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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #15 on: August 30, 2012, 12:09:15 AM »
Well see the difference is right there. I dont use the generic Nvidia drivers but instead I use the card manufacturers drivers.

I cant really see much difference but they are working well so far.
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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #16 on: August 30, 2012, 10:01:55 AM »
Exactly.  I don't download from EVGA and I don't download BETA drivers. (306.02)
Thanks for clearing that up.

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did you read the threads they're not beta.   The driver released by nvidia are generic,  the ones released by evga are designed for evga cards.   evga. will usually released drivers before nvidia does.    you should install drivers designed for your hardware.   evga will tweak the drivers to work a little better with some games than what nvidia does.



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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #17 on: August 30, 2012, 10:43:32 AM »
I just downloaded the 306.02 driver from the EVGA Download center.  The full name of the file is 306.02-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-beta.exe

-beta looks like a beta to me.
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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #18 on: August 30, 2012, 02:01:22 PM »

I just downloaded the 306.02 driver from the EVGA Download center.  The full name of the file is 306.02-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-beta.exe

-beta looks like a beta to me.

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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2012, 04:48:49 PM »
they just changed the description to beta.  I had read the release notes and they dont say it was a beta, they actuall still dont say it's a beta release.  but now the driver's themselves were changed to beta.

New in R304 Drivers:

    GPU Support
    Supports the new GeForce GTX 660 Ti GPU.
    Legacy Support Notification: GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers. GeForce R310 drivers (the next major family of drivers) will not support these products.
    Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA
    NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
    The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA. Read about it on GeForce.com.
    TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.
    Learn more about TXAA on GeForce.com.
    Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
    GeForce GTX 680:
    Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
    Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
    Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
    Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)
    GeForce GTX 560:
    Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
    Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
    Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
    Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
    Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2
    NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
    Alan Wake's American Nightmare – added
    Borderlands 2 – added
    Darksiders 2 – added
    End of Nations - added
    F1 2011 – updated
    F1 2012 – added
    Final Fantasy XIV – updated
    Nexuiz - added
    Orcs Must Die! 2 – added
    PlanetSide 2 - updated
    Saints Row: The Third – updated
    Shogun 2: Total War – updated
    Sleeping Dogs – added
    Spec Ops: The Line - added
    The Secret World - updated
    Torchlight II - added
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
    Tornado Force - added
    Tribes: Ascend – updated
    NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:
    Alan Wake's American Nightmare – rated Not Recommended
    A New Dawn – rated Fair
    All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse – rated Good
    ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead – rated Fair
    Bang Bang Racing – rated Excellent
    Borderlands 2 – updated profile with new convergence settings
    Brave – rated 3D Vision Ready
    Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
    Depth Hunter – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
    Dishonored – rated Good
    End of Nations – rated Good
    London 2012 The Official Video Game – rated Fair
    Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails – rated Excellent
    Mass Effect 3 – updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
    Max Payne 3 – updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
    Raiderz – rated Fair
    Roller Coaster Rampage – rated 3D Vision Ready
    SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator – rated Fair
    Street Fighter X Tekken – rated 3D Vision Ready
    Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends – rated Good
    Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters – rated Good
    Tribes: Ascend – rated Fair
    The Secret World – rated Good
    The Walking Dead – rating Good
    Other Profile Updates
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support Counter-strike: Global Offensive
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support MechWarrior Online
    Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2
    Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.
    NVIDIA Surround
    Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.
    NVIDIA CUDA
    Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
    Key Fixes
    Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
    Fixes an issue where some manufacturer's factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
    Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.
    Additional Details
    Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
    Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
    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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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2012, 05:29:04 PM »
It is interenting that the Quadro Tesla driver is WHQL at 305.93 the day after the gaming cards were updated to a new (beta) driver.
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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #21 on: August 30, 2012, 06:13:36 PM »
Not trying to argue with you Chalenge over this.  Always thought you've a stand-up guy in the community. 
I suppose it's just personal preference, WHQL vs . BETA. 

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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #22 on: August 30, 2012, 06:55:24 PM »
I think we adequately pointed out that the latest release was not notoriously marked as being beta.
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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #23 on: August 30, 2012, 07:29:10 PM »
I think we adequately pointed out that the latest release was not notoriously marked as being beta.

Agreed Sir.

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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #24 on: August 30, 2012, 10:20:05 PM »
howeve  100coogn you should really download your evga drivers if you have an evga video card.   but instead of express install do a manual install and dont select the 3d drivers or sound drivers.


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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #25 on: August 30, 2012, 10:30:55 PM »
howeve  100coogn you should really download your evga drivers if you have an evga video card.   but instead of express install do a manual install and dont select the 3d drivers or sound drivers.


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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2012, 09:21:44 AM »
Just purchased the GTX 550 Ti it came with the 266 driver would this one be better? im getting some stuttering?
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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2012, 01:09:36 PM »
Just purchased the GTX 550 Ti it came with the 266 driver would this one be better? im getting some stuttering?



I've been using the 301.42 driver.  As it's the most recent WHQL Certified driver.  Some people choose to run the BETA drivers.
So far no issues with this driver.

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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2012, 03:54:00 PM »
Just purchased the GTX 550 Ti it came with the 266 driver would this one be better? im getting some stuttering?


If you're going to use the Nvidia reference drivers it won't hurt to get the 306.02 beta drivers as the drivers to improve performance over the latest official drivers.

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Re: Nvidia 306.02 drivers
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2012, 05:36:43 PM »
I cant tell you specifically about the 550 Ti but I still have a system with 580s and the 306.02 drivers got rid of intermittent shearing from the vsync bug.
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