Nvidia Release GeForce Game Ready Driver 350.12 WHQL for GTA V

Latest round of updates, part of the GeForce 350.12 drivers, include tweaks designed for the upcoming midnight release of Grand Theft Auto 5.

Nvidia have a policy of releasing driver updates in time for major AAA releases, with the intention of providing the best possible Day-1 performance to users of their GPUs. Once again they’re following through, this time by releasing of the GeForce 350.12 WHQL driver package just ahead of Grand Theft Auto 5’s PC launch tomorrow morning, as well as in time for the worldwide launch of their GTX Titan X GPU.

The package, downloadable as a standalone executable via geforce.com/drivers or automatically through the GeForce Experience desktop app., includes SLI profiles for GTA 5 as well as new game- and configuration-specific optimisation options. The release notes are as follows:

Just in time for the highly anticipated title Grand Theft Auto V, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience. With support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you’ll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay. In addition, this driver is aligned with today’s launch of the world’s fastest gaming GPU; the GeForce GTX Titan X.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for Grand Theft Auto V, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience 1-click optimizations

Supported Products

GeForce 900 Series
GeForce GTX TITAN X, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960
GeForce 700 Series
GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720, GeForce GT 710, GeForce GT 705
GeForce 600 Series
GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
GeForce 500 Series
GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
GeForce 400 Series
GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420

Improved 5K × 3K Monitor Support

Added user interface prompts for when a configuration is not supported.

250 DPI Support

Enabled the NVIDIA Control Panel to support 250 dpi, which is needed for Windows 8.1 and tiled displays.

NVFBC SLI Performance Improvements

Improved gameplay performance on full-screen SLI configurations when NVIDIA frame buffer capture using Shadowplay or GameStream is enabled on 4K or 5K displays.

OpenCL 1.2

Added support for OpenCL 1.2. The OpenCL 1.2 drivers are based on the published Khronos Specification and are expected to pass the Khronos Conformance Testing Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance.

Application Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Assassin’s Creed: Rogue – Added SLI
• Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty! – Added SLI
• Project CARS – Updated SLI
• Victor Vran – Added SLI, 3D Vision Profiles

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following profiles:

• Grand Theft Auto V – Excellent rating
• Heroes of The Storm – Excellent rating; disabled control panel AA
• Mortal Kombat X – Fair rating

Software Modules
• HD Audio Driver – version 1.3.33.0
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – version 9.15.0324
• GeForce Experience – version 2.4.1.21
• CUDA – version 7.0