Battlefield 3-tuned graphics drivers launched
The PC edition of Battlefield 3 certainly seems the version to play, so, to prepare for its launch on Tuesday, you may well want to install the beta graphics card drivers Nvidia and AMD have tuned for DICE's war game.
The PC edition of Battlefield 3 certainly seems the version to play, so, to prepare for its launch on Tuesday, you may well want to install the beta graphics card drivers Nvidia and AMD have tuned for DICE's war game.
Both of these drivers are also recommended for Rage, if you fancy a little boost there too.
Nvidia claims that its new certified driver increases Battlefield 3 performance on a single GTX 560 by "up to 11%" since the last beta drivers. While you doubtless cannot expect such a boost for every card or in all settings configurations, every little helps.
AMD, meanwhile, recommends that you use the Catalyst 11.10 Version 3 Preview driver, which boosts BF3 performance by an unquantified amount. According to AMD's driver man Terry Makedon, it's essentially the same driver as the certified version that will be released on October 31.
Battlefield 3 invades North America on October 25, targeting PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, then will march into Europe on October 28.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Battlefield 3-tuned graphics drivers launched.
The PC edition of Battlefield 3 certainly seems the version to play, so, to prepare for its launch on Tuesday, you may well want to install the beta graphics card drivers Nvidia and AMD have tuned for DICE's war game.-
Very nice, btw Nvidia has a NEW WHQL just released today, they are not beta's either.
Some nice stats on these, I am going to rock them after work for sure, has a Dead Island SLI profile too.
http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Results/38916 -
from nvidia forum:
"PCGH reports that 8, 9 and 200 series GPU's suffer huge frame irregularities and spikes in retail BF3 with the latest drivers"
those users may want to upgrade to a new gpu as those series arent tested properly anymore. i have a 275 in one computer and it seems like they create problems in every driver over what they cause for everyone-
Good thing Nvidia doesn't have driver issues!
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*snicker :)
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Goddamnit. I just updated the drivers for my 9600 >:-(
I know I need a new gfx card, but don't have any money for it in the upcoming 2/3 months. -
This is why you don't update drivers until something is actually broken. I didn't update mine for the bf3 beta and it worked fine on my gtx260, and i won't update them for retail unless shit legitimately doesn't work.
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I can confirm that. I've got two GTX 295's and those drivers completely hosed it. I had to uninstall and go back a revision just to make things playable.
Umm, yeah, upgrading isn't an acceptable solution. Drivers allegedly tested with my card/series should at least work, not make the game a slideshow. I didn't buy a SLI setup just to need to upgrade when a game doesn't work. Shenanigans.
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I hope that Catalyst Version 3 Preview driver isn't the same one they plan on certifying. All OpenGL apps (with the exception of Rage) crash immediately to desktop for me on my Radeon 6870 using that driver. :(
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