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<\/p>\nWe are going to test GeForce 326.19 using our current benchmark suite of 30 games plus 4 synthetic benchmarks, Heaven 4.0<\/em>, Valley 1.0, FireStrike, and 3DMark 11. Our testing platform is Windows 7 64-bit, using an Intel Core i7-3770K at 4.50GHz, EVGA’s Z77FTW motherboard and 16GB of Kingston “Beast” HyperX RAM at 2133MHz, and the settings and hardware are identical except for the drivers being tested as we use two identical HDDs – one for Nvidia and one for AMD.<\/p>\n At GTX 760 and above, we test at higher settings and resolutions generally than we test midrange cards. All of our games are now tested at two resolutions: 2560×1600 and 1920×1080 at 60Hz, and we use DX11\/10\/10.1 whenever possible with a very strong emphasis on the latest DX11 games including Crysis 3 <\/em>and our newest three benches, Far Cry 3, DiRT: Showdown<\/em> and GRID 2.<\/em><\/p>\n Let\u2019s get right to the test configuration, the driver release notes and the tests.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Test Configuration & Driver Release Notes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Test Configuration<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Test Configuration – Hardware<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Test Configuration – Software<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n The Benchmarks<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lets look at the release notes from Nvidia regarding the GeForce 320.00 beta driver before we head to performance testing.<\/p>\n Please see the GeForce 326.19 Release Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n Release Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a recommended driver update for the Windows 8.1 Preview and includes performance increases for several games.<\/p>\n New in GeForce R326 Drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n Additional Details<\/strong><\/p>\n Let’s head to the charts and see the performance comparison in 26 games and in 5 synthetics and check the driver progress with the GTX 780, the GTX 770, and the GeForce Titan since we tested last late last month:<\/p>\n Nvidia\u2019s GTX 760 arrives to take direct aim at the HD 7950<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Benchmarks & Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Here are our results of thirty-four benchmarks – thirty games and 4 synthetics – compared between GeForce 320.xx family against the last GeForce 326.19 Beta drivers for GeForce Titan as well as for the GTX 770 and the GTX 780.<\/p>\n Each set of drivers is compared against the other and the higher performance number is in bold<\/strong>. If there is a tie, both results are given in bold type. Although the results are a mixed bag, we noted some solid performance improvements with Nvidia’s new GeForce 326.19 beta in few games.\u00a0 Although we didn’t see much as much improvement in DiRT: Showdown<\/em> and Tomb Raider: 2013 <\/em>as Nvidia found, the large performance gains in Sleeping Dogs<\/em> across-the-board were so surprising that we retested our old benches.<\/p>\n The biggest improvement seems to be with the GK-110 cards, especially with the GTX 780 and to a lesser extent with the Titan.\u00a0 The 326.19 beta GeForce drivers generally performed well although we encountered some instability running Sniper Elite V2<\/em> benchmark.\u00a0 Some of the performance losses, as in BioShock: Infinite<\/em>, were quite minor.<\/p>\n So far, we would recommend upgrading to the latest GeForce 326.19 driver because there are real advantages, and the pluses that we found outweigh the rare few negatives.\u00a0 The real surprise was the GTX 780 improvement and to a lesser extant, the Titan’s.\u00a0 We’ll be back to expand this testing to two-way SLI this week.\u00a0 We shall also publish an evaluation of a brand new vendor card beginning on Tuesday.<\/p>\n In the meantime, join ABT’s forum for the best tech discussions anywhere.<\/p>\n Happy gaming!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Please join us in our Forums<\/a><\/p>\n Become a Fan on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n For the latest updates from ABT, please join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n\n
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