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oops i thought i hit reply to the 260.52 nvidia driver post. thats what i was referring to. would make more sense if it was in that thread.

sorry for the arsey reply then!

Did your config work fine before the 260.52?

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P8Z68-V Pro | 2600K | HR02 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 128GB M4 + 6TB | X-Fi > HD595 | AX850 | Tai Chi | PB278Q | G110 + Deathadder 2013
P8Z77-V | 3570K | Mugen 2 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 500GB | X-750 | Fractal R3 | U2212HM | G110 + G400
P8H77-I | G860 | 4650 | 2x2GB XMS | 320GB | CX500 | Prodigy | T22B350EW | MX518
DC3217IYE | 1x4GB Vengeance | 64GB M4 | TX-42VT20E

HardOCP have compared this driver (with GTX 460 1GB SLI) to the 10.8 cats with the application profile (with HD 5850 crossfire)

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/09/13/nv_gtx_460_1gb_sli_vs_ati_hd_5850_cfx_redux

Seems the 5850 has great improvements.

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P8Z68-V Pro | 2600K | HR02 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 128GB M4 + 6TB | X-Fi > HD595 | AX850 | Tai Chi | PB278Q | G110 + Deathadder 2013
P8Z77-V | 3570K | Mugen 2 | HD5850 | 2x4GB Vengeance LP | 500GB | X-750 | Fractal R3 | U2212HM | G110 + G400
P8H77-I | G860 | 4650 | 2x2GB XMS | 320GB | CX500 | Prodigy | T22B350EW | MX518
DC3217IYE | 1x4GB Vengeance | 64GB M4 | TX-42VT20E

official beta is out. 260.63

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Current Config:

GTX 680 4GB in SLI
Intel 980 x @ 4Ghz

[quote]Merged in. :)

I've not tried this. I've decided that my Surround setup is working fine, I don't intend to fiddle until something comes along that has issues with the 258.96 driver, or I move to watercooling on the GPUs and reinstall on an SSD at the same time.

I am in agreement...I have played surround mode Borderlands + Zombie DLC + Knoxx DLC start to finish with not one crash...it ain't broke so I ain't fixin' it...(addictive game!)


yep... my system has been so stable until a driver comes along that has confirmed significant performance gains in surround mode or adds new useful features I am sticking with 258.96.

Using MSI and in game gameplay, these are my performance gains. For me it was a huge difference. Lcd readout TEMP--GPU USAGE--FAN SPEED.

2- 480's in sli, no overclocking, on 258.96, in BC2.








Exact same setup, same in game settings, on 260.62.

your first two images don't show FPS.. did you mean you were at 63 FPS and jumped up over 10 FPS more with the new drivers? Do you see improvements like this in all games?

Naw, actually I didn't know what my fps was before the update. I didn't scroll all the way down in the MSI settings, noticing that I could also monitor my fps, until just about a week ago.

The middle number is what I'm referring to, my gpu usage. The 258 drivers were really taxing my cards and 260 just about cut it in half.

Naw, actually I didn't know what my fps was before the update. I didn't scroll all the way down in the MSI settings, noticing that I could also monitor my fps, until just about a week ago.

The middle number is what I'm referring to, my gpu usage. The 258 drivers were really taxing my cards and 260 just about cut it in half.

Whether that is a good thing or not depends on whether it's had an effect on framerate. ;)

If the 260 drivers can cut GPU utilisation (and therefore heat) on my GTX460s, I'll be happy... but not at the expense of framerate - I'm dancing on a thin line for playability in some games at 6064x1200 already... ;)

So is updating to the 260 driver a good thing or not yet ?

for me it was. smoothed out alot of games and the new nvcpl loads way faster

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Current Config:

GTX 680 4GB in SLI
Intel 980 x @ 4Ghz