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**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**

Neil79 said:
NVIDIA Vulkan Developer Beta Driver 443.09



Vulkan 1.2 Developer Beta Driver Downloads



Download for Windows 10 (64-bit)
Download for Windows 8 and 7 (64-bit)


The previous drivers have been spot on for me, great in Modern Warfare Warzone! - Available for RTX too, with Raytracing :)

Downloads and Release notes get from them here: https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
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Interesting. I only play COD MW.

I'm currently running 445.87 standard Nvidia driver.
Would installing this be of any benefit? (increase fps, improved visuals, no crashing) I have no problems with the game crashing currently, unlike many other people so don't want to try a driver that may boot me out half way through a Battle Royale game
 
Guest2 said:
Interesting. I only play COD MW.

I'm currently running 445.87 standard Nvidia driver.
Would installing this be of any benefit? (increase fps, improved visuals, no crashing) I have no problems with the game crashing currently, unlike many other people so don't want to try a driver that may boot me out half way through a Battle Royale game
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I'm in the same boat driver wise, was wondering about trying the beta but am having no issues whatsoever with 445.87 despite playing a whole host of various games recently, if 445.87 isn't broken for you, I'd be reticent of going back to a beta - if it ain't broke & all that is my take. :)
 
Scania said:
I'm in the same boat driver wise, was wondering about trying the beta but am having no issues whatsoever with 445.87 despite playing a whole host of various games recently, if 445.87 isn't broken for you, I'd be reticent of going back to a beta - if it ain't broke & all that is my take. :)
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Exactly, but this that Neil79 put got me thinking "The previous drivers have been spot on for me, great in Modern Warfare Warzone! - Available for RTX too, with Raytracing" Does this mean the Vulkan driver has better Ray tracing support / performance?

For now i'm staying on 445.87
 
I'm a bit confused here. Is Vulkan included in NVIDIA drivers like 447.85 or do you have to install them separately? How do I know if I have vulkan installed? Currently running 447.85 but can;t see anything about vulkan.
 
Black Dog said:
I'm a bit confused here. Is Vulkan included in NVIDIA drivers like 447.85 or do you have to install them separately? How do I know if I have vulkan installed? Currently running 447.85 but can;t see anything about vulkan.
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Those separate Vulkan drivers are just developer previews and for the curious. Stick to the official GeForce drivers.
 
opethdisciple said:
Those separate Vulkan drivers are just developer previews and for the curious. Stick to the official GeForce drivers.
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Yep stick to the officials they always work, don't even need hotfixes :D:D:D

Personally I find the Vulkan drivers better with the average frame rates and tend to work much nicer in games such as Doom Eternal. Not say they are bad in other games, far from it!

Download for Windows 10 (64-bit)

Anyway, give em a go, if you don't like them you can always go back to the official drivers :D :)
 
Black Dog said:
Okay thx. How do you choose to use vulkan? In the control panel under OpenGL options?
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Vulkan and OpenGL are both graphics APIs (as is DirectX). You can't just choose to use one or the other, as support is at a program level. Most games only support a single API (chosen by the developer). Generally Vulkan or DirectX 12 is the way to go if you are offered a choice.
 
hyperseven said:
I can so that's that theory out of the window :p
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It isn’t a theory, it’s been apparent for ages that DX12 doesn’t work too well in some titles for nVidia users and DX11 is the more stable choice.

DX12 was pretty much bolted on to that frostbite engine. There are thousands of posts around the web from people not being able to even start the game with DX12 enabled, the game crashing frequently or inconsistent performance.
 
Does anyone know how to get the Nvidia control panel installed without going through the app store?

I do not have a Microsoft account which is why I am asking without it.

I have the latest drivers installed (445.87) as I have just put in a new NVME drive
 
NVIDIA Vulkan Developer Beta Driver 443.24 (GTX/RTX)

Fixes:

Fixed 16-bit SMin/SMax
CPU performance improvements for VkFence creation and usage [Linux]
Fixed a bug where vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplate would ignore the stride parameter for some VkDescriptorType values
Fixed an issue with the Optimus layer selecting the iGPU when there was an application profile with Auto-select as the preferred graphics processor [Windows]
Fixed layout of compute shader shared memory that may have resulted in a compiler crash
Fixed a bug where vkCreateSampler would fail with no borderColor data, even though it wasn't needed
Fixed a compiler issue processing image operation with extra unused coordinate operand components
Fixed writing to dynamically indexed vec2 and vec3 fragment color outputs
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Windows 443.24
 
NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 446.14 WHQL

Game Ready for the Valorant

The new Game Ready Driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Valorant. In addition, this release also provides optimal support for Minecraft Dungeons, Disintegration, and Crucible.

New Features and Other Changes

Added Variable Rate Supersampling (VRSS) support for Onward.

Fixed Issues
  • [Notebook]: Notebooks with Maxwell generation GPUs may experience higher GPU utilization during game play leading to reduced battery life and higher temperatures. [2929921/200608270]
  • [SLI]: Major frame time spikes occur in multiple games.[2903264]
  • [HDR]: Some games may appear very bright when HDR is enabled. [2909218]
  • [Monster Hunter World Iceborne]: Artifacts appear in the game. [2903858]
  • [Resident Evil 3 Remake][DirectX 12]: Some objects in the game may flicker. [2938095]
  • [F1 2019]: The game may randomly crash to the desktop. [200608572]
  • Fixed an issue where the shader cache was sometimes incorrectly purged upon launching an application. [2937218]
  • Fixed driver installation issue on Colorful GeForce GTX 1650. [2919568]
  • Corsair iCUE program triggers Geforce Overlay. [200614189]
Known Issues
  • [VR]: HDCP errors occur with Valve Index VR. [2967616]
    [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare]: Color banding occurs in the game after enabling Image Sharpening from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2889337]
  • [Notebook][H-Clone]: With the integrated graphics processor as the clone source, display settings cannot be changed from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200594188]
  • [SLI][Doom Eternal]: Corruption occurs in the game upon opening the Steam overlay. [200593967]
  • [Call of Duty – Warzone]: Freestyle does not work. (200593020)
  • [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
  • [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are undetectable. [2810884]
  • [Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan][G-SYNC]: When playing the game in Vulkan mode with G-SYNC enabled, flickering occurs after switching the game between full-screen and windowed mode.[200578641]
    To work around, either disable G-SYNC or play using an API other than Vulkan.</h3>
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