14 DAY TRIAL // Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has formerly introduced its much-anticipated WHQL version of the new GeForce 275.21 graphics drivers. The version that was released just yesterday is now available for download and comes as an evolution to the beta version that the company released approximately one month ago. The driver adds support for both desktop and mobile versions of the outfit's GeForce graphics chips.
Before you jump at the opportunity of upgrading your system to the latest graphics drivers from NVIDIA, be sure to check a summary of what's new and which are the features that have been made available in this new pack. Now, according to the releases notes, the new driver does exactly what the beta version did, namely to improve performance in a series of applications, while also adding support for Blu-ray 3D with the NVIDIA 3D Vision technology. The release also includes the new PhysX System Software version 9.10.0222, the CUDA Toolkit 3.1 and a bunch of other features that will just improve your overall graphics experience.
As for the performance increments, just take a look at the following list of results, that NVIDIA published in their release notes:
Up to 14% in Aliens vs. Predator (1920x1200 noAA/AF – Tessellation on) Up to 4% in Batman: Arkham Asylum (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF PhysX=High) Up to 5% in BattleForge (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Very High settings) Up to 5% in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF) Up to 4% in Crysis: Warhead (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Enthusiast setting) Up to 24% in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (1920x1200 no AA/AF) Up to 9% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 8xAA/16xAF) Up to 25% in Just Cause 2 (2560x1600 no AA/AF - Concrete Jungle) Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1920x1200 no AA/16xAF – Tessellation on) Up to 40% in Metro 2033 with SLI ((1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on) Up to 8% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 no AA/AF – Day) Up to 110% in Stone Giant with SLI (2650x1600 – Tessellation on, DoF on) Up to 6% in The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena (2560x1600 no AA/AF) Up to 9% in Unigine: Tropics (2560x1600 no AA/AF – OpenGL) Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Performance and Extreme Presets) Up to 19% with Transparency AA (1920x1200 4xTrSS – measured in Crysis)
Just remember that these performance increments may vary depending on your configuration. Still, if you want to take a look at what these new drivers are capable of, be sure to hit the download link, below:
NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 257.21 WHQL for Windows XP 32-bit NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 257.21 WHQL for Windows XP 64-bit NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 257.21 WHQL for Windows Vista/Windows 7 32-bit NVIDIA GeForce/ION Driver Release 257.21 WHQL for Windows Vista/Windows 7 64-bit