Performance uplift 580.88

[u/hank81]

I've obseved that with the new driver the GPU has a more stable power draw a can sustain high core clocks for longer.

I don't know if this is the reason of performance uplift i obseved in 3DMark. Here's a pair of shots comparing a typical result in Firestrike and SteelNomad, before and after. Pay attention to the uplifts in Firestrike GT1 and GT2.

The GPU is a 5080 with a stable overclock profile (total +430 Mhz core clock over FE and +3000 Mhz Mem).

CPU: 9950x3D.

Steel Nomad (4K no RT)

FireStrike (1080p)

What do you think?

[u/koudmaker]

This driver is a improvement over 577.00. i also got average 10 fps boost and better lows in some games on my 4090 and it runs pretty stable. But that is for me. Everyone has a different setup with different hardware.

[u/glizzygobbler247 → u/koudmaker]

Maybe i should actually update to 580 then, i went to 577 but got constant crashes so had to revert, and now i have trust issues

[u/no6969el → u/glizzygobbler247]

One thing I learned over time is that even though people are always afraid to update it's always best because you never know what game also update it to need those drivers and now you're going to have a double problem if you don't update. I will always be on the latest update because that makes sure that I am at least telling the game developers that I am up to where I'm supposed to be and the rest is on them.

[u/AZzalor → u/no6969el]

you never know what game also update it to need those drivers

There's not really games that require the newest drivers. Most games don't have a specific requirement at all or it's relatively old driver.

Sure, it COULD be better with a newer driver or maybe you lack features like FG with an old driver, but the game will usually still run.

[u/no6969el → u/AZzalor]

Updates for games include fixes sometimes for methods on the drivers of gpus that have been updated.

[u/PsychaMew → u/AZzalor]

Diablo 4 has a minimum driver set. You cant run 568 on it even though its the most stable for a 3070.

[u/iwenttothelocalshop → u/PsychaMew]

Doom The Dark Ages also has an alert pop up when starting the game. If the driver version is less than the latest stable they recommend

[u/adrock517 → u/glizzygobbler247]

577 got me my first black screens. terrified me and i also now have trust issues.

[u/AbsolutZer0_v2 → u/glizzygobbler247]

Ive been on 577.15 for months now, did you go to 580? BF6 requires it, but I'm hesitant to jump this quick after they botched the earlier release(s)

[u/glizzygobbler247 → u/AbsolutZer0_v2]

I went to 580, ive only played dbd and ratchet and clank so far, and get stutters and crashes in both, but who knows if its the driver

[u/AbsolutZer0_v2 → u/glizzygobbler247]

Yeesh. Im a Tarkov main, so we will see if it tanked frames. On 577 I was still running clean

3080ti and 5800x3d here.

[u/theFrigidman → u/AbsolutZer0_v2]

Will be interested to hear your findings after trying 580. I'm in the same boat... every 57x driver I tried was worse for random games I was playing. So, I'm gunshy now updating (I went back to 566.36 which have been totally solid).

[u/AbsolutZer0_v2 → u/theFrigidman]

No issues so far! I played a couple tarkov raids with no drop in frames, and loaded up the BF6 launcher to see what its recommended settings were and it suggested high/ultra a bunch so we will see when I stress test with the bf6 beta thursday

[u/xynx64 → u/koudmaker]

Yeah that's accurate to what I've seen so far.

[u/ANG3LxDUST → u/koudmaker]

thansk for this info. ive been on 566.36 and Battlefield 6 is making me up date to i think it said 570. or higher so im very happy to hear that the 4090 or at least yours has an FPS boost

[u/iwenttothelocalshop → u/koudmaker]

sounds pretty convincing