Download Nvidia GeForce 358.50 WHQL driver

#5169270

BNSoul

2015-10-07 14:05

worse performance and stability than 356.04, uninstalling...

#5169274

CrazY_Milojko

2015-10-07 14:14

worse performance and stability than 356.04, uninstalling...

Was going to ask this ^^^ Anyone else compared these 358.50 WHQL with 356.04 Dev? Not gonna have enough time to do some cross testing between two of these until weekend, also I'm not willing to dump rock solid 356.04 Dev if 358.50 WHQL are not good at least like 356.04 are.

#5169276

BananaRepublik

2015-10-07 14:24

Have an issue with DSR and my 4KTV with these. On previous drivers, it would use 1080p as the native resolution and increase DSR based on that. With these, even though it says that 1080p is the native resolution, DSR scaling starts scaling up from 4096 x 2160, which is obviously undesirable. Back to 356.04 for me.

#5169277

Darren Hodgson

2015-10-07 14:25

So is the glitching F.E.A.R. shadow finally fixed in this driver? I am guessing not... *EDIT* Is this driver from a new branch then? If so then I wonder what NVIDIA have managed to break in this set? 😉

#5169280

dr_rus

2015-10-07 14:26

Some additional info, potentially interesting for SLI and Optimus users in Win10:

The big news in this release is of course improved support for the Battlefront beta. However as this is also the first driver release from the R358 branch, 358.50 also contains several other improvements. On the API side of matters, R358 adds support for the OpenGL ARB’s previously announced 2015 ARB extensions, as well as support for OpenGL ES 3.2. Furthermore NVIDIA has made some improvements to GameWorks VR, further knocking out bugs and improving VR SLI support. Meanwhile on the Windows 10 front, this driver release finally resolves the issues utilizing SLI and the NVENC encoder at the same time, meaning ShadowPlay and GameStream now work with SLI setups. Support for stereo rendering under DirectX 12 with an SLI setup has also been added, making this the first time we’ve seen stereo rendering under DirectX 12 addressed. On the other hand Fermi owners hoping to find WDDM 2.0 support in this driver release will be disappointed, as a quick check finds that Fermi cards continue to use the WDDM 1.3 path under Windows 10. Finally, NVIDIA’s release notes make an unusual mention of “Added controls for forcing the use of the integrated graphics processor or the NVIDIA GPU on Optimus notebooks.” Though at this point we’re a bit unsure why this note is in here since NVIDIA has offered Optimus GPU selection controls for some time now.

worse performance and stability than 356.04, uninstalling...

Wow, you've tested the overall performance and stability on all systems on the planet in like two hours from the moment of the driver release.

#5169281

lucidus

2015-10-07 14:27

I'll try these on win10, drivers other than 356.04 throw up a lot of driver recovered errors. Hope these are fine.

#5169282

riardon

2015-10-07 14:28

355.98 WHQL Valley Benchmark Windows 10 x64 FPS: 76.1 Score: 3183 Min FPS: 35.7 Max FPS: 136.9 358.50 WHQL FPS: 49.0 Score: 2049 Min FPS: 29.1 Max FPS: 73.1 FF XIV DX11 bechmark shows same score as before but look at Valley above it's horrible. Something is really wrong with these drivers on my system. A loss of 1000+ is not normal and I never saw anything like that. Same setting same NVCP settings nothing was altered.

#5169285

morbias

2015-10-07 14:33

That is a lie for a fact. Try playing ACUnity with your measly 560Ti. Yes you can blame ubisoft for the optimization and not your hardware which should be in the junkyard by now. Smart tactic. Blame devs for your sh!tty hardware.

Keep flamebaiting and you'll be getting infractions on your account

#5169288

Jeggu

2015-10-07 14:38

355.98 WHQL Valley Benchmark Windows 10 x64 FPS: 76.1 Score: 3183 Min FPS: 35.7 Max FPS: 136.9 358.50 WHQL FPS: 49.0 Score: 2049 Min FPS: 29.1 Max FPS: 73.1 FF XIV DX11 bechmark shows same score as before but look at Valley above it's horrible. Something is really wrong with these drivers on my system. A loss of 1000+ is not normal and I never saw anything like that. Same setting same NVCP settings nothing was altered.

Are you sure you ran the same valley test? Those results don't make any sense otherwise.

#5169290

SSJBillClinton

2015-10-07 14:39

FEAR has been fixed in these drivers! Happy days! 😀

#5169291

otimus

2015-10-07 14:40

980 still wins in FakeWorks titles like Witcher 3. Kepler downgrade reduced 780ti's performance, so no, 980 is not barely faster, 980 is objectively faster. Especially at 1500mhz. The measly kepler can only do it 1200 till it starts sweating. Yes this is sarcasm. That is a lie for a fact. Try playing ACUnity with your measly 560Ti. Yes you can blame ubisoft for the optimization and not your hardware which should be in the junkyard by now. Smart tactic. Blame devs for your sh!tty hardware.

You seem angry. That's not good! Also, a 560 Ti is roughly about as powerful as a 750 Ti, a low end, but still pretty capable card.

#5169292

riardon

2015-10-07 14:41

Are you sure you ran the same valley test? Those results don't make any sense otherwise.

Yes same settings. I did nothing to the bechmark itself nor to the NVCP. I'm still scratching my head to find what's wrong. It makes no sense to me too.

#5169293

boombastik

2015-10-07 14:46

980 still wins in FakeWorks titles like Witcher 3. Kepler downgrade reduced 780ti's performance, so no, 980 is not barely faster, 980 is objectively faster. Especially at 1500mhz. The measly kepler can only do it 1200 till it starts sweating. Yes this is sarcasm. That is a lie for a fact. Try playing ACUnity with your measly 560Ti. Yes you can blame ubisoft for the optimization and not your hardware which should be in the junkyard by now. Smart tactic. Blame devs for your sh!tty hardware.

U will be surprised with the performance of fermi gpu cards in direct x 12. Fermi has Hardware scheduler and kepler software.

#5169296

snight01

2015-10-07 14:50

It seems nvidia is crushing the 700 series performance. I'm not sure if the 900 series suffer from the performance downgrades but this doesn't look good when pascal comes. I believe nvidia will cripple maxwell just as they're crippling kepler I'm pretty sure Intel doesn't hurt they chips and degrade performance since the performance lasts for years before a upgrade. If amd had proper drivers, it would've sorted nvidia out and fix whatever is happening with these drivers and why it's making performance worse with every new release

#5169298

CalinTM

2015-10-07 14:52

^ In an economical world, this is normal...

#5169301

Monchis

2015-10-07 15:02

Just tested the driver. 1.- Pinball FX2 still a stuttering disaster with super sampling. 2.- Mortal kombat X still jittery, might be better but I still need to run stream flash video on second plane for it to play properly smooth. 3.- F1 2015. Performance tanks when restarting a quick race, doesn´t happen on 353.49. Didn´t play long enough to test for the ctd video memory error. 4.- Soma, still plays horribly. Good fps but smoothness isn´t there. 6.- Tried to test NBA 2K15 for stuttering, but it crashes to desktop instantly 5 out of 5 times. Installed 353.49 and crashes are gone. Unplayable because of stuttering of course. 5.- Installed whole driver package by mistake and lost audio in all of my games. 6.- Lost 20 minutes for nothing.

Your 780 Ti is a high-end card, by architecture and by price tag. My 980 is a mainstream chip, by arch. and price tag. 980 was released to replace 680. GM204 replaced GK104. Even nvidia at the launch of 980, compared his performance against 680. Nvidia from 2012 releases 2 cards based on the same architecture. One mainstream (680, 980) and later the big chip ( 780/Ti, 980 Ti). The price tag between them is like 500-550$ for one, and the other is like 700$-650$, range.

It´s still Kepler and we know high end cards aren´t that far away from the lower model with overclocking.

#5169302

snight01

2015-10-07 15:03

^ In an economical world, this is normal...

As much as it is, nvidia pretty much takes full advantage of this. I skipped maxwell for pascal when it releases but this is ridiculous with the downgrades. We're talking about benchmarks and games that performed great only to progressively perform worse with each update. I'm getting to old anyway and have a son to raise. I guess it may be a good idea to hang in the hat. Don't think I may upgrade if this is nvidia grand roadmap to success.. I've spent enough

#5169306

dr_rus

2015-10-07 15:05

U will be surprised with the performance of fermi gpu cards in direct x 12. Fermi has Hardware scheduler and kepler software.

:heh:

As much as it is, nvidia pretty much takes full advantage of this. I skipped maxwell for pascal when it releases but this is ridiculous with the downgrades. We're talking about benchmarks and games that performed great only to progressively perform worse with each update. I'm getting to old anyway and have a son to raise. I guess it may be a good idea to hang in the hat. Don't think I may upgrade if this is nvidia grand roadmap to success.. I've spent enough

A lot of tests were made around this claim. None of them proved it. Lack of driver optimization for a previous architecture h/w is something that is expected from every IHV. Doesn't make these cards slower, just makes them not as fast as they could be in new titles.

#5169308

RzrTrek

2015-10-07 15:06

Not yet. 385.8x or 9x will be if won't be any delay ofc.

I don't mind waiting some more, but it would have been nice to run a few DX12 benchmarks prior to launch...

#5169311

BNSoul

2015-10-07 15:08

Wow, you've tested the overall performance and stability on all systems on the planet in like two hours from the moment of the driver release.

Impressive, isn't it ?