New 320.18 WHQL Drivers for Nvidia Graphics Cards have been Released

Nvidia’s 320.18 WHQL drivers have been released in conjunction with the release of the Geforce GTX 780. The new 320.18 WHQL drivers will cover all modern GPUs including the new 700 series that is slowly being released by Nvidia. If you upgrade to these drivers then Nvidia expects to have gains on their GPUs ranging between 5% to 20% depending on which card you are using and game you are playing. Also these drivers are a day one daily driver for the new Geforce GTX 780 if you plan to get your hands on one soon. Here is where you can download them for your specific GPU and OS.

Here are some of the gains you should see with these cards

As you can see from the chart above that Nvidia released the 320.18 WHQL drivers offer some good gains on the GTX 660 based on the game you are playing.

Also as you can see here the SLI performance of the 660 has been upgraded along with all the other cards to give performance if maybe you are looking to pick up a second GPU instead of spending more money on something newer or better.

According to Nvidia the “modern” GPUs they are talking about range from the 400,500,600, and new 700 series of GPUs that will see improvements from the 320.18 WHQL drivers.

Specific gains from the the 320.18 WHQL drivers:

• GeForce GTX 660:
  • Up to 20% in Dirt: Showdown
  • Up to 18% in Tomb Raider
  • Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
  • Up to 8% in StarCraft II
  • Up to 6% in Sniper Elite V2
  • Up to 6% in Metro 2033
  • Up to 6% in Far Cry 3
  • Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Up to 5% in F1 2012
  • GeForce GTX 660 SLI:
  • Up to 17% in Dirt: Showdown
  • Up to 18% in Tomb Raider
  • Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light
  • Up to 9% in Assassin’s Creed III
  • Up to 7% in StarCraft II
  • Up to 6% in Far Cry 3
  • Up to 6% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution
  • Up to 6% in Battlefield 3
  • Up to 5% in BioShock: Infinite
  • Up to 5% in F1 2012
• SLI Technology
  • Added SLI profile for Alien Fear
  • Added SLI profile for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
  • Added SLI profile for Dead Island: Riptide
  • Added SLI profile for Dragon Sword
  • Added SLI profile for Neverwinter
  • Added SLI profile for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  • Added SLI profile for GRID 2
  • Added SLI profile for Human Head 2
  • Added SLI profile for Remember Me
  • Added SLI profile for The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
  • Updated SLI profile for Natural Selection 2
  • Updated SLI profile for Resident Evil 6
  • Updated SLI profile for Trackmania 2: Canyon

Other features:

• PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
• HD Audio v1.3.24.2
• Support for applications built using CUDA 5
• OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later supported
• DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series or later GPUs supported

Overall you should see some good gains out of these drivers if you are running single card or SLI configurations or if you plan on buying a new Geforce GTX 780 GPU. Once again here is the link to download the new drivers.

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