Nvidia drivers

[Shrek]

Anyone knows the difference between

• Game Ready Driver
• Studio Driver

other than

• Provides the best gaming experience
• Provides the best experience for creative apps

 

[R-T-B]

One is optimized more for creation and studio apps, not maximum fps, and the other is for gamers and naximum fps.

One also tends to have a slower, more vetted release cadence (the Creators series, if its not aparrent).

Technical changes beyond that will never be listed because nvidia doesn't really list them.

 

[Grotesque Subhuman]

I believe they've been proven to be identical, except the studio one is released less often probably for better stability.

 

[Onasi]

One is optimized more for creation and studio apps, not maximum fps, and the other is for gamers and naximum fps.

Is this even true anymore? I don’t think that there are any performance differences between equal versions of Studio and GR. I think the difference nowadays is solely in the release cadence.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Is this even true anymore? I don’t think that there are any performance differences between equal versions of Studio and GR. I think the difference nowadays is solely in the release cadence.

I think the studio driver is geared towards quadro and maybe Tesla cards.

 

[R-T-B]

Is this even true anymore? I don’t think that there are any performance differences between equal versions of Studio and GR. I think the difference nowadays is solely in the release cadence.

That could be, but the official narrative is just "use this one for this, and that one for that."

 

[John Naylor]

In the AutoDesk world ... can't help but wonder. I never noticed those terms so this is a shot in the dark.

AutoCAD for 2D and 3D Drafting gets far better performance w/ drivers tweaked for Vector Graphics on GTX/RTX cards. Oddly, Autodesk does not "certify" any nVidia GTX / RTX cards
Other AutoDesk Products are ideally suited for Quaddro cards which are geared to rendering. That being said, either card will do both.

I did find this tho which mirrors what was said above:

"The driver types cater to different users, with unique optimizations and testing processes to match specific applications. NVIDIA Game Ready Drivers are tailored for gamers who demand the best performance and latest optimizations for new games. These drivers are frequently updated to include tweaks for the latest games, patches, and DLCs.

On the other hand, NVIDIA Studio Drivers are designed for creative professionals who rely on their GPUs for tasks like video editing, animation, photography, graphic design, and more. These drivers undergo extensive testing with creative applications to ensure performance and reliability in related apps. "

 

[AleXXX666]

I think the studio driver is geared towards quadro and maybe Tesla cards.

back then it was, proprietary "quadro" driver. now, "studio" could be installed to many consumer crap, so..

 

[Dr. Dro]

I think the studio driver is geared towards quadro and maybe Tesla cards.

back then it was, proprietary "quadro" driver. now, "studio" could be installed to many consumer crap, so..

No, the Enterprise branch (the former Quadro drivers) is separate from the GRD or NSD packages, with almost all workstation software restrictions lifted. From what I know, they support a few extra display modes unavailable on GeForce cards (like 30-bit color), plus a few other things. The amount of concurrent NVENC/NVDEC sessions is also unrestricted and bound only by hardware limitations, except on the very lowest end Pro GPUs. Although, you can patch the GeForce driver to work around this.

Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix

Find the related video encoding and decoding support for all NVIDIA GPU products.

developer.nvidia.com

The Studio driver is a middle ground between GRD and Enterprise, Game Ready and Studio drivers work on Quadro/RTX Pro GPUs, but the Enterprise driver does not work on GeForce branded GPUs. Most people won't really be able to tell a difference between the three. The NVIDIA App is also a separate version, which offers the ability to jump between the Recommended (formerly Quadro ODE), latest branch (usually a Pro build of the same driver release of the GRD) and conservative (stable, earlier branch) versions. Other than that, at least on my A2000, it seems to have the same functionality as the App for GeForce cards.

NVIDIA App for Enterprise

Download the newest version of NVIDIA App.

www.nvidia.com

Tesla (and now their RTX accelerator range) is something different from the pro-viz and gaming cards altogether I believe. I admit I don't know a lick about how they work other than there exists a driver model that bypasses the WDDM and allows for direct access to the hardware.