NVIDIA’s GeForce 285.27 Beta Driver Boosts Performance Up to 13%

NVIDIA has just released its latest GeForce beta driver, version 285.27. The major focus here is SLI-related performance improvements, with gains of up to 13% being seen when using dual GTX 580s. The 13% boost affects Metro 2033, while Call of Duty: Black Ops, Civilization V, Crysis 2, F1 2010, Lost Planet 2, Mafia II, STALKER: Call of Pripyat, and StarCraft II will see performance gains of 5~8%.

Similar gains can also be seen with the GTX 560 under SLI, with STALKER: Call of Pripyat seeing the biggest gain of 11%. You can expect to see gains with other titles of 4~7%.

For those using 3D Vision, this beta driver adds profiles for Aion, Diablo 3, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, Defense of the Ancients 2, From Dust, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2, Last Remnant, Men of War: Assault Squad and Stock Car. Dirt 3 at the same time as seen its 3D Vision support upgraded to ‘Excellent’.

In addition to these improvements and profile additions, there have been a slew of bug fixes issued as well, all of which can be seen at the URL below. To skip past all that and go straight to the driver download section, go here.