The update is good news for SLI users thanks to "new and updated SLI profiles for today's top titles"--namely Crysis 3, Devil May Cry, and Warframe. The boosts in single-GPU systems are impressive, too: Performance gains of up to 27% in Assassin's Creed III, 19% in Civilization V, 14% in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, 14% in DiRT 3, 11% in Just Cause 2, 10% in Deus Ex: Human Revolution, 10% in F1 2012, and 10% in Far Cry 3.
The official GeForce blog post stated:
"An essential update for gamers jumping into the Crysis 3 Open Beta, 313.95 beta improves multi-GPU performance in Crytek's sci-fi shooter by up to 35%, and ensures maximum compatibility with the game's work-in-progress code on all systems."
If you're hoping to stress-test your system with Crysis 3 (or just play it), check this chart to see what settings nVidia suggests for the game:
| Graphics Settings | GeForce GTX 650 | GeForce GTX 660 Ti | GeForce GTX 680 | GeForce GTX 690 |
| Texture Resolution | Low | Very High | Very High | Very High |
| Game Effects | Low | High | High | Very High |
| Object | Low | High | High | Very High |
| Particles | Low | High | High | Very High |
| Post Processing | Low | High | High | Very High |
| Shading | Low | High | Very High | Very High |
| Shadows | Low | High | Very High | Very High |
| Water | Low | High | High | Very High |
| Lens Flares | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Motion Blur Amount | Disabled | Disabled | Medium | High |
| Antialiasing | SMAA Medium (2X) | SMAA High (4X) | SMAA High (4X) | SMAA High (4X) |
| Anisotropic Filtering | 16X | 16X | 16X | 16X |
Download the drivers here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/
Here's a look at the non-SLI performance (click for larger image):
- David D'Amico.
