nVidia 295.73 Driver released

**MarcG** · 02-21-2012, 12:32 PM

Official release (not Beta) today, just a heads up to those that might not have Check For Updates ticked. I had the Beta before this so I'm not expecting any improvement but will report back if I do get any.

**Saabjock** · 02-21-2012, 01:07 PM

It seems to run fine here. No increase in fps...but no issues to report with build 60 either.

Update: Driver appears to be causing unexpected shut down of RF2.exe... after approximately two laps on circuit. It could have been related to the new 9.12.0203. Physx update added after driver installation. Reverted to 295.51 and the issue resolved itself.

**JvM** · 02-21-2012, 01:48 PM

Cheers good to know.

I have check for updates ticked, but apparently it hasn't checked yet.

**Uff** · 02-22-2012, 10:25 AM

Installed and... uninstalled. They make my GTX 560 Ti 448 go 10 degrees hotter than the previous beta release. I'll wait for the next WHQL release.

**MTFDarkEagle** · 02-22-2012, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Uff

Installed and... uninstalled. They make my GTX 560 Ti 448 go 10 degrees hotter than the previous beta release. I'll wait for the next WHQL release.

295.73 is a WHQL release.

**Uff** · 02-22-2012, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by MTFDarkEagle

295.73 is a WHQL release.

I know. That's why I wrote that I'll wait for the next one to see if things have improved on this side.

In the meantime I went back to the beta version.

**Dany Mitchel** · 02-22-2012, 11:42 AM

the new driver removed all SLI and Physics settings so I removed it Ill wait for the next one I am already getting over 70fps so I am good

**MTFDarkEagle** · 02-22-2012, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by Uff

I know. That's why I wrote that I'll wait for the next one to see if things have improved on this side.

In the meantime I went back to the beta version.

Aah ok!, I guess I had a "Hang on, I can count to football!"-moment there :P

**Satangoss** · 02-23-2012, 07:52 AM

I'm still using two versions older driver. The newer just made my GPU hotter and stutters in some games. I'm not even trying this fresh one, Nvidia is realising drivers each one worse than the previous.

For who were facing temperature issues, is worth to try this http://www.evga.com/precision/

You might manage the coolers of the GPU very effectively. I got 15ºC less average by using this. Price: louder noise and maybe descrease life-expectancy of fan (not proved realistically so far).

**Bill Zimmerman** · 02-23-2012, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Satangoss

I'm still using two versions older driver.

What driver are you using exactly? Thanks

**Uff** · 02-23-2012, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Satangoss

For who were facing temperature issues, is worth to try this http://www.evga.com/precision/

I'll give it a try: judging by the screens it seems very similar to MSI Afterburner, that you can use to tune fan too.

**dodswm** · 02-23-2012, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by Dany Mitchel

the new driver removed all SLI and Physics settings so I removed it Ill wait for the next one I am already getting over 70fps so I am good

Do you have a realtek onboard LAN by any chance? Its a known bug they are working on (i sent Nvidia a support ticket and they confirmed that).

Originally Posted by Me

With driver version 295.73, SLI does not show up in the Nvidia control panel. It is to do with the realtek 8111 onboard LAN on my motherboard - disabling it and rebooting makes the SLI option show up.

I've tried downgrading/updgrading the driver version for the realtek LAN, but still can't get it working. The 285.62 of your drivers work fine, so i've reverted back to them for now.

Originally Posted by Nvidia

Thank you for your submission. We have received reports of this problem and currently investigating. The problem does appear to be system specific since we have not been able to replicate the failure in our lab. Can you give me the brand/model of your motherboard as well as the system BIOS version? We are trying to match the same hardware setup. Can you also go into the NVIDIA Control Panel > Help > System Information, and save the NVIDIA system information to a file so we can match the BIOS version as well on your GPUs.