Well that was fast. A couple of hours ago, we informed you about a new driver for Nvidia that would improve performance in Watch_Dogs. Well, this driver has just been released and you can find the download links below.

According to its changelog, this new WHQL driver comes with an updated profile for Watch_Dogs and packs various optimization improvements. To be honest, though, this driver seems to be an ‘enhanced’ version of the previously released beta drivers. In short, you won’t be noticing major differences between these new WHQL drivers and the 337.81 Betas.

Those interested can download these new WHQL drivers from here.

Kudos to our reader [Chaotic] for informing us.

Here is also the complete changelog:

Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are some examples of measured gains versus the previous 335.23 WHQL driver:

GeForce GTX 700 Series (Single GPU):

Up to 64% in Total War: Rome II
Up to 25% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Up to 23% in Sleeping Dogs
Up to 21% in Star Swarm
Up to 15% in Batman: Arkham Origins
Up to 10% in Metro: Last Light
Up to 8% in Hitman Absolution
Up to 7% in Sniper Elite V2
Up to 6% in Tomb Raider
Up to 6% in F1 2013
GeForce GTX 700 Series (SLI):

Up to 71% in Total War: Rome II
Up to 53% in Sniper Elite V2
Up to 45% in Aliens vs. Predator
Up to 31% in Sleeping Dogs
Up to 20% in CoD: Black Ops 2
Up to 10% in Hitman Absolution
Up to 9% in F1 2013
Up to 7% in Far Cry 3
Up to 6% in Metro: Last Light
Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham Origins
SLI Technology
Total War: Rome II – added profile
War Thunder – added profile
Watch Dogs – updated profile
Diablo III – updated profile
New in GeForce 337.88 Game Ready WHQL drivers

Game Ready - This 337.88 Game Ready WHQL driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience for Watch Dogs.

Performance – Introduces key DirectX optimizations which result in reduced game-loading times and significant performance increases across a wide variety of games compared with the previous 335.23 WHQL. Significant CPU overhead reductions in the driver result in performance gains that will often favor CPU-bottlenecked situations. Per usual, results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings.

Sample titles with performance gains of 10% or more since 335.23 WHQL*

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Call of Duty: Ghosts
F1 2013
Hitman Absolution
Sniper v2
DiRT 3
Just Cause 2
Team Fortress 2

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Call of Duty: Ghosts
Sleeping Dogs
Hitman Absolution
Thief
World of Tanks
Just Cause 2
Team Fortress 2
StarSwarm

System Configuration Used:
GeForce GTX 780Ti SLI, 335.23 WHQL, 337.88 WHQL, Intel Core i7 4770K, 16GB, Win8.1 x64

4K Displays – 337.88 WHQL offers full support for both MST and SST 4K displays

SLI Technology
Watch Dogs – updated profile
Wildstar – added profile
Windborne – added profile
Sniper Elite 3 – added profile
Smite – added profile
Icarus – added profile
Daylight – added profile
Dark Souls II – added profile
Call of Duty: Online – added profile
Bound by Flame – updated profile
World of Tanks – updated profile
Everquest: Landmark – updated profile
Planetside 2 – updated profile

Gaming Technology
Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ technology
Supports GeForce ShadowPlay™ Twitch Streaming

SHIELD
Supports NVIDIA GameStream™ technology

3D Vision
Supports new “3D Compatibility Mode” for 3D Vision that enables us to improve the 3D experience for many key DirectX 10 and 11 games.

3D Vision Profiles

Goat Simulator – rated “Excellent”
MXGP – rated “Good”
Call of Duty:Online – rated “Good”
Dark Souls II – rated “Good”
DayZ – rated “Good”
Halo: Spartan Assault – rated “Good”
Loadout – rated “Fair”