Nvidia Releases GeForce 331.65 WHQL Graphics Driver
Nvidia's latest drivers include support for GameStream, which lets users stream PC games from a GeForce GTX-equipped PC directly to Nvidia's Shield console.
Nvidia has released the next of its GeForce WHQL drivers. This update, 331.65, was released this morning and follows on from last week's release of 331.58. Along with improved performance in Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4, these game-ready drivers also come bundled with GeForce Experience v1.7, which includes support for Nvidia's newly announced GameStream, as well as a beta version of GeForce ShadowPlay.
For full details of the release, see below:
New in GeForce R331 Drivers
- Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:
GeForce GTX 690/770/780/TITAN:
- Up to 12% in Battlefield 4
- Up to 19% in Sniper Elite V2
- Up to 13% in Dirt: Showdown
- Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light
- Up to 9% in Sleeping Dogs
- Up to 8% in Max Payne 3
- Up to 6% in F1 2012
- SLI Technology
- Batman: Arkham Origins – updated profile
- Battlefield 4 – updated profile
- Shadow Warrior – added DX9 profile
- War of the Vikings – added DX11 profile
- Dragon Sword - updated DX9 profile
- GRID 2 - updated DX11 profile
- Euro Truck Simulator 2 - updated profile
- 3D Vision
- Shadow Warrior – "Excellent"
- Call of Duty: Ghosts – "Fair"
- The Wolf Among Us – "Good"
- Gaming Technology
- Enables GeForce ShadowPlay technology
- Civilization 5 – added HBAO+
- SHIELD
- Enables NVIDIA GameStream technology
- 4K Displays
- Adds support for 4K Surround
Additional Details
- Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4
- Installs GeForce Experience v9.3.16.0
- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit. More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit
- 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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bochica, users on various forums report that 314.22 is a stable release for 500
series GPUs (I too had issues with newer drivers). I'm still using 314.22 on my
GTX 580 configs, except for one which has 310.90 for testing purposes to match
an equivalent Quadro driver.
Ian.
It's includes all Fermi cards - 400, 500, some 600 mobile series!
Like we all know, nothing changes with new branch release, just renaming!
And this news is bad commercial for Nvidia, next my V-card will be from AMD !
Yeah, a lot increse in games up to 10 % with each driver release, just none after 314 works for a lot ppl!
Something not covered by articles about drivers releases of this kind is whether they
really offer any benefit with respect to performance improvements for users of older
cards, ie. all 400/500 series. The NVIDIA description is vague and never cites an
example that specifically refers to an older card.
Ian.
YESSSSSS
That card is nearing replacement time, and Nvidia is not making it's case with continually crappy drivers all year long.
The reason some people have problems while other people with the exact same card don't is because they have different supporting hardware, mobos, processors, ect or even slight variations in the cards themselves that isn't accounted for. This is indicative of lazy and incomplete testing on Nvidias behalf. It has virtually nothing to do with improper driver removal/installation.
You should probably be getting your drivers from the manufacturer of your laptop. NV doesn't guarantee drivers from their site to work with ANY manufacturers laptops or PC's.
It's comic people think automatically you can just go to NV for drivers when they may have cards that are made specifically for the OEM and supported BY THE OEM not NV.
This is why you BUILD YOUR OWN if you want NV support. I'd venture to guess 1/2 of the complainers have OEM systems (dell, hp, etc) who provide their OWN WHQL drivers you should be using.
That's not to say this is the case for ALL systems, but a good portion are NOT using off the shelf components for vid cards. My Inspiron 9300 is an example. If I was to load NV drivers i have all kinds of problems in a lot of games (but I have a ton, so probably see it more than others that don't game a lot), so I always end up back running Dell's own drivers (which are far out of date mind you, and so is the laptop...LOL). I'd only count on boutique vendors to use off the shelf parts and even then it's iffy (like alienware might actually have a XFX card inside etc, while Dell might use a custom card and drivers).