GeForce driver 496.13 is out!

[bofhlusr 453]

4 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

My take on latest drivers, " If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Has worked for me for many years. 

This should be added as the 11th commandment based on my decades plus experience  managing IT which included a 300+ workstation call center.

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

3 minutes ago, bofhlusr said:

This should be added as the 11th commandment based on my decades plus experience  managing IT which included a 300+ workstation call center.

FSX wasn't broken, would you like to return to that as well? 😄

[JSmith2112 317]

I installed these yesterday and haven't encountered any problems in a couple of hours flying around in MSFS.

Edited October 14, 2021 by JSmith2112

[bofhlusr 453]

6 hours ago, MrFuzzy said:

Download nVidia profile inspector, this is the setting you have to turn off:

Looks like I've been operating under the wrong assumptions. I started using Nvidia Profile Inspector after following Nickn's Bible for FSX (google 'simforums nickn') with great success. But I gave it up after I read somewhere that his methodology didn't apply to later versions of P3D.  I guess I need to check NPI again. Thank you.

[bofhlusr 453]

35 minutes ago, MrFuzzy said:

FSX wasn't broken, would you like to return to that as well? 😄

No. For the same reason, I wouldn't advise a person who owns a perfectly healthy thoroughbred --ride the horse for his daily commute in highspeed highways or freeways.  🙂

 

[Old_As_Dirt 160]

I have used nVidia for many years and have never seen the driver numbers jump over twenty points before.  That should represent a considerable change.  I am seeing my C-172 steam gauge running mid 60s FPS sitting on the tarmac at KROA and mid 70s while flying over surrounding landscape.  Pretty good for my Ryzen 5 5600G and RTX 3060!

Edited October 14, 2021 by Old_As_Dirt

[bean_sprout 1,201]

I'd wait at least a week before installing any nVidia driver.  Chances are you will see any hotfix in that time.

Regards

bs

[Ixoye 1,813]

4 hours ago, bean_sprout said:

I'd wait at least a week before installing any nVidia driver.  Chances are you will see any hotfix in that time.

Regards

bs

I do the same, it's a good strategy.

[gboz 157]

On 10/15/2021 at 5:46 AM, bofhlusr said:

No. For the same reason, I wouldn't advise a person who owns a perfectly healthy thoroughbred --ride the horse for his daily commute in highspeed highways or freeways.  🙂

 

Not everyone is is running a flight sim only setup.
Many would also be running multiple apps/games that need/would benefit from the latest driver upgrade.

[Bobsk8 12,582]

On 10/14/2021 at 1:57 PM, MrFuzzy said:

FSX wasn't broken, would you like to return to that as well? 😄

Funny, some of the folks that want to install the latest OS, or drivers, the day they are published, are in terror when MSFS rolls out an update....

[bobcat999 8,444]

15 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Funny, some of the folks that want to install the latest OS, or drivers, the day they are published, are in terror when MSFS rolls out an update....

Well, it's a different scale of issue really.  With a driver update, you get the choice whether to try it or not, and you can always roll it back within a few minutes if you don't like it. 

With MSFS, you cannot choose whether to update or not, and not a chance of rolling back afterwards - it's a one way trip, and historically, it hasn't always been the best experience! 

Personally, I have never had a problem caused by Nvidia driver updates.  Has anyone else?

Edited October 16, 2021 by bobcat999

[Nyxx 6,993]

8 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Well, it's a different scale of issue really.  With a driver update, you get the choice whether to try it or not, and you can always roll it back within a few minutes if you don't like it. 

With MSFS, you cannot choose whether to update or not, and not a chance of rolling back afterwards - it's a one way trip, and historically, it hasn't always been the best experience! 

Personally, I have never had a problem caused by driver updates.  Has anyone else?

Nope!

Well not true I had a AMD card around 20 years ago....drivers? never again the big N for me nothing else. The very person your quoting has also learnt that.....

 

More intrested in the new driver for New World than MSFS, 152 hours in the last 18 days..🤪 wont look at MSFS untill SU6 and after a few days of the reports I read on how good or bad it is. But want to get back to my MKI, CRJ etc "soon"

Edited October 16, 2021 by Nyxx

[MarcG 2,929]

13 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

Personally, I have never had a problem caused by Nvidia driver updates.  Has anyone else?

A couple of minor cases but considering the number of updates over the number of years I've had practically zero major problems in all that time, usually the issues I face are if I stay on an older driver that causes issues with some games and not others, for example I was on 457 with MSFS for ages and that caused issues with CP2077 and Death Stranding. SO when the drivers became equal par with 457 again (47x I think it was) then those other games were better again but like I said that was all my own doing.

Generally I just update the drivers straight away, same with Windows drivers/software updates, I don't wait I just do and rarely have any problems as I look after my System.

[MrFuzzy 2,118]

1 hour ago, bobcat999 said:

Personally, I have never had a problem caused by Nvidia driver updates.  Has anyone else?

Only when I was using VR: a few driver releases were about 20% slower than 457.30 and I would never have realized it if not for the forums. Finally they fixed VR but it took months and when you lose 20% on a total of 35 fps it's a pain 🙂

This left a mark on the MSFS community, there are people who still stick to 457.30 even if now it is totally unnecessary or even harmful.

Edited October 16, 2021 by MrFuzzy

[DylanM 1,069]

2 hours ago, Nyxx said:

More intrested in the new driver for New World

Just be careful as New World has the ability to brick Nvidia cards...