NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 378.49 Game-Ready Drivers

phanbuey · Jan 25, 2017

xorbe said:
I've been move from hotfix to hotfix. Seriously, the hotfix drivers have been the best for a while.

haha you're right. what a mess.

peche · Jan 25, 2017

Kanan said:
That's bullshit, I already saw the 980ti performing way better than this in RE 7. Maybe it's pre optimised driver or so, just look at some other reviews then.

i have seen so many charts that says that solid video cards like GTX 780ti, GTX 980 and 980ti are smoked by some crappy Radeon Rx 470's.... some R9 280 and also R9 380's.... so i decided to keep the tests with my card, also avoid updating Nvidia experience shit to avoid performance cut down on some GTX 900 Series cards...

Regards,

Kanan · Jan 25, 2017

peche said:
i have seen so many charts that says that solid video cards like GTX 780ti, GTX 980 and 980ti are smoked by some crappy Radeon Rx 470's.... some R9 280 and also R9 380's.... so i decided to keep the tests with my card, also avoid updating Nvidia experience shit to avoid performance cut down on some GTX 900 Series cards...

Regards,

I'm just glad I have no plans to play the game, that I'm generally not a first day gamer of new games. I have circumvented bad driver or general game bugs this way countless times.

P4-630 · Jan 25, 2017

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/resident-evil-7-pc-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,6.html

Adjusted again:

rtwjunkie · Jan 25, 2017

P4-630 said:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/resident-evil-7-pc-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,6.html

Adjusted again:

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I think it's hilarious that they take this chart all the way down to the 960, bypassing some relevant cards along the way.

TheOne · Jan 25, 2017

P4-630 said:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/resident-evil-7-pc-graphics-performance-benchmark-review,6.html

Adjusted again:

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Apparently they are blaming Shadow Cache.

Update: after lots of weird results with graphics card that have less then 4 GB of VRAM we found out that the problematic settings is Shadow cache. If you have an up-to 4 GB graphics card, please turn off Shadow cache.

peche · Jan 25, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
I think it's hilarious that they take this chart all the way down to the 960, bypassing some relevant cards along the way.

just dont botter about it, thats why i like TPU's reviews, like w1zz or dave reviews...

bug · Jan 25, 2017

peche said:
just dont botter about it, thats why i like TPU's reviews, like w1zz or dave reviews...

Hehe, I got me a permanent ban (with no warning or anything) on Guru3D for questioning some of their benchmark/review practices.

peche · Jan 25, 2017

bug said:
Hehe, I got me a permanent ban (with no warning or anything) on Guru3D for questioning some of their benchmark/review practices.

thats why i decided to stick this forum ... dont care about any others...

Regards,

alucasa · Jan 25, 2017

Meanwhile I am here only because of someone's figurine.

Ship me one, bro.

bug · Jan 26, 2017

peche said:
thats why i decided to stick this forum ... dont care about any others...

Regards,

Because of my ban? /joke

Stick to one forum? No way, I need to compare opinions. But with several quality sites out there, chopping off Guru3D went mostly unnoticed.

peche · Jan 26, 2017

bug said:
Because of my ban? /joke

Stick to one forum? No way, I need to compare opinions. But with several quality sites out there, chopping off Guru3D went mostly unnoticed.

i do read toms hardware and some overclockers.net threads, but only participate here, i dont need to take a part on other place, have seen moderators taking over authority on several forums, trolls everywhere... no thanks, quite happy here

Regards,

TheHunter · Jan 26, 2017

btw that test with v.high fps was a fluke, guru3d used interlacing at first.. Guess we will have to wait and see until the game matures more.

Xzibit · Jan 27, 2017

TheHunter said:
btw that test with v.high fps was a fluke, guru3d used interlacing at first.. Guess we will have to wait and see until the game matures more.

Not really a fluke but a error on HH part.

He kind of made a mess of things because of how many test he did and the error

1st. Things werent adding up. Unclear if Interlaced was on or off on some but he was using old drivers for Nvidia

2nd. He played with interlaced on cards

3rd. He turned Shadow Cache off

He points at Shadow Cache being the culprit which mights as well be but he also admits hes using interlacing and by the time he notices only results in 3rd version should be valid which line up with the german sites which also run Shadow Cache Off. He doesn't want to re-run the test with Shadow Cache On.

To add insult to injury he makes his conclusion and recommendation knowing he screwed up with 1st and 2nd test and uses them as a comparison through out his entire review.

TheOne · Jan 27, 2017

Driver apparently breaks Steams In-Home Streaming.

In-Home Streaming

The latest NVIDIA drivers have broken hardware encoding in Steam, please revert to driver version 376.33 if you need that. We are working with NVIDIA to get a driver fix.

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/583615484601546499
http://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-37849-gpu-drivers-break-hardware-encoding-in-steam/

TheHunter · Jan 27, 2017

and it also breaks hardware physx in few games, at maxwell hw connected to that new compute optimization feature.

It renders cpu physx, with that optimization on it starts to use gpu again, but at 6-7fps lower fps..

Flybyderp · Jan 28, 2017

Looks like I'll be sticking with my tried and true 368.69 drivers, haven't seen a better one since for my 970.

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NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 378.49 Game-Ready Drivers

phanbuey

peche

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Kanan

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P4-630

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

TheOne

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

bug

peche

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bug

peche

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TheHunter

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TheOne

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