticks to a black screen. Also the leds stay lit even after shutdown. Remember when NVIDIA were in the 'north bridge' chip business? Remember their nic software, their chipset software and the bugs... I dunno about these USB drivers. They are giving me bad feelings...

 

[nafees127]

so it is not a big package. m great with 320 whql

 

[BrightCandle]

I am immediately seeing some latency within Windows. Specifically when scrolling web pages. Dragging Windows around works, transparency selection is the same but rendering the image of the web page (hardware acceleration on in Chrome) is showing as laggy. Definitely a problem with these drivers.

 

[Racan]

Let's see... 7th driver release since the 314.22 WHQLs and STILL completely unusable for my 460 GTX :thumbsdown:

Oh well, I really needed a new video card anyway but it won't be called GeForce that's for sure.

 

[Carfax83]

I am immediately seeing some latency within Windows. Specifically when scrolling web pages. Dragging Windows around works, transparency selection is the same but rendering the image of the web page (hardware acceleration on in Chrome) is showing as laggy. Definitely a problem with these drivers.

I use both Chrome and IE 10 with hardware acceleration enabled and I saw no issues with latency or scrolling, so could it be something else?

 

[BrightCandle]

I use both Chrome and IE 10 with hardware acceleration enabled and I saw no issues with latency or scrolling, so could it be something else?

No, that is the only thing that changed. I have tested the previous driver and the problem is not present, so its definitely introduced with this driver.

I am extremely sensitive to these effects, far more than most people. I saw the AMD problem years before techreport even did its "in the second" article let alone FCAT earlier this year. I also see a problem with multiple 120Hz screens that currently no one else is reporting but I know is there and can see very clearly. I am of the opinion that someone will be able to prove quantitatively the problem when the tools get to that point, its just the testing is so primitive today and I can't get the companies to respond to these sorts of bugs. They ignore me and everytime so far I have been proven right everytime once technology caught up. But I don't run a website that impacts their sales so I have no clout with them.

I am quite certain there is a problem between Chrome and NVidia's latest driver resulting in significant latency on relatively normal web pages (anandtech's forums for example).