NVIDIA Releases BF3-improved & Skyrim-ready GeForce 285.79 Beta

NVIDIA has today released another notable beta GeForce driver; this one versioned 285.79. Battlefield 3 continues to receive some love here with both performance improvements and bug fixes – that latter including many specific to DX10 GPUs but also helps remedy stuttering issues seen on both DX10 and DX11 GPUs.

SLI profiles have also been added for a slew of games, including tomorrow’s release of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. 3D Vision profiles have also been added or updated, so overall, anyone using either SLI or 3D Vision and are playing any of the games listed below will certainly want to take the chance on this beta.

Here’s a verbatim list of what’s new as grabbed from NVIDIA’s site:

New in Version 285.79

• Includes several bug fixes and performance improvements for Battlefield 3.
  • Fixes cases of irregular performance (stuttering) primarily seen on DirectX 10 GPUs. The fix improves the performance of both DX10 and DX11 GPUs.
  • Fixes shadow map corruption seen with DirectX 10 GPUs.
  • Fixes cases of black corruption lines/triangles with DirectX 10 GPUs.
• Fixes black screen during playback using Windows Media Center.
• Added or updated SLI profiles for the following games:
  • Aion v3.0
  • Anno 2070
  • Assassins Creed: Revelations
  • Bastion
  • Need for Speed: The Run
  • Payday: The Heist
  • The Adventures of Tintin
  • The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
• Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles:
  • Airline Tycoon 2 – rated Fair
  • Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – rated Good
  • Batman: Arkham City – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution – rated Excellent
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – rated Excellent
  • FIFA 12 – rated Good
  • Hard Reset – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
  • inMomentum – rated Fair
  • The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
  • Smash Cars – rated Fair
  • Two Worlds 2: Castle Defense – rated Good
  • Zombie Driver – rated Excellent

Other Details

• Includes HD Audio driver 1.2.24.0.
• Includes PhysX System Software 9.11.11.07.

The driver can be found here. NVIDIA also today released a new notebook GPU driver (Verde), but for some reason pulled it down almost immediately with no reason as to why. That driver also set out to improve Battlefield 3 performance, so if you are a notebook GeForce user, keep an eye out for that release.