NVIDIA GeForce 260.63 Beta

[stevenxowens792]

NVIDIA GeForce 260.63 Beta

link

Windows 7 64 bit HUGE THANKS TO SKATEHOUSE!
NVIDIA DRIVERS 260.63 BETA

Nvidia release that adds PERFORMANCE updates for the 400 series models and other various odds and ends. Full Details on nvidia site.

I will try to install but I bet I will need to update the INF file to install correctly. StevenX

Benchmarks so far...
Just Cause 2 (concrete jungle) 258.96 21.44/21.68
Just Cause 2 (concrete jungle)260.63 20.66/20.56 (not much difference) note.. while playing in game, high priority with oc settings I stood and looked at same spots and I am sure there was a 1 to 2 fps increase... May be snakeoil but not sure yet.
BFBC2 (single player bench that I run) 258.96 29-32 avg low settings
BFBC2 (single player bench that I run)260.63 29-30.8) avg low settings
Played BFBC@ for 1.5 hours last night after my son went to bed. I played on the 32 man conquest mostly Atacama which seems to push our setups the hardest. For the first time in a while I was regularly dropping into the teens. I am not sure why... What I dont want to say is that this driver is worse than 258.96 without playing a lot more. I think tonight I will find some dead servers find some places to run around (like a track) log the frames and do so on both drivers. Obviously it will not push the setup hard but give me an idea of min/max/avg without server latency (I will find a Texas server)

COD MW2 multiplayer 3 matches.. flies on it. 45-60 fps all very high 2AA

ps.. we have this posted before GURU3d.. LOL

[Skatehouse]

here is the notebook version:

260.63 64 bit

[moral hazard]

^ just finished downloading the desktop version and you post the notebook version

[stevenxowens792]

Sweet.. i was in the middle of modding the INF file.. almost done. Downloading mobile version now. They weren't on the site when I hit the desktop version...Thanks!


REMINDER-- This may have that weird installer so you may be better off going through the hardware manager and updating the driver manually!

[Nautis]

For those wondering, No built in support for the M11xR2. They need to be modded.

REMINDER-- This may have that weird installer so you may be better off going through the hardware manager and updating the driver manually!

Shouldn't have any installer issues if modded correctly.

[outspaced]

Downloading now! So any issues with installing so far, still need to mod it?

[forsakenrider]

What do we need to add to the nvdm to get this to install? id like to try it.

[Nautis]

My suggestion for these:

For the Alienware M11xR2
Open the file NVDM.INF in the Verde driver folder

Under

[NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1]

you need to include the following device id string (paste the following)

%NVIDIA_DEV.0CAF.01% = Section041, PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0CAF&SUBSYS_04651028

Under

[Strings]

you need to include the following device id string name (paste the following)

NVIDIA_DEV.0CAF.01 = "NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M"

Note: from 258.96 to 260.63 Section050 changed to Section041 another to try would be Section052.

[forsakenrider]

And what youre allll waiting for, PB still kicks you.

[Nautis]

I am trying to figure out what the difference is between Section041 and Section052.

Section041 has:
HKR,,Rm628700,%REG_DWORD%,1
while Section052 does not

Section052 has:
HKLM,"Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid",DisableSmartHybrid,%REG_DWORD%,1
HKLM,"Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\Hybrid",HybridPlatformRole,%REG_DWORD%,1
while Section041 does not

I have always assumed DisableSmartHybrid and HybridPlatformRole are Hybrid Graphics settings. HybridPlatformRole for Hybrid Graphics activates the hybrid power taskbar icon. Kinda strange. (Manual Switching?)