Graphics - New ATi/Nvidia Drivers Out - 12.04.12

[Nakatomi Uk]

I was thinking of doing a thread for updated graphics drivers for PC gamers and providing links to them for easier finds I will provide the official link and a sub link if anyone has issues with a site but anyway here they are hopefully I can always edit the title thread with a new date so I don't have to keep re-posting.

ATi Display 12.3 Driver (Official Link)

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

Note: Shortcuts to your operating system can be found on the right to take you to the download page also new profiles for games can now be downloaded at the link above

New profiles added to this release:
- FireFall: Resolve corruption when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Test Drive Unlimited 2: Improves CrossFire performance
- Ridge Racer Unbounded – Fixes full screen corruption for single GPU configurations
- Stacking – Resolved image quality issues when enabling Anti-Aliasing through the Catalyst Control Center on single GPU configurations
- Dirt 3: Fixes corruption found in particular scenes when CrossFire is enabled

nVidia Driver 296.10
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

New in Release 296.10

Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 560 SE GPU.
Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.12.0213.
Boosts SLI performance in the following games:
Blacklight: Retribution – up to 1.8x performance increase
DiRT 3 – updated DX11 profile to improve menu performance
Dishonored
Dungeon Defenders
F1 2011 – improves performance with game patch 1.2
rFactor 2
Adds 3D Vision support for the following games:
Dear Esther – Rated Good
Deep Black: Reloaded – Rated 3D Vision Ready
Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes documentation for more details.

Highlight Summary for the R295 Family of Drivers
New features and performance since R285 WHQL-certified driver

Game-changing performance boost of up to 45% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, “the fastest selling title in Steam’s history”
Up to 2x performance Mass Effect 3 with SLI technology.
GeForce-exclusive quality enhancements with ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Diablo III, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
New 3D Vision and SLI profiles for over 50 titles.
New PhysX software for the best experience in top PhysX titles like Alice: Madness Returns and Batman: Arkham City.
Enables WHQL-certified support for NVIDIA Surround on Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
Updates HD Audio to version 1.3.12.0.

Other Details

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.

Driver Sweeper 3.2.0 - http://phyxion.net/Driver-Sweeper/Dr...Version-3-2-0/

Use this to clean out old driver files once you have done the uninstall to avoid driver conflicts normally when I update a driver I run the uninstaller and once done find the driver folder usually

(C:ATi Support 11.9 or C:Nvidia 285.62 then delete folder)

I reboot the PC and log back in, I then run driver sweeper for ATi files in my case and remove them once done I install the latest driver also note that sometimes it may remove the SMBus driver for AMD chipsets if this is the case you can re-download the latest here......

AMD Chipset Driver (SMBus, AHCI, USB 3.0) AMD have now combined there drivers for the AHCI SMBus etc in to one package you can download them here -
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownloa...d_windows.aspx

[BoyBettaKnow]

Good call man - this thread will come in use! +Rep

[keefy]

Catalyst creator often has useful tweets for latest beta driver releases for AMD users.

http://twitter.com/#!/catalystcreator

ATI/AMD users can also update using Steam (if they have it) it is however often a day or 2 behind what is on the AMD website.

[Nakatomi Uk]

New ATi driver out links updated above for it with description on tweaks

[Nakatomi Uk]

New ATi driver released updates of what the driver improves at in the bubble.

Wish this could be made a sticky and I could edit the title which would make it new without having to post like this on news about and update

[Nakatomi Uk]

New graphics drivers from ATi and Nvidia this week info on what they do in quotes....

[Cybertox]

Thats nice to see as i ordered last week my x51 with the nvdia gtx555. Do drivers update themselves like automatic updates on browsers or we have to update them manually? My guess is that there is an update button in the control panel or something. Never had to update videocard drivers cause till now i always used macs.

[keefy]

You have to do it manually nd its best to reboot after it isntaled.

[Cybertox]

But can i find the drivers in my control panel or i have to search for the latest drivers in the internet?

[LfCpS3]

But can i find the drivers in my control panel or i have to search for the latest drivers in the internet?

For nvidea you should go on their website and search for new drivers, search for the card that your card is in ( 500 series) and download which you need.

[keefy]

www.nvidia.com

There is an autodetect option on the site if unsure what card yours is exactly.

There may be a update option inthe driver software control panel AMD has one so I expect Nvidia will too.

[Nakatomi Uk]

If you want serious detail about your graphics card download GPU-Z it tells you everything you need to know what card it is what driver your using etc http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/

GPU-Z .0.5.9 is the latest version or if your using Windows XP or 7 you can go in to Control Panel >> System >> Device Manager >> Display Adapters and it will show you there

[War]

www.nvidia.com

There is an autodetect option on the site if unsure what card yours is exactly.

There may be a update option inthe driver software control panel AMD has one so I expect Nvidia will too.

it already does that when you try to install the driver file, but Nvidia ftw.

[Apocalypse-]

Downloading the Nvidia ones now

[Nakatomi Uk]

New nvidia driver 296.10's are out link has been updated along with fixes and performance info in quote.

[Nakatomi Uk]

Again new drivers from ATi's listing updated there are also new drviers for the new Series GTX6xx cards from nvidia just click on the link and select your card and op system Driver 300 seems to be the latest one