NVIDIA Notebook GeForce Graphics Driver 309.08 Download

Posted at May 2, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

NVIDIA Notebook GeForce Graphics Driver 309.08 Description

Security Changes:

- This driver adds security updates for the driver components nvlddmkm.sys and nv4_mini.sys
- This driver includes security updates for NVIDIA Driver services

Legacy Support Notification:

- GeForce 6-series and GeForce 7-series GPUs will be moved to legacy support after GeForce R304 drivers (304.xx to 309.xx).
- GeForce R310 drivers will not support these products.

Adds support for NVIDIA TXAA:

- NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in motion) through a combination of hardware AA, custom CG film style AA resolve, and a temporal filter.
- The Secret World is the first game to support TXAA.
- TXAA is supported on GeForce GTX 600-series Kepler-based GPUs.

Performance Boost:

- Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 301.42 WHQL-certified drivers.

GeForce GTX 680 Boost:

- Up to 18% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 15% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 10% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
- Up to 60% in Total War: Shogun 2 (fixes performance issue with latest game patch)

GeForce GTX 560 Boost:

- Up to 14% in Batman: Arkham City
- Up to 5% in Battlefield 3 with SLI
- Up to 4% in Dragon Age II
- Up to 8% in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings with SLI
- Up to 7% in Lost Planet 2

NVIDIA Surround:

- Surround settings now persisted after new driver overinstall.

NVIDIA CUDA:

- Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 Preview or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.

Key Fixes:

- Fixes an intermittent vsync stuttering issue with GeForce GTX 600-series GPUs.
- Fixes an issue where some manufacturer’s factory overclocked cards default to and run at lower clocks.
- Fixes a performance issue in Total War: Shogun 2 with the latest game patch.

Additional Details:

- Installs PhysX System Software v9.12.0604.
- Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
- 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.

Windows Vista/Windows 7 Fixes:

- [3D Surround, SLI], GeForce 500 series: With Surround and SLI enabled, after resuming from suspend mode and then playing video on 5 Internet Explorer tabs, the display driver unloads when disabling SLI.
- [SLI], GeForce GTX 285M: After enabling SLI mode, the NVIDIA Control Panel > Adjust Desktop Size and Position page does not show the connected display images to select.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

- Alan Wake's American Nightmare - added
- Borderlands 2 - added
- Darksiders 2 - added
- End of Nations - added
- F1 2011 - updated
- F1 2012 - added
- Final Fantasy XIV - updated
- Guild Wars 2 - added
- Nexuiz - added
- Orcs Must Die! 2 - added
- PlanetSide 2 - updated
- Saints Row: The Third - updated
- Shogun 2: Total War - updated
- Sleeping Dogs - added
- Spec Ops: The Line - added
- The Secret World - updated
- Torchlight II - added
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Future Soldier - added
- Tornado Force - added
- Tribes: Ascend - updated

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

- Alan Wake's American Nightmare - rated Not Recommended
- A New Dawn - rated Fair
- All Zombies Must Die! Scorepocalypse - rated Good
- ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead - rated Fair
- Bang Bang Racing - rated Excellent
- Brave - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Devil May Cry 4- rated Fair
- Depth Hunter - updated rating to 3D Vision Ready
- Dishonored - rated Good
- End of Nations - rated Good
- London 2012 The Official Video Game - rated Fair
- Mad Doc Jr.'s Doom Rails - rated Excellent
- Mass Effect 3 - updated in-game compatibility message and profile to be more compatible with community 3D mods
- Max Payne 3 - updated rating to Excellent and updated in-game compatibility message to inform users to use DirectX 11, disable MSAA and use SSA0.
- Raiderz - rated Fair
- Roller Coaster Rampage - rated 3D Vision Ready
- SCANIA Truck Driving Simulator - rated Fair
- Street Fighter X Tekken - rated 3D Vision Ready
- Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends - rated Good
- Tiger Woods PGA 12: The Masters - rated Good
- Tribes: Ascend - rated Fair
- The Secret World - rated Good
- The Walking Dead - rating Good
- World of Warcraft: Mists of Panaria - rated Excellent

Other Profile Updates:

- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Diablo III
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for L.A. Noire
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing support for Rayman Origins
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global Offensive
- Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for MechWarrior Online
- Disabled FXAA for several Windows programs like Media Player and Movie Maker.

Supported GeForce 600M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 680MX
- GeForce GTX 680M
- GeForce GTX 675MX
- GeForce GTX 675M
- GeForce GTX 670MX
- GeForce GTX 670M
- GeForce GTX 660M
- GeForce GT 650M
- GeForce GT 645M
- GeForce GT 640M
- GeForce GT 640M LE
- GeForce GT 635M
- GeForce GT 630M
- GeForce GT 625M
- GeForce GT 620M
- GeForce 610M

Supported GeForce 500M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 580M
- GeForce GTX 570M
- GeForce GTX 560M
- GeForce GT 555M
- GeForce GT 550M
- GeForce GT 540M
- GeForce GT 525M
- GeForce GT 520M
- GeForce GT 520MX

Supported GeForce 400M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 485M
- GeForce GTX 480M
- GeForce GTX 470M
- GeForce GTX 460M
- GeForce GT 445M
- GeForce GT 435M
- GeForce GT 425M
- GeForce GT 420M
- GeForce GT 415M
- GeForce 410M

Supported GeForce 300M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTS 360M
- GeForce GTS 350M
- GeForce GT 335M
- GeForce GT 330M
- GeForce GT 325M
- GeForce GT 320M
- GeForce 320M
- GeForce 315M
- GeForce 310M
- GeForce 305M

Supported GeForce 200M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 285M
- GeForce GTX 280M
- GeForce GTX 260M
- GeForce GTS 260MGeForce GTS 250M
- GeForce GT 240M
- GeForce GT 230M
- GeForce GT 220M
- GeForce G210M
- GeForce G205M

Supported GeForce 100M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTS 160M
- GeForce GT 130M
- GeForce GT 120M

Supported GeForce 9M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce 9800M GTX
- GeForce 9800M GTS
- GeForce 9800M GT
- GeForce 9800M GS
- GeForce 9700M GTS
- GeForce 9700M GT
- GeForce 9650M GT
- GeForce 9650M GS
- GeForce 9600M GT
- GeForce 9600M GS
- GeForce 9500M GS
- GeForce 9500M G
- GeForce 9400M G
- GeForce 9400M
- GeForce 9300M GS
- GeForce 9300M G
- GeForce 9200M GS
- GeForce 9100M G

Supported GeForce 8M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce 8800M GTX
- GeForce 8800M GTS
- GeForce 8800M GS
- GeForce 8700M GT
- GeForce 8600M GT
- GeForce 8600M GS
- GeForce 8400M GT
- GeForce 8400M GS
- GeForce 8400M G
- GeForce 8200M G
- GeForce 8200M

Supported ION (Notebooks):

- ION

Supported ION LE (Notebooks):

- ION LE

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