“NVIDIA’s new ForceWare 257.21 WHQL driver takes a giant leap in version numbers, but does it take a giant leap in real-world gaming performance? We found at least one scenario where it does! You surely don’t want to miss the giant leap in Transparency Antialiasing performance experienced in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- ZOTAC GTX480 Review @ ITShootOut
- Gainward GeForce GTX 470 1280MB Golden Sample @ TweakTown
- Palit GTX 470 @ Neoseeker
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire vs. GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 5850 @ Legion Hardware
- The Best $500 NVIDIA PhysX Setup @ TweakTown
- AMD & NVIDIA Video Enhancement Quality Tested @ techPowerUp
- GPU Benchmarking Methods Investigated: Fact vs. Fiction @ Hardware Canucks
- DX11 Graphics Cards High End Roundup June 2010 @ HardwareHeaven
- GIGABYTE HD 5870 Super Overclock Edition @ [H]ard|OCP
- XFX HD 5570 Review @ OCC
- PowerColor PCS+ Radeon HD5550 Video Card @ Benchmark Reviews
- Gigabyte HD 5870 SOC, PowerColor PCS+ HD5870 @ iXBT Labs
Does the new ForceWare driver bring big improvements?
[H]ard|OCP noticed that the new ForceWare drivers seem to have jumped a few numbers and set about testing the 257.21 driver under a number of games to see if there was also a jump in performance. It was definitely worth their time as any owner of a GTX 470 or GTX 480 needs to grab this driver now; they saw improvements across the board. The star was Battlefield Bad Company 2, which not only offered benefits in terms of performance but also visual quality improvements. This is a nice, and free, upgrade for your Fermi.
