NVIDIA ha rilasciato i nuovi drivers 290.53 Beta che offrono interessanti miglioramenti prestazionali per coloro che dispongono di una scheda grafica GeForce ed utilizzano il gioco Skyrim, specie nella gestione delle scene relative agli interni. Il nuovo driver contiene anche profili aggiornati per SLI e 3D Vision, oltre alla correzione di alcuni bug. Potete scaricarli da questo indirizzo: http://www.geforce.com/Drivers/Beta

Nelle note di rilascio si legge:

Optimizations for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

• Increases performance by up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim vs. 290.36 drivers (measured with GeForce GTX 560 at 19x10 Ultra – Indoor Scene). Results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and in-game location.
• Updates the NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to a higher performance profile.
• Added new 3D Vision laser sight /crosshair options to better match Skyrim crosshairs.
• For a full Skyrim tweak guide, visit GeForce.com.

NVIDIA SLI

• Adds SLI profiles for Trine 2, WRC 2: FIA World Rally Championship 2011, and Afterfall: InSanity.

3D Vision

• Fixes issues with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 not launching into 3D Vision mode
• Added new 3D Vision laser sight /crosshair options to better match The Elder Scrolls Skyrim crosshairs
• Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles:
• AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome – rated Good
• The Adventures of Tintin: The Game – rated Excellent
• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – rating changed to Fair
• Driver San Francisco – updated settings to work better in 3D Vision
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – updated in-game compatibility message
• Hard Reset – updated in-game compatibility message. FXAA x2 and x4 are now supported by the game
• Ignite – rated Good
• Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters – rated Fair
• Jurassic Park: The Game – rated Good
• Orcs Must Die! – rated Good
• PAYDAY The Heist – rated Poor
• PT Boats - Knights of the Sea – rated Good
• PT Boats - South Gambit – rated Good
• Race 07 – updated in-game compatibility message
• Race Room – rated Good
• Serious Sam 3: BFE – rated Poor
• SkyDrift – rated Good
• Star Wars: The Old Republic – rated Good
• Stronghold 3 – rated Good
• Take on Helicopters – rated Fair
• Trine 2 – rated 3D Vision Ready
• Waves – rated Excellent

Key Bug Fixes

• Fixes some random instances of triangular artifacts when playing Battlefield 3 (fix is now enabled for GeForce 400 and 500 series GPUs).
• Fixes a default panel resolution/ timing bug in 290.36.

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