GeForce R300 Driver 301.42

This is the first WHQL-certified unified driver from the R300 family of drivers (versions 300.00 to 301.99).

GeForce R300 drivers are packed with new industry-leading, GeForce-exclusive features as well as some really nice performance increases in top games.

New in R300 Drivers:

• New GPU Support:
• GeForce GTX 680
• GeForce GTX 670
• GeForce GT 600-series GPUs

• Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

  GeForce GTX 570/580:

  • Up to 23% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
  • Up to 21% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Up to 17% in StarCraft II with SLI
  • Up to 14% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
  • Up to 9% in Bulletstorm
  • Up to 7% in Civilization V
  • Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
  • Up to 6% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
  • Up to 5% in Metro 2033 with SLI
  • Up to 5% in Total War: Shogun 2

  GeForce GTX 560/560 Ti:

  • Up to 20% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Up to 15% in Just Cause 2 with SLI
  • Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 with SLI
  • Up to 12% in Bulletstorm
  • Up to 11% in Civilization V
  • Up to 10% in StarCraft II with SLI
  • Up to 9% in Batman: Arkham City
  • Up to 4% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution with SLI
  • Up to 4% in Dragon Age 2 with SLI
  • Up to 4% in Metro 2033 with SLI
  • Up to 4% in Total War: Shogun 2

• NVIDIA FXAA Technology – shader-based anti-aliasing technology available from the NVIDIA Control Panel that enables ultra-fast anti-aliasing in hundreds of PC games. FXAA delivers similar quality to 4x multi-sample antialiasing (MSAA) but is up to 60% faster, enabling substantially higher performance in games. FXAA is supported on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. Note: This feature is disabled for games that already have built-in support for FXAA. Visit GeForce.com to learn more.

• NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
• Alan Wake
• Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link
• Left 4 Dead
• Orcs Must Die!
• Portal 2
• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
• Risen 2: Dark Waters
• The Darkness II
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2
• Crusader Kings II
• Max Payne 3
• Sniper Elite V2
• Street Fighter X Tekken

Other Details

• Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0213.
• Installs HD Audio v1.3.16.0.
• Supports OpenGL 4.2
• Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: GeForce GTX 680 SLI, Quad SLI technology, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.