Recommended release for Battlefield 3, 38% better performance

Sep 27, 2011 07:09 GMT  ·  By

We already covered the release of the new desktop driver for NVIDIA video cards and now we move to the Verde release, which brings the same benefits to the notebook market.

Battlefield 3 is the latest FPS (first-person shooter) to be developed by Electronic Arts, and EA will have the Open Beta out on September 29 (2011).

EA even stated this game was as important as FIFA, which is saying something, knowing for just how many years that game has been reincarnating.

Owners of a desktop computer running an NVIDIA GeForce, Quadro, NVS or ION GPU (graphics processing unit) can go here to download the software.

People who possess a mobile PC running an NVIDIA discrete solution can get it from whichever of the below links is appropriate.

The increase in performance of up to 38% in Battlefield 3 is just one of several perks that the Beta software promises to deliver.

There should also be a higher image quality and stability for users to enjoy, compared to what previous driver versions would allow.

The Santa Clara, California-based company also made sure to address other issues and games, adding or updating SLI multi-GPU profiles as necessary.

Dead island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Saints Row: The Third, Need for Speed: The Run and, of course, Battlefield 3 all have these new or updated profiles.

Furthermore, a performance issue that plagued Crysis 2 (in DirectX 9 mode) on the 285.27 Beta driver was resolved.

Finally, the package installs PhysX System Software version 9.11.06.21, HD Audio driver version 1.2.24.0 and comes with support for OpenGL 4.2 on GeForce 400 and 500 GPUs (OpenGL 3.2 for the other GeForce 8-series and later).

NVIDIA Verde Notebook Display Driver 285.38 Beta for Vista/Windows 7

NVIDIA Verde Notebook Display Driver 285.38 Beta for Vista64/Windows 7 x64