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**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**
- Thread starter Boomstick777
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Soldato
Nvidia have definitely done something to the drivers on the Maxwell side.
I just took a few results from OC3D's 980 Ti review and something is definitely wrong.
Alien Isolation 1440P Max Settings.
980 Ti Launch Driver - Average of 209FPS
Current Driver - 372.54 - Average of 135FPS
Tomb Raider 1440P Max Settings
980 Ti Launch Driver - Average of 106FPS
Current Driver - 372.54 - Average of 54
Firestrike
980 Ti Launch Driver - 16,958
Current Driver - 372.54 - 17,250
Apart from the 3DMark score it's the same story with all games tested, Average FPS are a hell of a lot lower compared to when the 980 Ti launched.
I just took a few results from OC3D's 980 Ti review and something is definitely wrong.
Alien Isolation 1440P Max Settings.
980 Ti Launch Driver - Average of 209FPS
Current Driver - 372.54 - Average of 135FPS
Tomb Raider 1440P Max Settings
980 Ti Launch Driver - Average of 106FPS
Current Driver - 372.54 - Average of 54
Firestrike
980 Ti Launch Driver - 16,958
Current Driver - 372.54 - 17,250
Apart from the 3DMark score it's the same story with all games tested, Average FPS are a hell of a lot lower compared to when the 980 Ti launched.
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^ exactly!
but apparently there's something wrong with our systems.....
the 980ti is a powerful card - even factoring in latest patches for those games there's no reason frames should be that low a year on unless they're messing with performance to make the 10 series seem more attractive.
but apparently there's something wrong with our systems.....
the 980ti is a powerful card - even factoring in latest patches for those games there's no reason frames should be that low a year on unless they're messing with performance to make the 10 series seem more attractive.
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Soldato
I even matched the clocks OC3D used exactly.
This is extremely shady **** by Nvidia, They need to be taken to court for this as it's disgraceful and wrong on so many levels.
Associate
Doubt they would purposely gimp performance for older gen, probably just their recent driver shenanigans
Soldato
The results speak for themselves.
A decline of 75FPS in Alien Isolation and a decline of 52FPS in Tomb Raider is more than a simple driver shenanigan.
can you download the launch driver and test again?
thats if the havent gimped the launch driver aswell.
Soldato
Yep, I'm re-doling all the tests I can from the OC3D review then I'll do a driver uninstall and DDU run and then install the 980 Ti launch driver and redo the tests although I'm on Windows 10 and the only driver Nvidia had at the time was for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 so not sure if it will work properly.
ok keep us informed.
V-Sync? those numbers look a bit like what would happen if V-Sync multipliers were kicking in :S some of the recent drivers have had some screwy G-Sync and V-Sync issues :| you'd need framerate/time graphs over a run to see if it was clipping those multipliers though unless it was noticeably jumping between them.
Soldato
Soldato
Soldato
Tomb Raider was never 106fps with a single 980ti @ 1440p all maxed out.
Check OC3D's review -
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/gpu_displays/nvidia_gtx980ti_review/1
Associate
Thought I'd check Geforce forums and see if this is a "Thing", funnily enough Its Dice with a thread titles "Nvidia Are Definitely Gimping Maxwell Performance", Bandwagon ahoy ....
So can you link us these forum posts that people complain of said gimping, as I have 2 980ti's in SLI @ 3440x1440 and well, the fps is the same.
So can you link us these forum posts that people complain of said gimping, as I have 2 980ti's in SLI @ 3440x1440 and well, the fps is the same.
Soldato
What anti-aliasing are you using? Because that result looks right for FXAA, but if you're maxing absolutely everything out, you'll have 4x SSAA on as well, and that would make your result about right according to TPU.
And they have TressFX turned off there too, which would lower it further if you have that on.
Soldato
What anti-aliasing are you using? Because that result looks right for FXAA, but if you're maxing absolutely everything out, you'll have 4x SSAA on as well, and that would make your result about right according to TPU.
And they have TressFX turned off there too, which would lower it further if you have that on.
Me thinks OC3D's graphs showing "Maximum Settings" is wrong then if others are reporting vastly different numbers.
*EDIT*
Tested Alien Isolation again and showing the same results using the latest driver, 75FPS short of OC3D's results using the same settings.
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TPU are much closer to your results again for that game.
As are Guru3D.
No idea what OC3D were doing, but their results seem to be the ones that are off.
Soldato
TPU are much closer to your results again for that game.
As are Guru3D.
No idea what OC3D were doing, but their results seem to be the ones that are off.
Well then I made a fuss over incorrect results from OC3D, My bad.