New NVIDIA drivers to be released for ESIV

[hungryduck]

http://hardocp.com/news.html?news=MTc2OTcsLCxobmV3cywsLDE=
Cool, Nvidia is going to release a new forceware driver version the day Elder Scrolls IV comes out. Supposedly the drivers will have a bunch of performance fixes so the game will run even smoother.

NVIDIA has has informed us they will be releasing a new driver on Wednesday March 22nd at NZone. This new version ForceWare 84.25 will contain specific performance enhances to Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion being released Monday the 20th.

Our developer relations team worked closely with Bethesda to optimize game performance, which also included making some driver changes to fix/enhance performance in certain areas.

Our performance testing shows no two benchmark runs are identical in exterior scenes, due to Oblivion randomly placing grass and rocks, changing the amount of grass, and varying other aspects of the terrain.

We will most likely be adding this game to our video card gaming test suite. So if you are looking forward to this game as much as we are be sure to pick up this new driver when it is released.

 

[VirusType2]

That sounds great for NVIDIA owners.

I'm far from the expert on PC's but I think big PC games like this always have specific driver optimizations though, so I expect new drivers from ATI to coincide with the release of Oblivion as well.


I know from experience these driver upgrades can improve your framerate performance on that specific game easily by 100% or more.

 

[AmishSlayer]

Sounds good to me. The driver upgrade might give the performance boost I'll need to keep these settings on high with good res.

 

[Lemonking]

I want mixed armor!
Thats all I care about D: