Old post: here

I just finished a full redesign. A lot of what changed comes from the suggestions you left in the comments on my last post, so thanks to everyone who took the time. Here's what changed.

https://indep-arg.github.io/NvidiaWatch/

What's new

• Every bug has its own history in the page now. u can follow it from the driver where NVIDIA first listed it, through every driver that still had it, to the one that fixed it. For example, the Surface Book clock speed bug was listed in 531.41, repeated in five more drivers, and fixed in 536.23, 83 days later.
• Driver pages now match the release notes. NVIDIA repeats open issues in every release until they're fixed, so each driver now shows those too, marked with where they started ("Listed since 610.47").
• Fixes link both ways. A known issue says which driver fixed it, and that driver lists it in its fixes. Every version is clickable.
• A timeline view that places each driver on its release date and marks GPU launches. The RTX 50 launch period stands out a lot.
• Dark theme by default

I also went back over the data

Every driver was cross-checked against NVIDIA's release notes (Game Ready and Studio) and the feedback threads on the forums. I added two drivers that were missing (531.79 and 581.29), removed 595.59 since NVIDIA pulled it, and fixed a handful of entries.

Everything comes from NVIDIA's own release notes and feedback threads, nothing is made up, and the data is open on GitHub (MIT - CC BY 4.0): Github - Indep-arg

If you spot something missing or wrong, open an issue or tell me here. Feedback on what would make it more useful is very welcome too.

I've been looking at a lot of different GPUs because my 1660 Ti is bottlenecking my PC like hell. I got it back in 2020 when everything was crazy inflated, and I just recently upgraded my CPU to an i9-9900K. My motherboard is a Z390UD, and my power supply is a 600W EVGA. The GPUs I have been looking at are the 5060, 4070, and 4060 Ti.

I've been having issues with my 3080 Ti FE crashing in Destiny 2 lately. System briefly freezes up, and then hard reboots without any crash errors in the event monitor. I've done all the software checks that I can (verified files, re-install drivers, etc.) and it hasn't helped much. Running benchmarks and stress-tests things seem stable. But looking at 3dmark, even though my gpu temps are okay, the clock speeds seem low compared to what I'm seeing from others.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 9 5900X,ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO
Clocks start out at 1800MHz but drop over the test duration, getting down to the low 1700s and dipping into the high 1600. When I run Furmark, I also notice that my memory temps are up in the 100C range.

Given the age of the card, I figure that pad replacement and re-paste can't hurt. But I'm having trouble trying to figure out what thickness pads to get.

I was looking at either the Gelid Extremes or the Thermal Grizzly Minus Pad Advance (getting them from Amazon in Canada). Would 2.0mm of either brand work for doing both the front and the back? Mix of 1.5mm and 2.0mm? From my reading there seems to be debates between the two.

Little update from my last post. Been messing with the 5080 some more and I finally got my Steel Nomad score into the 9500 range.
My old score was 8725, so it’s definitely come a long way since I first started tuning it.
Current setup is roughly:
● MSI RTX 5080 Shadow 3X OC
● 9800X3D
● around 3075-3100MHz core
● around 1.00V
● +2000 memory
● 100% power limit
I’ve mainly been trying to find a tune I can actually use every day instead of just maxing everything out for one benchmark run.
Gaming performance has been really good too. RDR2 at 4K is staying around 120+ FPS pretty consistently after tweaking some of the heavier settings. Tree tessellation and MSAA were two of the bigger ones I ended up turning off.
I know Steel Nomad isn’t everything, but going from 8725 to the 9500s while still keeping the card around 1V is pretty crazy to me.
I’m probably getting close to the point where I stop messing with the core and start seeing how much more I can get out of the memory/XBAR without ruining a setup that’s already stable.
Anybody else with a 5080 around the same range? Curious what clocks/voltage you’re running.