Available for download right now are the first WHQL certified graphic cards drivers from Nvidia’s 270.XX family or drivers, what that means is these new drivers have been given Microsoft’s tick of approval. Anyone that has recently sprung for Nvidia’s recently released GTX 580 and GTX 560 Ti graphic cards will be pleasantly surprised with the performance increases, for those of you running Nvidia 3D vision there’s a truck load of updates and performance increases in that department as well. If you haven’t done so already head over to the Nvidia download page, enter your hardware details and download these drivers now.
GeForce GTX 580:
o Up to 516% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
o Up to 326% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF Very High, SSAO on)
o Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
o Up to 11% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
o Up to 7% in Civilization V (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 5% in Civilization V (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Outdoor)
o Up to 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
o Up to 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 4% in Mafia 2 (SLI 2560x1600 AA on/16xAF, PhysX = High)
GeForce GTX 560 Ti:
o Up to 461% in Dragon Age 2 (SLI 1920x1200 8xAA/16xAF, Very High)
o Up to 241% in Dragon Age 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Very High)
o Up to 19% in Just Cause 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
o Up to 13% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Concrete Jungle)
o Up to 6% in Far Cry 2 (SLI 2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Jungle Map)
o Up to 5% in H.A.W.X. 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Max settings)
o Up to 4% in Call of Duty: Black Ops (SLI 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF, Jungle Map)
o Up to 4% in Civilization V (1920x1200 noAA/AF, Max settings)
o Up to 4% in Left 4 Dead 2 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, Outdoor)
o Up to 4% in Metro 2033 (SLI 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF, PhysX on)
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)