GeForce 326.80 beta drivers available for download

Good news; new GeForce drivers are available for you to try out. They are almost always very stable as betas go and we rarely, if ever, hesitate to use them. Bad news; the main reason to get them is for those playing Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist or using Windows 8.1 Preview. That said, there are some other new things in the driver release.

This Game Ready driver offers the best gaming experience for Splinter Cell: Blacklist and is also a recommended driver update for the Windows 8.1 Preview. GeForce R326 drivers also provide performance increases for a variety of different games.

New:

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 19% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 320.49 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:
GeForce GTX 770:
Up to 15% in Dirt: Showdown
Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
GeForce GTX 770 SLI:
Up to 19% in Dirt: Showdown
Up to 11% in F1 2012

SLI Technology
Added SLI profile for Spinter Cell: Blacklist
Added SLI profile for Batman: Arkham Origins

SHIELD
Enables GeForce to SHIELD streaming. Learn more here.

4K Displays
Adds support for additional tiled 4K displays
Extended support for tiled 4K features

Additional Details

Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.

Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4

Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.

More information at http://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-toolkit

Supports OpenGL 4.3 for GeForce 400-series and later GPUs.

Supports DisplayPort 1.2 for GeForce GTX 600 series GPUs.

Supports multiple languages and APIs for GPU computing: CUDA C, CUDA C++, CUDA Fortran, OpenCL, DirectCompute, and Microsoft C++ AMP.

Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and OpenGL, including 3-way SLI, Quad SLI, and SLI support on SLI-certified Intel and AMD motherboards.

Head to http://www.geforce.com/drivers and choose beta releases on the drop down.