Nvidia has released a new set of WHQL drivers for its graphics cards. According to the green team, the GeForce 331.58 WHQL are the optimal drivers for both Batman: Arkham Origins and Battlefield 4. In addition, the GeForce 331.58 WHQL come with performance gains in DiRT Showdown (up to 11%), Metro: Last Light (up to 9%), Sleeping Dogs (up to 8%), and Sniper Elite V2 (up to 13%).

Those interested can download these new drivers from here.

Kudos to our reader ‘[Chaotic]’ for spotting them.

And here is the changelog for these new drivers:

New in GeForce R331 Drivers

Performance Boost – Increases performance by up to 13% for GeForce 400/500/600/700 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 327.23 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here is one example of measured gains:

GeForce GTX 770/780/TITAN:
-Up to 11% in Dirt: Showdown
-Up to 9% in Metro: Last Light
-Up to 8% in Sleeping Dogs
-Up to 13% in Sniper Elite V2

SLI Technology:
-Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – Updated Profile
-Batman: Arkham Origins – Updated SLI Profile
-Battlefield 3 – Updated Surround Profile
-Battlefield 4 – Updated Surround Profile, Updated SLI Profile
-Crisis 2015 – Added SLI Profile
-Crysis 3 – Added HBAO+ Profile
-Dirty Bomb (a.k.a. Extraction) – Added DX9 SLI Profile
-Dragon Sword – Updated DX9 Profile
-Dying Light – Added DX11 SLI Profile
-Euro Truck Simulator 2 – Updated SLI Profile
-F1 2013 – Updated SLI Profile
-FIFA 14 – Added SLI Profile, Added HBAO+ Profile, Added 3D Vision Profile (Rated “Good”)
-GRID 2 – Updated DX11 Profile
-Natural Selection 2 – Added DX11 SLI Profile
-Outlast – Added DX9 SLI Profile
-Space Hulk – Updated Profile
-Splinter Cell: Blacklist – Updated SLI Profile
-State of Decay – Added DX9 SLI Profile
-Urban Trial Freestyle – Added 3D Vision Profile (Rated “Good”)
-War of the Vikings – Added DX11 SLI Profile
-Watch Dogs – Added DX11 SLI Profile

Gaming Technology:
-Civilization 5 – added HBAO+;

SHIELD:
-Enables GeForce to SHIELD (Beta).

4K Displays:
-Adds support for 4K Surround

Additional Details
-Installs new PhysX System Software 9.13.0725.
-Installs HD Audio v1.3.26.4
-Installs GeForce Experience v8.3.23.1
-Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5.5 or earlier version of the 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.

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