Download NVidia GeForce 8300 Driver v.310.90 for Windows XP 64-bit, Server 2003 64-bit

This GeForce driver is recommended for the best experience in the blockbuster holiday games. GeForce R310 drivers add optimizations for Far Cry 3, providing up to 38%­ faster performance.

These drivers also include optimizations for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Assassin's Creed III, providing up to 26%­ faster performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and up to 18%­ faster performance in Assassin’s Creed III.

New in GeForce 310.90

• Adds a security update for the NVIDIA Display Driver service (nvvsvc.exe).

New in GeForce R310 Drivers:

• Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/­500/­600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:

GeForce GTX 680:
• Up to 38%­ in Far Cry 3
• Up to 26%­ in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Up to 16%­ in Battlefield 3
• Up to 18%­ in Assassin's Creed III
• Up to 9%­ in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Up to 6%­ in Medal of Honor: Warfighter
• Up to 6%­ in StarCraft II
• Up to 6%­ in Dragon Age II
• Up to 6%­ in Batman: Arkham City
• Up to 5%­ in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

GeForce GTX 660:
• Up to 24%­ in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Up to 10%­ in Battlefield 3
• Up to 7%­ in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• Up to 6%­ in Far Cry 3
• Up to 5%­ in Dragon Age II
• Up to 5%­ in Assassin's Creed III
• Up to 4%­ in Batman: Arkham City
• Up to 4%­ in Medal of Honor: Warfighter

• NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles:
• Dirt: Showdown – updated SLI profile
• Dota 2 - updated SLI profile
• Dou Zhan Shen – updated SLI profile
• F1 2012 - added SLI profile
• FIFA 13 – added SLI profile
• Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – updated SLI profile
• Hawken – added SLI profile
• Hitman: Absolution – added SLI profile
• Natural Selection 2 – added SLI profile
• Primal Carnage – added SLI profile

• Other Profile Updates
• Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Counter-strike: Global Offensive
• Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Cross Fire
• Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Darksides 2
• Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Dragon Nest
• Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Guild Wars 2
• Updated NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Mechwarrrior Online
• Added NVIDIA Control Panel ambient occlusion support for Meng San Guo

• NVIDIA CUDA
• Includes support for applications built using CUDA 5 or earlier version of the CUDA Toolkit.

Additional Details

• Installs PhysX System Software 9.12.1031.
• Installs HD Audio v1.3.18.0.
• 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 and DirectX 10.

*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8: GeForce GTX 600 series SLI, Quad SLI technology, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.