Windows 7 bootcamp performance on new rMBP

I just purchased a new high end model retina macbook pro (with the 2gb nvidia graphics). I installed windows 7 via boot camp and everything in it runs fine. However, gaming is not getting very good frame rates at almost any graphics settings... meanwhile on the Mac OS side, I get great graphics and great frame rates (even when trying the same game - diablo 3 for example).
Any idea if there is anything I can do on the windows side to improve this?
Thanks!

nVidia came out with new drivers for the discrete graphics card that is in the Late 2013 rMBP.
You can get it here http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/73780/en-us
See if this will help

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