Fresh GeForce WHQL drivers bring bring better gaming and Skyrim performance boost

May 22, 2012 14:33 GMT  ·  By

It is really nice to see that the new GeForce/ Verde display drivers just released by Nvidia bring a lot of nifty features to the existing games; even more, with an up to 20% performance boost for Skyrim, these drivers seem to be a definitive must.

The highlight of this release is the enhanced performance upgrade with GeForce 400 and 500 series cards. Compared to the scores obtained with the old 296.10 WHQL-ed drivers, the 301.42 seem to bring a breath of fresh air to gaming for the owners of 400 and 500-series GPUs. The performance increase varies accordingly to the system configuration.

Version 301.42 also brings support for the GeForce GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670 and GT 600-series GPUs, while a lot of gaming titles receive either Nvidia SLI or 3D Vision profiles. For a complete list of these profiles, please check the individual download page for your suitable driver.

Installing the Nvidia GeForce/ Verde display drivers 301.42 will also update the PhysX System Software to version 9.12.0213, the HD audio driver to version 1.3.16.0 and offer support for OpenCL 4.2.

Please check below to find the suitable driver for the operating system of your desktop computer or notebook (Verde drivers).

Go to the download pages for the Nvidia GeForce / Verde display drivers 301.42.