NVIDIA Releases 350.12 Game Ready WHQL Drivers
by Ryan Smith on April 13, 2015 4:15 PM EST
Hot on the heels of their first R349 branch driver release earlier this month with the release of the 350.05 hotfix drivers, NVIDIA is back again with another R349 release. This time NVIDIA is releasing 350.12, which happens to be both a Game Ready release and their first R349 WHQL release.
On the Game Ready front, NVIDIA is releasing these drivers ahead of this evening's release of the PC version of Grand Theft Auto V, and as is customary for a Game Ready release it contains all of the latest optimizations and profiles necessary for the game. This includes profiles to enable both SLI and 3D Vision support. Meanwhile from a technical standpoint GTA V will be a GameWorks-enabled title, with developer Rockstar using NVIDIA’s Percentage-Closer Soft Shadows (PCSS) and TXAA technologies in the game.
Otherwise as this is also the first R349 WHQL driver we have a bit more detail on what NVIDIA has been working on under the hood for this branch, thanks to a proper set of release notes. Of particular note, NVIDIA has improved the interaction between high resolution (4K+) displays, SLI, and their frame buffer capture technology (used in GameStream/Shadowplay) to reduce the performance hit from using all of these technologies together. Similarly, the NVIDIA control panel is now finally HiDPI aware, capable of supporting 250 DPI.
With this driver release NVIDIA has also posted a bit more information on their OpenCL 1.2 driver. The driver has not yet passed OpenCL conformance testing over at Khronos, but it is expected to do so. OpenCL 1.2 functionality will only be available on Kepler and Maxwell GPUs, with Fermi getting left behind.
Finally, for Windows 10 users, it looks like you'll want to stick to the Windows Update drivers if you want WDDM 2.0 support. A quick check of the 350.12 INF file shows that it doesn't have entries for Windows 10, indicating that this driver is not WDDM 2.0 enabled.
As usual, you can grab the drivers for all current desktop and mobile NVIDIA GPUs over at NVIDIA’s driver download page.
Source: NVIDIA (via SH SOTN)
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coburn_c - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
But scaling the UI down is fantastic. Not all pixels are the same size despite what the engine thinks.Ryan Smith - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
I haven't heard anything, but I can check.rtho782 - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
It's DSR, SLI and GSync.You can have any two.
rtho782 - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
Although I think there are also limits with 4k screens on SLI/DSR combos.SlyNine - Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - link
Really? even with the latest drivers I'm not seeing SLI and DSR (with Gsync disabled).SlyNine - Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - link
That would be great, I'm not seeing DSR with gysnc enabled or disabled. If you do ask please ask about the MFAA/SLI compatibility as well.thanks
az060693 - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
I've always had issues with DSR. Usually UI elements and text don't scale properly.cmdrdredd - Monday, April 13, 2015 - link
DSR does work with SLI. MFAA doesn'tSlyNine - Wednesday, April 15, 2015 - link
Enable SLI and DSR disappears. This is with Gsync disabled or enabled.Daniel Egger - Thursday, April 16, 2015 - link
Don't know but what I do know that those f'in Morons at NVidia managed to break DSR *again* when the output device is connected over an HDMI receiver. It was just fixed in the previous release...