NVIDIA R270.51 WHQL Driver Now Available

The first Release 270 WHQL-certified driver for GeForce GPUs has been released by NVIDIA today and is immediately available.

This driver is accompanied by an equivalent Verde driver for notebook PCs. Version 270.61 is available for download on GeForce.com.

For those that previously installed the v270.51 beta which included the new NVIDIA Updatesoftware, you will automatically get a notification on your PC for this new WHQL-certified driver.

As you can see in the chart below, NVIDIA measured performance increases of 11% on the GeForce GTX 580 in our two Just Cause 2 tests, 7% in Civilization V, 6% in Far Cry 2 SLI, 5% in Civilization V SLI, 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 SLI, 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 SLI, and 4% in Mafia 2 SLI.

Testing was conducted on a Windows 7 system, with the resolution set to 1900x1200, and 2560x1600 in SLI benchmarks. Anti-Aliasing was set to 8x (4x in Civ V and Left 4 Dead 2 SLI, ‘on’ in Mafia 2, and ‘off’ in Left 4 Dead 2), Anisotropic Filtering to 16x (‘off’ in Left 4 Dead 2), all detail levels set to max, and PhysX set to ‘High’ in Mafia 2.

For more benchmarking on the driver performance for GTX 560 Ti, Dragon Age II and 3D Vision head to the GeForce news post.