New in R290 Drivers
NVIDIA Ambient Occlusion
Adds NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. See the comparison screenshots on GeForce.com. Adds NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. See the comparison screenshots on GeForce.com.
NVIDIA PhysX
Updates PhysX System Software to version 9.11.11.07 for the best PhysX experience in Batman: Arkham City.
NVIDIA SurroundEnables NVIDIA Surround support for Intel X79 SLI-certified motherboards.
NVIDIA SLIAdded or updated SLI profiles for Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Stronghold 3, and Syndicate.
3D VisionAdds support for 3D Vision over native DisplayPort 1.1 connection - available on BenQ XL2420T and BenQ XL2420TX monitors. Added or updated the following 3D Vision game profiles: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – rated Good Cang Sheng (苍生 – rated Good Diablo 3 – rated Good Fei fei (飞飞 – rated Good Final Combat (大冲锋 – rated Good L.A. Noire – updated rating to 3D Vision Ready LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 – rated Fair Qian Nv You Hun Online (倩女幽魂Online) – rated Good QQ Xi You (QQ西游 – rated Good Sonic Generations – rated Good Xian Tu (仙途 – rated Good Yong Bing Tian Xia Online (拥兵天下 Online) – rated Good
HD AudioUpdates HD Audio driver to version 1.3.9.0.
Some Key Bug FixesFixes random flickering as Windows boot logo is loading or fading away. Fixes corruption in Crysis 2 with SLI and lower quality shadow settings. Fixes ability to set Surround resolutions to 5760x1080 using custom resolutions. Fixes some random instances of triangular artifacts when playing Battlefield 3. Fixes corruption seen in Settlers 7 with 275.33 drivers.
NVIDIA GeForce 290.36 beta delivers Ambient Occlusion for Skyrim and MW3
Posted on Monday, November 28 2011 @ 23:16 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck