Jacky791 said:
I notice that my graphics card isn't scoring as high as it should for the physics section of the 3Dmark11 test. I used to get 10000+ on that section but gradually it has decreased down to about 9600.
Here are the results of the test I ran just now:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/6535503
I was wondering how I could improve the score back to 10000+?
They are recommending that I go back to an older version of the Nvidia Driver when I click the ". Here are some suggestions to get more performance out of your PC"? I don't understand why that would help. Shouldn't newer drivers be better?
Newer drivers
generally are better*, but "better" doesn't necessarily mean it'll be faster in every application available. The newer driver's design may conceivably even trade ~4% in a 3dMark benchmark for stability elsewhere.
That said, you're talking about a tiny discrepancy in your score. If I had to guess the reason for the (tiny) decline in your score, I'd guess that you have a different complement of processes/services running in the background than you used to have. I wouldn't sweat the number, and I wouldn't necessarily blame the driver.
(* - It's worth noting that newer drivers sometimes do have problems. Sometimes ATI/nvidia even pull down drivers due to catastrophic problems. Personally, I rarely update my drivers immediately on release day; I wait at least a couple of days to see if I hear about any problems, unless I have some sort of problem with my current drivers. Sometimes you are best served by rolling back to an earlier driver, but again, I wouldn't worry too much about 400 points in 3dMark.)