Nvidia DX and DL Cache clean

[ErichB 3,643]

Is this still a thing?  How many of you clear this out periodically -  and do you see a difference when you do?

[El Diablito 328]

I do it routinely now (once a month) and always notice a difference. I especially noticed a difference in performance last night after clearing out and then updating to the latest driver.

[cianpars 1,166]

I do clear mine every couple of weeks but can't day I've noticed any difference.  I do also clean it if I swich from DX12 to DX11 or back though.

[El Diablito 328]

Shader cache cleansing should be a habit for most. It's been pointed out in many videos and tests that it helps unclog the system. I notice the sim gets very laggy for me after I've done a set of long hauls, all of a sudden my performance won't be where it should be, a quick bit of spring cleaning and all is good again.

[pmplayer 9,492]

1 hour ago, ErichB said:

Is this still a thing?  How many of you clear this out periodically -  and do you see a difference when you do?

You should at least do it after a NVIDIA driver update and after a MSFS update, thats what i do and this seems a good way for me..

And of course the Windows NVIDIA DX cache clean aswell from the Windows settings - memory settings ..

And if you use MSFS Rolling Cache you should delete this after every MSFS update and build a new one to be on the save side.

cheers 😉

 

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

I have a profile setup in my asus rigs LED system that turns them all off when I launch MSFS, and it also clears all caches for me. 

[kfd 60]

How do we clean these caches?

 

[AviationEnthusiast 63]

38 minutes ago, kfd said:

How do we clean these caches?

 

1. Press the Windows key + R and copy/paste %LocalAppData% and hit enter.
2. Locate and open the NVIDIA folder.
3. Open both DXCache and the GLCache folder and delete its contents.

If you wish to remove the cache stored by Windows as well, perform the following steps:

1. Press the Windows key + R and type cleanmgr and hit enter.
2. Select the DirectX-shadercache and press OK and let it finish.

Done.

[cianpars 1,166]

Or from your desktop click c drive -users- yourname -app data - local - nvidia - dxcache and delete what is inside that folder (note that a few files will remain because they are in use)

Edited November 11, 2023 by cianpars

[Steve Dra 7,588]

1 hour ago, kfd said:

How do we clean these caches?

 

 

[DAD 2,653]

1 hour ago, AviationEnthusiast said:

Locate and open the NVIDIA folder.

strange enough that folder was empty when I just checked. found however some dx cache files in AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache instead...

[Alpine Scenery 1,609]

Good info, haven't cleaned anything in ages, probably should be doing this at least once every 3 months.

 

[cianpars 1,166]

Yeah, and clean out those pesky temp files as well.

[V1ROTA7E 718]

I clean it out any time I swap from DX11 to DX12, after or before using VR, and any time I enable or disable FG. It’s usually a night and day difference after clearing them. 

[kfd 60]

Thank you all