March 22, 20179 yr which version of nividia driver is the best to use--have some issues with the latest drivers, and windows 10 updates the older drivers with a certain nividia driver although I have the defer updates enabled.
March 22, 20179 yr The leak is reported by users of the the GTX 10xx series more frequently than anyone else and it seems confined to the 378.xx nVidia drivers. Anything prior to those drivers will be fine. That's why one sees recommendations to use 376.33. http://www.prepar3d.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=123508&sid=0c12ae25ba4f06ac84e8f52db737eb91
March 22, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, jabloomf1230 said: That's why one sees recommendations to use 376.33. http://www.prepar3d.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6312&t=123508&sid=0c12ae25ba4f06ac84e8f52db737eb91 IMHO reverting to an earlier driver is fine given that frickin' nVidia does absolutely NOTHING for us anyhow.
March 22, 20179 yr Just done a short flight, across the English channel, Bristol to jersey. vas recorded:- On tarmac 1670000 at cruise fl120 1538612 at Pause 1540152 at restart 1531722 appr 1546284 landed 1474288 (edit vas recorded is FSuipc4 values) FSW c441 Driver 378.92 gpu 980ti ASN2016 Rex/Mil wx gauge F1 GTN750 Orbx ftx Eng P3D 3.4 hf3 w7 I know its only a very short flight so what's the best time duration do I need to test vas. bob
March 22, 20179 yr 44 minutes ago, onebob said: Just done a short flight, across the English channel, Bristol to jersey. vas recorded:- On tarmac 1670000 at cruise fl120 1538612 at Pause 1540152 at restart 1531722 appr 1546284 landed 1474288 (edit vas recorded is FSuipc4 values) FSW c441 Driver 378.92 gpu 980ti ASN2016 Rex/Mil wx gauge F1 GTN750 Orbx ftx Eng P3D 3.4 hf3 w7 I know its only a very short flight so what's the best time duration do I need to test vas. bob Looks good 5950x3d 5.4-5.7 GHz - Asus ROG 870 Crosshair Apex - GSkill Neo 2x 24 Gb 6000 mhz / cas 26 - MSI RTX 5090 Gaming Trio OC - 1x SSD M2 6000 2TB - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 1Tb - Corsair 5400 case - Corsair 360 liquid cooling set - 3x 75’ TCL tv. 13600 6 cores @ 5.1 GHz / 8 cores @ 4.0 GHz (hypterthreading on) - Asus ROG Strix Gaming D - GSkill Trident 4x Gb 3200 MHz cas 15 - Asus TUF RTX 4080 16 Gb - 1x SSD M2 2800/1800 2TB - 2x Sata 600 SSD 500 Mb - Corsair D4000 Airflow case - NXT Krajen Z63 AIO liquide cooling - FOV : 200 degrees My flightsim vids : https://www.youtube.com/user/fswidesim/videos?shelf_id=0&sort=dd&view=0
March 22, 20179 yr One way is to start sim with no weather engine, nothing running and leave it for a coupe of hours, VAS should remain the same. Am staying with 376.33 as Ive long given up looking at 1GB of VAS left after a flight. Until a driver comes out that give better FPS etc for P3D I don't see the point, if its not broken etc.... David Murden. MSFS • Fenix A320 • PMDG 737 • MG Honda Jet • 414 / TDS 750Xi • FS-ATC Chatter • FlyingIron Spitfire & ME109G • MG Honda Jet • • Fenix A320 Walkthrough PDF • Flightsim.to • DCS • A10c II • F-16c • F/A-18c • F-14 • (Others in hanger) • Supercarrier • Terrains = • Nevada NTTR • Persian Gulf • Syria • Marianas • • [email protected] All Cores HT ON • 32GB DDR4 3200MHz • RTX 3080 • TM Warthog HOTAS • TM TPR • Corsair Virtuoso XT with Dolby Atmos® • Samsung G7 32" 1440p 240Hz • TrackIR 5 & ProClip •
March 22, 20179 yr 16 minutes ago, Nyxx said: One way is to start sim with no weather engine, nothing running and leave it for a coupe of hours, VAS should remain the same. May have ago at that later. bob 26 minutes ago, GSalden said: Looks good The reason I included the pause was I use to get high vas loss during this. some other stats Fsuipc log file Minimum frame rate was 16.7 fps, Maximum was 30.7 fps Minimum available memory recorded was 1429Mb Average frame rate for running time of 8091 secs = 25.8 fps Maximum AI traffic for session was 61 aircraft Traffic deletions 0 aircraft Memory managed: 4142 Allocs, 4141 Freed ********* FSUIPC Log file closed *********** bob
March 22, 20179 yr 1 hour ago, Boomer said: IMHO reverting to an earlier driver is fine given that frickin' nVidia does absolutely NOTHING for us anyhow. Yep. There is probably little advantage to getting the latest and greatest NVidia drivers, for those whose only installed game is FSX/P3D. We are kind of a forgotten backwater in the gaming world, due to the ancient techniques the sim uses in its video engine. P3D is a bit better in that regard, but only a little. I used version 362.00 for almost a year on my GTX970. I only recently updated to 376.33, and really see no difference in performance whatsoever. Win10 users of course, will get the newest drivers whether they want them or not, unless they have locked down their updates to prevent that from happening. Driver updates would be fine, even if they offer no improvement in a specific game - as long as they don't have the opposite effect, of degraded performance or memory leaks. Jim BarrettLicensed Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic, Avionics, Electrical & Air Data Systems Specialist. Qualified on: Falcon 900, CRJ-200, Dornier 328-100, Hawker 850XP and 1000, Lear 35, 45, 55 and 60, Gulfstream IV and 550, Embraer 135, Beech Premiere and 400A, MD-80.
March 22, 20179 yr 2 hours ago, Boomer said: IMHO reverting to an earlier driver is fine given that frickin' nVidia does absolutely NOTHING for us anyhow. I don't think that it's so much that, but rather nVidia issues new drivers to support just released "hot" games and often the new driver breaks things for other 3D apps. For example, the 378.xx series drivers are supposed to improve CPU threading for DX12 games, which is nVidia's focus at the moment.
March 22, 20179 yr I'm still on 372.70 and it's working great both for P3D as well as other titles. Personally I think the only reason to upgrade a driver is if you know the new version will solve a specific problem you're suffering from.
March 22, 20179 yr The big issue for those of us who play games other than FSX/P3D is that new releases often require the latest driver. We're a tiny fraction of nVidia's base, but it still sucks being left out in the cold.
March 22, 20179 yr 56 minutes ago, Chapstick said: The big issue for those of us who play games other than FSX/P3D is that new releases often require the latest driver. We're a tiny fraction of nVidia's base, but it still sucks being left out in the cold. I've been trying out lots of brand new titles in the Oculus store using 372.70 with no issues but I guess it might be a different story with "normal" titles.
March 23, 20179 yr 16 hours ago, onebob said: Just done a short flight, across the English channel, Bristol to jersey. vas recorded:- On tarmac 1670000 at cruise fl120 1538612 at Pause 1540152 at restart 1531722 appr 1546284 landed 1474288 (edit vas recorded is FSuipc4 values) FSW c441 Driver 378.92 gpu 980ti ASN2016 Rex/Mil wx gauge F1 GTN750 Orbx ftx Eng P3D 3.4 hf3 w7 I know its only a very short flight so what's the best time duration do I need to test vas. bob Put on night environment UK. Aerosoft Heathrow, uk2000 Gatwick, and orbx England, set the sim to 2200z and taxi out. I doubt you'll even make it to the holding point. This is of course all the ndivia drivers fault.
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