NVIDIA releases GeForce Driver v275.27 BETA

A short while ago, NVIDIA released their new  GeForce 275.27 BETA drivers which is the first release from the Release 275 family of drivers (versions 275.xx to 279.xx).

download them here

These drivers add support for the newly released GeForce GTX 560 and, as always, some performance increases for the following games:

• Increases performance for GeForce 400 Series and 500 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v270.61 WHQL drivers. The following are some examples of improvements measured on Windows 7. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 580:
• Up to 4% in Crysis 2
• Up to 5% in Civilization V with SLI
• Up to 9% in Portal 2
• Up to 13% in Bulletstorm with Antialiasing enabled
• Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Asylum with PhysX High
GeForce GTX 560:
• Up to 6% in Crysis 2
• Up to 8% in Portal 2
• Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham Asylum with PhysX High
• Up to 15% in Bulletstorm with Antialiasing enabled

• Increases gaming performance by up to 12% for dual-core CPUs in CPU-limited cases.

Besides the following improvements, another new interesting thing released in this drivers is the ability for NVIDIA Update to automatically update your SLI game profiles.


NVIDIA 3D Vision

• With Release 275 drivers, the 3D Vision Controller driver is now included with all GPU driver installations. This driver package includes v275.22 3D Vision Controller driver. Users are no longer required to install a separate 3D Vision Controller driver or CD driver. For more information, please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
• 3D Vision Window Mode support. Please view this knowledgebase article for more information.
• Added support for 3D Vision Photo viewer to now work in Window Mode. When you have opened a 3D picture file check the “View” section for this new option.
• Improved 3D Vision IR emitter and 3D Vision glasses synchronization
• Adds support for new 3D Vision projectors: NEC NP-V300X series
• Added the following 3D Vision game profiles:
• Age of Empires Online
• Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• Battlefield Play4Free
• Duke Nukem Forever
• Dungeon Siege III
• Super Street Fighter IV
• World of Tanks
• Update the following 3D Vision game profiles
• Portal 2 – fixed water reflection problem and updated convergence setting to provide a better user experience
• The Witcher 2 – Improved 3D Vision compatibility for all in-game effects

Other

• Installs HD Audio driver version 1.2.23.3
• Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514
• Supports playing back Blu-ray 3D discs when connecting your GPU to an HDMI 1.4 3D TV. Playback requires compatible software application from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Roxio, or Corel. For GPU and system requirements, visit the NVIDIA Blu-ray 3D website.
• Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.
• Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here.
• Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.
• Supports DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
• Supports OpenGL 4.1 on GeForce 400 series and later GPUs.
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Please keep in mind that BETA drivers may not be stable and therefore can cause system-crashes.