Nvidia which was founded in 1993 has released a new beta graphics driver (337.50 ) which According to sources over at overclock.net has been dubbed the ‘Wonder Driver’ and for good reason, the 700 series of graphics cards has seen some major performance increases in some top tier games.
Increased GPU Performance Across the Board
337.50 beta has had some additional directX optimisations added which will dramatically reduce your game boot up times as well as increased performance over a wide range of games.
If you don’t see huge performance increases from your Nvidia card then take a look at your computers configuration as Nvidia did say this on their website:
Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration.
Official Changes
When I personally saw I list I got very excited about the new Nvidia beta driver changes and have already tested them. Even if you don’t like using beta drivers, I would definitely advise testing these drivers out and at least seeing a piece of what is come in the live driver release.
GeForce GTX 700 Series (Single GPU):
- Up to 64% in Total War: Rome II
- Up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Up to 23% in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 21% in Star Swarm
- Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Origins
- Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 8% in Hitman Absolution
- Up to 7% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
- Up to 6% in F1 2013
GeForce GTX 700 Series (SLI):
- Up to 71% in Total War: Rome II
- Up to 53% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 45% in Aliens vs. Predator
- Up to 31% in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 20% in CoD: Black Ops 2
- Up to 10% in Hitman Absolution
- Up to 9% in F1 2013
- Up to 7% in Far Cry 3
- Up to 6% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham Origins
SLI Technology
- Total War: Rome II – added profile
- War Thunder – added profile
- Watch Dogs – updated profile
- Diablo III – updated profile
Gaming Technology
- Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ technology
- Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ Twitch Streaming
SHIELD
- Supports NVIDIA GameStream™ technology
3D Vision
- Supports new “3D Compatibility Mode” for 3D Vision that enables us to improve the 3D experience for many key DirectX 10 and 11 games.
3D Vision Profiles
- Path of Exile – rated “Good”
- KickBeat – rating now “Excellent”
3D Compatiblity Mode Profiles
- Assassin’s Creed Liberation – previously “Not Recommended”, now rated as “Excellent”
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army – previously “Good”, now rated as “Excellent”
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 – previously “Good”, now rated as “Excellent
- Strike Suit Zero – previously “Not Recommended”, now rated as “Good”
- Watchdogs – rated as “Good”
Download Nvidia 337.50 Beta Driver
To download the latest Nvidia beta driver just head over to their website
