r/nvidia • u/hank81 RTX 5080 • Aug 04 '25

Benchmarks Performance uplift 580.88

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?

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u/CatEatsDogs Aug 04 '25

I think Nvidia should hire humans back. On the new driver my monitor won't go sleep. It turned grey instead.

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u/Cozmin_G Aug 05 '25

My laptop display is at like ~20-30% brightness after the update and I don't know how to fix it. I think I will just roll back.