DICE recommends downloading the 285.38 beta drivers for Battlefield 3's own beta, which launches this week. It improves "overall stability" as well.
Johan Andersson of DICE twittered his advice to use the new drivers. The "overall stability and image quality" of Battlefield 3 gets a tune up from team Nvidia. There's also a bunch of updates for new or soon to released PC games like Saints Row: The Third.
New in Release 285.38
• Increases performance in Battlefield 3 by up to 38%. Performance measured vs. GeForce 285.27 driver on GeForce GTX 570 at 2650x1600 (DX11).
• Improves overall stability and image quality in Battlefield 3.
• Added or updated SLI profiles for Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.
• Fixed a performance regression in 285.27 beta running Crysis 2 (DirectX 9).
Other Details
• Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.
• Installs PhysX System Software to version 9.11.06.21.
• Installs HD Audio driver to version 1.2.24.0.
• Supports OpenGL 4.2 for GeForce 400 series and 500 series GPUs and OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later 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.
• Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
• Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Battlefield 3 releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC October 28th.
