Nvidia 306.23 drivers

[X-Ravin]

Just released, claim performance boosts on all 600 series GPUs, not sure that includes the mobiles. I haven't tried it yet since I'm in class, but hopefully we see a bump

http://www.overclock.net/t/1305420/geforce-nvidia-geforce-306-23-whql-drivers-released

 

[ibebyi]

nice find haven't tried them yet but downloading now

 

[BlazednSleepy]

Yay! finally some official drivers haha

 

[fpsBeaTt]

nice find haven't tried them yet but downloading now

How do they perform compared to the standard BootCamp drivers?

 

[striker33]

Awesome news.

The last beta drivers were a huge improvement over the crappy Apple one. Was getting around 40fps on GW2 maxed out at 1920x1200.

 

[X-Ravin]

Well 3dmark11 showed almost no difference before and after.

 

[imperialnavy]

Well 3dmark11 showed almost no difference before and after.

The way i see it, these drivers improve performance in certain games, not necessarily in benchmark utilities.

 

[X-Ravin]

The way i see it, these drivers improve performance in certain games, not necessarily in benchmark utilities.

I don't disagree, 3dmark is just an easy way to quantify for whatever it's worth (not much )

 

[pikkashoe]

i just finished installing win 7 using boot camp.

Do these drivers just install or are there any mods that need to be done in order for these drivers to work on my retina???

 

[RS2]

Can these drivers also be used with Windows 7 or 8 in a VM (Parallels or VMWare Fusion)?

 

[Tea-Aholic]

Can these drivers also be used with Windows 7 or 8 in a VM (Parallels or VMWare Fusion)?

Doesn't VM virtualise a GPU and not the 650M?

 

[sciguy]

And thus i can't run nfs game with vmware. Anyone know the fix?

 

[ssn637]

i just finished installing win 7 using boot camp.

Do these drivers just install or are there any mods that need to be done in order for these drivers to work on my retina???

They should. Otherwise download the nvwi.inf file from here:

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/178-30x-series-geforce-driver-release/

And replace the original configuration file before installing.

Unfortunately, display dimming is not supported with these drivers. Best to leave the rMBP on AC power while running Boot Camp.

 

[Tea-Aholic]

They should. Otherwise download the nvwi.inf file from here:

http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/178-30x-series-geforce-driver-release/

And replace the original configuration file before installing.

Unfortunately, display dimming is not supported with these drivers. Best to leave the rMBP on AC power while running Boot Camp.

Can you confirm that brightness control is lost when using these drivers? I think 100% brightness is too bright TBH.

 

[ssn637]

Well, I own a MacBook Pro 13" 2010 model with an NVidia GeForce 320M, but the NVidia 306.23 driver package is identical to that for the 650M. On my system display dimming didn't work with either the default configuration file or the one provided by Laptop Video2Go. So I'm assuming rMBP owners will have the same issue.

 

[terraphantm]

Can you confirm that brightness control is lost when using these drivers? I think 100% brightness is too bright TBH.

My brightness controls work just fine with these drivers.

 

[Tea-Aholic]

Well, I own a MacBook Pro 13" 2010 model with an NVidia GeForce 320M, but the NVidia 306.23 driver package is identical to that for the 650M. On my system display dimming didn't work with either the default configuration file or the one provided by Laptop Video2Go. So I'm assuming rMBP owners will have the same issue.

I just installed and the brightness controls still work.

My brightness controls work just fine with these drivers.

I think when you install, you use upgrade and NOT clean install. Then it retains the brightness setting.