April 27, 20197 yr Hi, At a certain point can newer Nvidia graphic drivers (supporting RTX series) impact older graphic cards performance? Obviously this question is for those who have experience with older generation cards. I would want to stop upgrading at some point if this is the case. Shom MSFS2024 running on Win 11, 4K screen, Z790 AORUS ELITE AX-W, i9-14900K, MSI 3080Ti, Corsair 2x32GB 6000 MHz, 1+2TB M.2 NVMEs
April 27, 20197 yr I have a 1080 and upgrade it with each new driver from nVidia. I don't know if it makes a difference, but it only takes nVidia a couple of minutes to do the upgrade so it doesn't hurt. I Earned My Spurs in Vietnam
April 27, 20197 yr 7 hours ago, Shomron said: At a certain point can newer Nvidia graphic drivers (supporting RTX series) impact older graphic cards performance? Not really...although the nVidia drivers come as a "unified" single package for a wide variety of cards, the installer does not install the same generic code for them all...it installs code that's specific to and optimized for that particular series of card. So if there are changes that make a 2080 run better, but hobble a 1080, they'll be made when installing for a 2080, but won't be included in the code installed on a 1080 by the unified installer. As a card ages, however, there are less and less optimizations targeted at the older generations, so updating the driver is less likely to improve much. There are, however, sometimes important changes even for the older cards, particularly when Microshaft makes changes to DirectX or the Windows display driver model or some other low-level change most often seen when one their forced major updates installs itself. And sometimes a new popular game will need special driver settings to work best (or at all) and those will be part of the updates as well. So it's unlikely you'll harm anything by continuing to update...but some deference should be given to the sage old wisdom: "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 27, 20197 yr Commercial Member 7 hours ago, w6kd said: Not really...although the nVidia drivers come as a "unified" single package for a wide variety of cards, the installer does not install the same generic code for them all...it installs code that's specific to and optimized for that particular series of card. So if there are changes that make a 2080 run better, but hobble a 1080, they'll be made when installing for a 2080, but won't be included in the code installed on a 1080 by the unified installer. As a card ages, however, there are less and less optimizations targeted at the older generations, so updating the driver is less likely to improve much. There are, however, sometimes important changes even for the older cards, particularly when Microshaft makes changes to DirectX or the Windows display driver model or some other low-level change most often seen when one their forced major updates installs itself. And sometimes a new popular game will need special driver settings to work best (or at all) and those will be part of the updates as well. So it's unlikely you'll harm anything by continuing to update...but some deference should be given to the sage old wisdom: "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Regards Perfectly stated!!! Dave Hodges System Specs: I9-13900KF, NVIDIA 4070TI, Quest 3, Multiple Displays, Lots of TERRIFIC friends, 3 cats, and a wonderfully stubborn wife.
April 28, 20197 yr 20 hours ago, w6kd said: Not really...although the nVidia drivers come as a "unified" single package for a wide variety of cards, the installer does not install the same generic code for them all...it installs code that's specific to and optimized for that particular series of card. So if there are changes that make a 2080 run better, but hobble a 1080, they'll be made when installing for a 2080, but won't be included in the code installed on a 1080 by the unified installer. As a card ages, however, there are less and less optimizations targeted at the older generations, so updating the driver is less likely to improve much. There are, however, sometimes important changes even for the older cards, particularly when Microshaft makes changes to DirectX or the Windows display driver model or some other low-level change most often seen when one their forced major updates installs itself. And sometimes a new popular game will need special driver settings to work best (or at all) and those will be part of the updates as well. So it's unlikely you'll harm anything by continuing to update...but some deference should be given to the sage old wisdom: "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Regards I am in complete and total agreement with your statement! My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
April 28, 20197 yr On 4/27/2019 at 9:48 AM, w6kd said: Not really...although the nVidia drivers come as a "unified" single package for a wide variety of cards, the installer does not install the same generic code for them all...it installs code that's specific to and optimized for that particular series of card. So if there are changes that make a 2080 run better, but hobble a 1080, they'll be made when installing for a 2080, but won't be included in the code installed on a 1080 by the unified installer. As a card ages, however, there are less and less optimizations targeted at the older generations, so updating the driver is less likely to improve much. There are, however, sometimes important changes even for the older cards, particularly when Microshaft makes changes to DirectX or the Windows display driver model or some other low-level change most often seen when one their forced major updates installs itself. And sometimes a new popular game will need special driver settings to work best (or at all) and those will be part of the updates as well. So it's unlikely you'll harm anything by continuing to update...but some deference should be given to the sage old wisdom: "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Regards This post should be pinned at the top of this forum! Well done! Greg
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.