OT: NVidia 301.52 driver available

Former user wrote on 5/24/2012, 11:12 PM

The new Nvidia driver is here! The new Nvidia driver is here! (bonus marks if you can name that movie tribute).

301.42 - WHQL is now available. The notes promise (and promises are meant to be broken, or so I've heard) and I quote,

"...increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 296.10 WHQL-certified drivers."

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John_Cline wrote on 5/25/2012, 12:03 AM

The movie reference is from "The Jerk" where Steve Martin's character, Navin Johnson, is all excited about the arrival of the new phone book.

Red Prince wrote on 5/25/2012, 7:49 AM

OT: NVidia 301.52 driver available
301.42 - WHQL is now available.
So, which is it? 301.52 or 301.42?

Kit wrote on 5/25/2012, 8:32 AM

The one I got was 301.42.

Kit

Red Prince wrote on 5/26/2012, 12:18 PM

And how is it working? Any reason to upgrade to it as far as Vegas goes?

JJKizak wrote on 5/26/2012, 1:35 PM

You know I sent NVIDIA a very nasty "E" mail a couple years ago about all the hoops you had to go through updating their drivers. And it was nasty and degrading. Ever since then their drivers slide in slicker than camel snot on a door knob so I will not critisize them any more. And they said, "Let the new drivers flow forth".
JJK

Red Prince wrote on 5/26/2012, 3:15 PM

Hmmm, I have just checked the version of my driver, and it is 301.42, so apparently I either installed it when it first came out or it was installed by Windows Update, or whatever.

I see no difference between it and the older versions. I wonder if they just keep changing the version numbers without any changes to their drivers, just to make it seem they’re doing something.

Arthur.S wrote on 5/27/2012, 6:47 AM

I downloaded it, then noticed it was the 'international' version - which I'd had problems with in the past. (I'm UK) I then downloaded the US English version. International version is 206MB and the US version only 166MB. Wonder why the difference?

TheHappyFriar wrote on 5/27/2012, 11:44 AM

I see no difference between it and the older versions. I wonder if they just keep changing the version numbers without any changes to their drivers, just to make it seem they’re doing something.

Normally drivers are released to a) increase compatibility or b) fix problems. If you didn't need either then you might notice no benefit. Which goes back the basic rule: don't upgrade unless you NEED to. A recent GPU driver slows down my windows 2D redraw quite a bit but the older ones aren't compatible with newer software. So I deal with the slow redraw. :)

Kit wrote on 5/27/2012, 4:03 PM

I haven't noticed any real difference - but I'm not using Vegas at the moment.

Red Prince wrote on 5/27/2012, 9:00 PM

don't upgrade unless you NEED to.Except, I do need to. I am still waiting for them to fix the compatibility with Vegas full screen preview in 3D with active glasses. It used to work a very long time ago. Then they broke it. Several of us have reported it to NVIDIA, but apparently we are not their target audience. They only care about gamers, not about video editors.

Guy S. wrote on 5/29/2012, 12:18 PM

<<International version is 206MB and the US version only 166MB. Wonder why the difference?>>

It's due to the exchange rate, U.S. vs. Metric kilobytes.

Arthur.S wrote on 5/29/2012, 2:05 PM

:-D

JJKizak wrote on 5/29/2012, 3:11 PM

They might have about 40 language options.
JJK