Tuesday, February 28th 2023

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Drivers 531.18 WHQL Released

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btarunr
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NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 531.18 WHQL adds optimization and DLSS 3 support for "Atomic Heart," and "The Finals" beta. The drivers also introduce RTX Video Super Resolution, a video upscaler technology that uses some functional aspects of DLSS to improve the quality of upscaled video. Among the issues fixed with this release include a game freeze noticed with "Forza Horizon 4" some 15-30 minutes into gameplay; occassional stability issues with "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," issues with ProRes RAW files in Adobe After Effects media encoder; and application instability with Adobe Premiere Pro.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 531.18 WHQL
Game Ready
  • Atomic Heart
  • The Finals Closed Beta
Technology
  • Introduces support for RTX Video Super Resolution
Fixed
  • [Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay [3866530]
  • Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 occasional stability issues [3934963]
  • Enable Dead Space Resizable Bar profile [3954048]
  • Adobe After Effects / Media Encoder - issues with ProRes RAW files [3957455] [3957469]
  • Adobe Premiere Pro application instability [3940086]
Open Issues
  • Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
  • Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
  • [Halo Wars 2] In-game foliage is larger than normal and displays constant flickering [3888343]
  • [GeForce RTX 4090] Watch Dogs 2 may display flickering when staring at the sky [3858016]
  • Increase in DPC latency observed in Latencymon [3952556]

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39 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Drivers 531.18 WHQL Released

#1
R0H1T
btarunrRTX Video Super Resolution
Finally! Is this available on laptops as well?
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#2
Dazz023
R0H1TFinally! Is this available on laptops as well?
It's really heavy on GPU. At least on 3090. Twitch stream goes from 30w to 80W-250W (depends on its mood i guess...) if you enable it. And I dont see any utilization / power usage difference between quality levels?

Edit: For some reason it doesnt clock the gpu so high anymore and keeps power under 80W. More acceptable, still not sure if worth it.
Edit 2: Back to 250w after browser restart. Same content. I give up :)
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#3
R0H1T
How about others? I'm trying this on an RTX 3050 (laptop) & can't even see if it's working properly, tested on YT AV1 1080p stream!
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#5
Legacy-ZA
How can I turn on and use RTX VSR? I can't find the option.
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#6
nguyen
Legacy-ZAHow can I turn on and use RTX VSR? I can't find the option.
in NVCP, go to Adjust video image settings, enable RTX video enhancement

In Chrome setting, go to System, make sure Use Hardware acceleration is turned on
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#7
Chomiq
[Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay [3866530]

Anyone cares to verify this?
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#8
R0H1T
Can't seem to get it working with the laptop, let's see if it works as easily on a regular desktop!
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#9
andreiga76
Dazz023It's really heavy on GPU. At least on 3090. Twitch stream goes from 30w to 80W-250W (depends on its mood i guess...) if you enable it. And I dont see any utilization / power usage difference between quality levels?

Edit: For some reason it doesnt clock the gpu so high anymore and keeps power under 80W. More acceptable, still not sure if worth it.
Edit 2: Back to 250w after browser restart. Same content. I give up :)
On a 4090 it is using around 25% and 165w, tested on youtube on a 1080p video, honestly don't see much difference.

Edit: very strange behavior, on same youtube video, on force 4k I have 16% usage, on 1080p I have 25% (which could be explained), but at 1440p usage is 41% :) .
Here is the video, you can try it yourself.
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#10
Legacy-ZA
nguyenin NVCP, go to Adjust video image settings, enable RTX video enhancement

In Chrome setting, go to System, make sure Use Hardware acceleration is turned on
My thanks, I will give it a go.
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#11
Dazz023
andreiga76On a 4090 it is using around 25% and 165w, tested on youtube on a 1080p video, honestly don't see much difference.
Power usage scales with video resolution and framerate. Someone try 1440p60fps video on 4K display.
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#12
TheDeeGee
nguyenRTX VSR seems to be working well

720p video VSR OFF vs ON

on my 4090, VSR use
70W at 720p
130W at 1080p
240W at 1440p
So unless you're watching content from 15 years it's not worth it.
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#13
R0H1T
Or maybe you're trying to save your bandwidth? Not everyone has 1Gbps cheap broadband at their place.
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#14
lsevald
There's a FAQ for the RTX VSR feature here: nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5448

They also suggest you add chorme.exe and set it for high performance in windows graphics settings.

Anyhow, I can't tell if it works or not (followed the instructions to the letter). My 4090 pulls 30-70W watching youtube videos at any quality on a 4k LG OLED.
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#15
mouacyk
Dazz023Power usage scales with video resolution and framerate. Someone try 1440p60fps video on 4K display.
Someone don't. it might asplode
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#16
Dazz023
R0H1TCan't seem to get it working with the laptop, let's see if it works as easily on a regular desktop!
They have some extra steps to make it work on laptops in their FAQ. So try that.
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#17
R0H1T
Probably something to do with this ~
Q: What quality setting should I set?
A: All RTX GPUs will support all scenarios at quality level 1. XX70 series and higher will support all scenarios at quality level 4. RTX Video Super Resolution does use GPU resources, so performance may be affected if playing a GPU intensive game or creative app in parallel.
I set it to quality level 4 for the laptop, on desktop it seems to be using 120W for 1080p stream on YT ~ seems to be working on same quality (4) level.

Ok, not sure what happened but for 1440p power consumption is down again!
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#18
trparky
Does anyone know if RTX Video Super Resolution works on any video? Does it have to be only YouTube? Or does it work on say... oh, I don't know, content on NetFlix or Paramount+?
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#19
Fergutor
  • Increase in DPC latency observed in Latencymon [3952556]
Could that be a problem?
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#20
R0H1T
trparkyDoes anyone know if RTX Video Super Resolution works on any video? Does it have to be only YouTube? Or does it work on say... oh, I don't know, content on NetFlix or Paramount+?
Only checked it on a bowser, works on most streams out there including YT, Prime video, Disney et al.

Or you're talking about local files on a media player?
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#21
Ownedtbh
No Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?
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#22
ONGEFF
I did some tests on YouTube. I found that there is a minimum browser/tab size for upscaling to work. Put the MSI Afterbunner side by side with Chrome and resize the browser until "activating" the VSR.
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#23
Upgrayedd
OwnedtbhNo Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?
That game needs way more than drivers lol
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#24
FierceRed
OwnedtbhNo Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?
UpgrayeddThat game needs way more than drivers lol
I'm more on the "No Returnal game ready driver?" side of the fence.

Not that it needs it, it runs great! I'm more curious if I can squeeze some FPS out of Returnal's absolutely phenomenal benchmark.
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#25
Luke357
Has anyone checked if videos in Google Photos are upscaled? This would be nice for stuff uploaded with "space saver". Photos uses the same player as YouTube so it should work but I won't be able to check for a while.
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