"Click here to download our latest and greatest set of drivers, 270.51. Including a number of new features, the 270.51 driver set also boasts numerous, notable performance gains in standard gaming modes, SLI gaming modes, and 3D Vision gaming modes.

As you can see in the chart below, we measured performance increases of 11% on the GeForce GTX 580 in our two Just Cause 2 tests, 7% in Civilization V, 6% in Far Cry 2 SLI, 5% in Civilization V SLI, 5% in Left 4 Dead 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 SLI, 4% in H.A.W.X. 2 SLI, and 4% in Mafia 2 SLI.

Testing was conducted on a Windows 7 system, with the resolution set to 1900x1200, and 2560x1600 in SLI benchmarks. Anti-Aliasing was set to 8x (4x in Civ V and Left 4 Dead 2 SLI, ‘on’ in Mafia 2, and ‘off’ in Left 4 Dead 2), Anisotropic Filtering to 16x (‘off’ in Left 4 Dead 2), all detail levels set to max, and PhysX set to ‘High’ in Mafia 2..."