Nvidia plans to release its newest DX11 Driver this Monday. The Wonder Driver is said to introduce DirectX optimizations which will reduce game-loading times and will increase performance across a wide variety of games. The performance increase looks to be quite significant for Total War: Rome 2, Sniper Elite v2, Aliens vs. Predator and Sleeping Dogs also get a decent boost on the SLI GeForce GTX 700 Series.

The complete notes for the GeForce 337.50 beta, Nvidia’s latest driver can be found below:

Performance

Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are some examples of measured gains versus the previous 335.23 WHQL driver:

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 Compatibility 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”

Overall, the new DX11 optimizations should greatly increase performance all around, and since the update is completely free, we can’t really complain. Players have been waiting eagerly for Nvidia to release DX11 updates, as even the strongest GPUs sometimes struggled with recent games.