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    *296.10 with RF2 Support for SLI * nVidia 295.73 Driver released

    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.
    Last edited by MarcG; 03-13-12 at 02:06 PM.

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    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.
    Last edited by Saabjock; 02-24-12 at 12:07 AM.

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    Cheers good to know.

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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uff View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MTFDarkEagle View Post
    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.

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by Uff View Post
    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

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    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).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Satangoss View Post
    I'm still using two versions older driver.
    What driver are you using exactly? Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Satangoss View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dany Mitchel View Post
    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).

    Quote 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.
    Quote 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.

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    I installed the 295.73's a few hours ago (I elected the clean install), and no problems.

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    Just got a note from Nvidia saying the new drivers (296.10) should fix it... They've just been released and i noticed this in the changelog:

    Boosts SLI performance in the following games:
    rFactor 2
    cool

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    It is good to know that they have the game in their testing suite.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dodswm View Post
    Just got a note from Nvidia saying the new drivers (296.10) should fix it... They've just been released and i noticed this in the changelog:



    cool
    Unfortunately, no change for me, same FPS and GPU Usage as the previous drivers.

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