NVIDIA 301.24 Beta Drivers: Major Gaming Features Added and Skyrim Performance Increased Up To 20%
It looks like NVIDIA are making major enhancements to their GeForce drivers, “An essential upgrade for all GeForce users, these drivers enable NVIDIA FXAA, NVIDIA Adaptive VSync, and NVIDIA Frame Rate Target on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs and also add new NVIDIA Surround features for all Surround-capable GPUs. Also included are numerous performance improvements for top titles, new SLI profiles, and new 3D Vision profiles.” In particular, Skyrim performance has increased by up to 20%, which will be very welcome for systems rendering at marginal frame rates. NVIDIA explain how Adaptive VSync works, plus they have published various interesting performance charts, including for the Skyrim performance boost, but they have all been done on a GTX 580, not a GTX 680 for some reason. The drivers are available for download now at the link below.
Many gamers enable Vertical Synchronization (VSync) to prevent screen-tearing, an unsightly occurrence caused by frame rates exceeding a monitors refresh rate. The downside is the occasional and equally annoying stutter when frame rates drop below the locked VSync frame rate, and again when they return to the locked rate.
To fix the problem, the GeForce 301.24 beta drivers come loaded with NVIDIA Adaptive VSync, an automated technique that disables VSync when frame rates fall below the locked rate, and re-enables it when they return to the locked rate, significantly reducing stuttering whilst still preventing tearing.
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