**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**

[MrMarvelous]

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/n...ownload-discussion.441062/page-5#post-5975753

Cheers me 'ol shagga.

 

[arc@css]

 

[Guest2]

General rule is that newer drivers reduce fps, no? Sure Apple and Nvidua do this to force consumers to spend money on newer products.
New drivers and OS cripple older hardware usually.
Me personally im on the latest driver to try and reduce warzone Caldera bugs. 497.29 seems to have fixed mass ground textures turning blue anyway

 

[Dicehunter]

General rule is that newer drivers reduce fps, no? Sure Apple and Nvidua do this to force consumers to spend money on newer products.
New drivers and OS cripple older hardware usually.
Me personally im on the latest driver to try and reduce warzone Caldera bugs. 497.29 seems to have fixed mass ground textures turning blue anyway

I believe it was Linus that showed this to not be true and that once a new gen of product comes out the older gen simply doesn't get as much driver team attention for optimisations but actively gimping performance on older gen products has largely been disproven when it comes to GPU's.

 

[stooeh]

I generally update only when it is recommended for a particular game or bug fix. Currently on 479.09 and they seem stable on my system. Did get a few crashes when Caldera launched but they have stopped now so was presumably a game issue

 

[ChrisD.]

General rule is that newer drivers reduce fps, no? Sure Apple and Nvidua do this to force consumers to spend money on newer products.
New drivers and OS cripple older hardware usually.
Me personally im on the latest driver to try and reduce warzone Caldera bugs. 497.29 seems to have fixed mass ground textures turning blue anyway

Where did you get your tin foil fat?

 

[Guest2]

Where did you get your tin foil fat?

There was plenty under the turkey, we scraped it off to be used as gravy

 

[chrcoluk]

I really hate the fact that the Nvidia drivers are now using the stupid Windows App Store to install a control panel!

Sadly it looks as if I'll never be able to use any of the DCH drivers on the other GTX 980 system at my family home because unlike the Standards the Windows App folder has a corrupted Administrator profile. All the other directories are working fine apart from the Nvidia control panel, even with a reinstall!

I've tried
-Changing security permissions for that folder to Administrator or even as a standard user which always ends up with a failed to enumerate objects in the container. So the files are hard locked
-Reset WindowsApps folder Permissions to Default
-Doing a full windows repair but it says everything is fine
-Doing an image repair but again says everything is fine
-Making a new account, reinstalling the drivers, but again fails

The Nvidia driver works fine, the control panel doesn't! Annoyed is an understatement

Hopefully this doesn't happen on the RTX 2070 super system or i'll be ******

Maybe try nvcleanstall (may have typo'd name its on techpowerup), the dev confirmed this will install the control panel even without a working store, useful for LTSC users and maybe for you also.

 

[HangTime]

General rule is that newer drivers reduce fps, no? Sure Apple and Nvidua do this to force consumers to spend money on newer products.
New drivers and OS cripple older hardware usually.
Me personally im on the latest driver to try and reduce warzone Caldera bugs. 497.29 seems to have fixed mass ground textures turning blue anyway

No, not a general rule. General rule is that newer drivers improve compatibility/performance in modern games especially with modern hardware, and add new features. Occasionally you may see a regression in specific edge cases for older games/hardware. But generally speaking they will be wanting better performance not worse from their drivers to drive new buyers to Nvidia not AMD. This is especially true at the moment in 2022 where there is still a big backlog of buyers wanting GPUs from 2020 (NV 3000 / AMD 6000 series).

I have some older cards in other systems and it is annoying that driver support has been dropped. I always run the latest drivers available unless I run into issues.

The Apple comparison I don't think is that valid because GPU manufacturers don't really have customers locked into their ecosystem in the way that Apple do. Making an old iPhone run slow is a good idea because the likely upgrade path for an iPhone owner is to another iPhone. Making an old Nvidia GPU run slow might push the customer to AMD, or given the current state of the GPU market, console gaming.

 

[hartgeh3]

Are the latest drivers the best ones? Got a Gigabyte 3090

 

[Kelt]

Are the latest drivers the best ones? Got a Gigabyte 3090

No problems here with the latest, I always update unless I hear something is wrong.

 

[Vertigo]

Just dropping in to check they STILL haven't fixed the flickering issue? Is 472.12 still the latest version without this problem?

 

[mrk]

Flickering issue?

I just updated to the new Studio driver 511.09, as a photo/video editor first and gaming 2nd, the stability and productivity gains of Studio has benefited me the most but have not noticed any losses in games vs game ready driver.

 

[Neil79]

Flickering issue?

I just updated to the new Studio driver 511.09, as a photo/video editor first and gaming 2nd, the stability and productivity gains of Studio has benefited me the most but have not noticed any losses in games vs game ready driver.

CES Studio Driver 511.09

Applications

The January NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications announced at CES 2022. This includes the general availability of NVIDIA Omniverse and the latest update for NVIDIA Canvas which adds higher resolution exports and five new materials.
More details at https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2022/01/04/studio-laptops-omniverse-canvas

New Features and Other Changes

NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings
Added Image Scaling control to boost application frame rates and increase the level of sharpness, detail, or clarity of images in games and applications.
Added Shader Cache Size control to set the maximum amount of disk space to use for storing shader compiles.
Vertical Sync options for Optimus notebook GPUs are now the same as for desktop GPUs

Fixed Issues in this Release

[Omniverse Create]: Corruption occurs with RTX Path-Traced Renderer. [3401408]
[Optix Denoiser]: Improvement made by removing denoiser weights from the DLL and loading from a separate file. [3436540]
[Adobe Photoshop CC]: Application UI fails to refresh over Remove Desktop connection. [200761000]
[Detroit: Become Human]: There is random stuttering and freezing in the game. [3389250]
[Autodesk VRED]: Shader compilation fails - gl_Layer is not recognized in the fragment shader. [3436432]
Flickering/disappearing text occurs when 12-bit color is used. [3358884

Open Issues
Windows 10 Issues

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]

Download Link
https://www.nvidia.co.uk/download/driverResults.aspx/184794/

 

[V F]

Is it only stability that is targeted to the Studio drivers? Not that I have issues with the game drivers.

 

[mrk]

Studio drivers have the cumulative features of the game ready driver with the addition of extra testing and application support and feature extras. Like the last December studio driver had a boost in performance for apps like Premier and Davinci Resolve whereas the current studio adds more stuff for VR and other stuff noted in the change notes.

Essentially they are game ready drivers that undergo testing for absolute stability and feature additions because they are made for productivity environments. Usually the studio driver is a couple versions behind the game ready driver, but on each release has the stuff from the previous GRD with the addition of the application additional features and stability.

GRD = Day 1 support for the latest game(s) but could potentially be unstable outside of those games.
Studio - More thoroughly tested and stable than ga,e ready, additional productivity enhancements. Released on a slower schedule to game ready.

I skimmed the release PDF notes for both drivers recently and noted how much more thorough the studio driver notes were.

 

[smogsy]

Studio drivers have the cumulative features of the game ready driver with the addition of extra testing and application support and feature extras. Like the last December studio driver had a boost in performance for apps like Premier and Davinci Resolve whereas the current studio adds more stuff for VR and other stuff noted in the change notes.

Essentially they are game ready drivers that undergo testing for absolute stability and feature additions because they are made for productivity environments. Usually the studio driver is a couple versions behind the game ready driver, but on each release has the stuff from the previous GRD with the addition of the application additional features and stability.

GRD = Day 1 support for the latest game(s) but could potentially be unstable outside of those games.
Studio - More thoroughly tested and stable than ga,e ready, additional productivity enhancements. Released on a slower schedule to game ready.

I skimmed the release PDF notes for both drivers recently and noted how much more thorough the studio driver notes were.

indeed studio also goes through testing such as colour Reproduction testing small tweaks to default configuration aimed to improving photo/Video editing speed over instead of gaming

 

[Scania]

Studio drivers have the cumulative features of the game ready driver with the addition of extra testing and application support and feature extras. Like the last December studio driver had a boost in performance for apps like Premier and Davinci Resolve whereas the current studio adds more stuff for VR and other stuff noted in the change notes.

Essentially they are game ready drivers that undergo testing for absolute stability and feature additions because they are made for productivity environments. Usually the studio driver is a couple versions behind the game ready driver, but on each release has the stuff from the previous GRD with the addition of the application additional features and stability.

GRD = Day 1 support for the latest game(s) but could potentially be unstable outside of those games.
Studio - More thoroughly tested and stable than ga,e ready, additional productivity enhancements. Released on a slower schedule to game ready.

I skimmed the release PDF notes for both drivers recently and noted how much more thorough the studio driver notes were.

I’ve found studio drivers by far the best option, I play a varied mix of very old and current stuff, and by far studio drivers seem to handle the two variations the best, they are marginally down on performance (I’m talking 1-2fps in FS2020 for example) but don’t crash out my older games like say Delta Force (!) as the GRD’s do…

It’s a happy compromise for me at least.

 

[Neil79]

NVIDIA GeForce 511.17 WHQL driver

GeForce Game Ready Driver Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.

Gaming Technology

Includes support for the 12GB GeForce RTX 3080.

Fixed Issues in this Release

- [Detroit Become Human]: Random stuttering/freezing occurs in the game.
- Flicker/disappearing text when 12-bit color is used
- [HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel.
To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.

Windows 10/11 Issues

- [Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled.
If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water.
- In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker.
- [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4.
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721]
Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition.
If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.

Release Notes https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/511.17/511.17-win11-win10-release-notes.pdf

Download https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-511-17-whql-driver-download.html

 

[Neil79]

The driver has been pulled from Guru and Nvidia, not detecting graphics cards properly Hotfix already?

Includes support for the 12GB RTX 3080, while not having any other driver in the INF file