NVIDIA rolled in the New Year with a driver update! We are now at 332.21, so I figured I’d re-run some of the last benchmarks in 4320×2560 portrait surround. I ditched the 3D Vision Surround + Accessory display setup, so unfortunately I can’t test if the accessory display problem is gone. I can confirm, however, that it is an accessory display issue since 3 panel surround has been working just fine through all of this testing.

With no further ado, here are the BioShock Infinite Numbers:

Per Scene Stats:
Scene Duration (seconds)	Average FPS	Min FPS	Max FPS	Scene Name
32.61	75.27	11.89	577.59	Welcome Center
6.63	79.54	23.99	154.29	Scene Change: Disregard Performance In This Section
22.3	78.75	21.27	388.16	Town Center
8.15	78.54	15.12	483	Raffle
9.08	115.14	25.9	424.62	Monument Island
3.03	130.59	41.81	410.39	Benchmark Finished: Disregard Performance In This Section
81.81	83.41	11.89	577.59	Overall

Wow!  Very nice improvement here!  Overall average has jumped from 76+ to 83+!  That’s a near 10% gain from just a driver rev!  So far so good.  Next up I decided to run Metro again.  Same settings (Note: retesting DirectX 11):

 

And the results:

Not a big deal here.  DirectX 11 testing under 331.83 yielded a 54 fps average so we have had a gain of 2 fps.  Probably above the normal margin of error, but not having any great impact.  I think with Metro we’re seeing the limits of the game engine.  Getting significantly better results at this stage is likely to just require more brute force.

I will continue to do some additional testing and update as the results come in!