Countering AMD's ' Never Settle' driver (the Catalyst 12.11), NVIDIA has today rolled out a new graphics driver that delivers performance improvements of up to 15% for GeForce GTX 600 Series cards. The driver in question is called GeForce 310.33, it comes in beta form, and it features support for GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 Family cards.- Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:- Up to 11% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- Up to 6% in StarCraft II- Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City- Up to 6% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim- Up to 3% in Batman: Arkham City- Up to 4% in Dragon Age II- Adds or updates the following 3D Vision profiles:Assassin's Creed III rated Not RecommendedBloody Good Time rated GoodBullet Run rated FairCall of Duty Black Ops 2 rated GoodCarrier Command: Gaea Mission rated 3D Vision ReadyDark Souls rated FairDishonored rated FairFIFA 13 rated GoodHitman: Absolution rated FairI Am Alive rated FairMLB 2K12 rated FairNBA 2K12 rated GoodNeed for Speed: Most Wanted rated FairSniper Elite V2 rated PoorTiny Troopers rated FairTony Hawk's Pro Skater HD rated GoodTotal War Battles: SHOGUN rated GoodXCOM: Enemy Unknown rated Fair- Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:Dirt: Showdown - updated SLI profileDota 2 - updated SLI profileDou Zhan Shen - updated SLI profileF1 2012 - added SLI profileFIFA 13 - sdded SLI profileRed Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - updated SLI profileUpdated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global OffensiveAdded NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Cross FireUpdated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Darksides 2Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Dragon NestUpdated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Mechwarrrior OnlineAdded NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Meng San GuoIncludes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0904.- 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.

21 Comments on NVIDIA Releases the Performance-Boosting GeForce 310.33 Beta Driver

#1 HossHuge

How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles? Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 18:11 Reply

#2 MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer Doesn't seem like its boosts performance in to many games...... Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 18:14 Reply

#3 Covert_Death

why they no give stats for my 670????



and the games they show had a max of 11% if its up to 15 show which game is 15!!!!





and i wonder how long they have had the performance part of this update waiting in their back pocket so they could "match" AMD's move the next day, just like this........ Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 18:51 Reply

#4 jihadjoe

I guess that's one of the disadvantages of getting your drivers (mostly) right the first time -- there won't be much performance to be gained by tweaking later on. Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 18:57 Reply

#5 Batou1986

Why do I get the feeling where going to see more of this driver sand bagging of sorts in the future. Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 19:02 Reply

#6 Binge

Overclocking Surrealism ehhh I need one of these guys to show more support for games in windowed mode. Sick of weirdness that comes from not using full-screen Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 19:05 Reply

#7 swaaye

Batou1986 Why do I get the feeling where going to see more of this driver sand bagging of sorts in the future. These little games have been played all the way back to the dawn of video drivers. Single digit percent gains are intangible and might as well be measurement error, but it still looks good on a news release. These little games have been played all the way back to the dawn of video drivers. Single digit percent gains are intangible and might as well be measurement error, but it still looks good on a news release. Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 19:10 Reply

#8 chief-gunney

nothing for BF3, boo hoo Posted on Oct 23rd 2012, 20:39 Reply

#9 Steevo

So they at first say 15%, but then only show 11% in skyrim? Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 0:36 Reply

#10 [H]@RD5TUFF

Has anyone with a GTX 680 tried this patch and can verify it does improve performance ? Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 0:49 Reply

#11 okidna

Steevo So they at first say 15%, but then only show 11% in skyrim? NVIDIA has today rolled out a new graphics driver that delivers performance improvements of up to 15% What part of "up to" that you didn't understand? Although they didn't mentioned it, this driver fixed my Borderlands 2 CTD issues! Woo hoo!What part of "up to" that you didn't understand? Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 4:14 Reply

#12 ViperXTR

looks meh compared to AMD's never settle drivers Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 4:19 Reply

#13 SonDa5

Where is the counter AMD "never settle" 4 free game bundle?



Show me the 4 free game coupon then I will consider NVIDIA's counter move worthy. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 4:58 Reply

#14 Bjorn_Of_Iceland

I am done with Skyrim, I am no longer playing StarCraft II (heck was getting 60fps tops there even before this driver), I am finished with Batman: Arkham City and I am not interested in reinstalling Dragon Age II. Basically don't need it. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 5:35 Reply

#15 alwayssts

When these are out of beta, as well as Catalyst 12.11, I hope W1z retests the 500/600 and 7000 series.



The last day has been really confusing. I blame most of it on the 'never settle for a driver without at least 3 hotfixes', but there's always a chance this driver could change the over-all picture as well.



Hooray for tangible performance increases, even if they both appear suspicious in both where AMD cards now land in performance relative to nvidia's parts when normalized, as well as nvidia magically having a beta in their back pocket compiled and ready to go. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 5:36 Reply

#16 xenocide

I'll have to test this out with my 670 to see if there are any noticable performance gains. Only downside is I don't exactly have a ton of Benchmarking games as far as I know. I know I could manage some synthetic ones easily, but as far as games it's hard to benchmark consistantly without a pre-scripted benchmark system. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 6:03 Reply

#17 HossHuge

HossHuge How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles? So if nobody has an answer than I'll just have to assume that they just make up the rating system based on what they think. So if nobody has an answer than I'll just have to assume that they just make up the rating system based on what they think. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 6:07 Reply

#18 Ikaruga

Guys, looks like we don't have to buy new faster cards anymore from now on. We just download new drivers, and that's it:toast: Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 10:58 Reply

#19 Bjorn_Of_Iceland

Originally Posted by HossHuge View Post

How does the rating system work for the 3D Vision profiles? Really weird. In fallout 3, it rates it "Excellent" but has some funky stuff with HDR turned on. While in Magic Duels of Planeswalker, its rated "Not Rated" but was in fact flawless. Really weird. In fallout 3, it rates it "Excellent" but has some funky stuff with HDR turned on. While in Magic Duels of Planeswalker, its rated "Not Rated" but was in fact flawless. Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 16:12 Reply

#20 RejZoR

okidna Although they didn't mentioned it, this driver fixed my Borderlands 2 CTD issues! Woo hoo!











What part of "up to" that you didn't understand? The one where they don't list any games with "up to" 15% lol... The one where they don't list any games with "up to" 15% lol... Posted on Oct 24th 2012, 16:58 Reply