NVIDIA GeForce 471.41 WHQL driver download & discussion

Here im to report back, so the driver is ok, its the same in performances as 466.77, strong stable, card is behaving normaly no heat, no turbine noise, no bsods, no desktop return, all fine for now, i tested heavy games for long time period and maxed graphics, pes 2021, bops 3, forza horizon 4, RE VILLAGE, finally a good driver

 

Thought I was getting crazy, but yeah I saw the same thing with lots of particles in Desitny2 and this game is known to have lots.

I went from 466.77 directly to 471.22 and then saw it, its not a huge fps drop, but it is noticeable (from low 70s into low 60ish fps), out of my head I would say 5-7fps or so.. I keep monitoring fps there so i kinda know how it acts in certain places.


Ingame settings at default high, expect shadows distance v.high.

Spoiler: gfx settings

<namespace name="graphics">
<cvar name="force_auto_detect" value="0" />
<cvar name="force_enable_multi_threaded_render_submit" value="0" />
<cvar name="window_position_x" value="0" />
<cvar name="window_position_y" value="31" />
<cvar name="window_mode" value="3" />
<cvar name="anti_aliasing_mode" value="2" />
<cvar name="dof_mode" value="2" />
<cvar name="ssao_mode" value="1" />
<cvar name="shadow_quality" value="3" />
<cvar name="environment_detail" value="2" />
<cvar name="character_detail" value="2" />
<cvar name="texture_quality" value="4" />
<cvar name="texture_anisotropy_level" value="2" />
<cvar name="foliage_detail" value="2" />
<cvar name="local_light_shadows" value="1" />
<cvar name="wind_impulse" value="1" />
<cvar name="gamma_control" value="3" />
<cvar name="foliage_shadows_mode" value="2" />
<cvar name="hdr_output" value="1" />
<cvar name="atmosphere_lighting_detail" value="1" />
<cvar name="master" value="0" />
<cvar name="framerate_cap_enabled" value="0" />
<cvar name="low_latency_mode" value="1" />
<cvar name="fullscreen_resolution_width" value="1920" />
<cvar name="fullscreen_resolution_height" value="1080" />
<cvar name="fullscreen_refresh_rate_numerator" value="143981" />
<cvar name="fullscreen_refresh_rate_denominator" value="1000" />
<cvar name="windowed_resolution_width" value="1920" />
<cvar name="windowed_resolution_height" value="1080" />
<cvar name="render_resolution_percentage" value="150" />
<cvar name="framerate_cap" value="144" />
<cvar name="version" value="3" />

Will try 471.11 now, otherwise I will go back to 466.xx

 

So far so good but my rig is old at this point but working fine on my gtx 1060 6gb. No problems so far played resident evil village for about 4 hours no issues to report. Windows 10 64bit.

 

You guys mentioned particle effects.

Same for me with parts of Gta5 with lots of mods I installed.
Was having an issue with the last win update from 20H2 to 21H1.
Reformatting fixed that, updated, only applied popular tweaks like, game mode off, CFG off, disabled mitigations using Inspectre, FSE reg tweaks, nagling, system responsiveness 0.
HAGS off, low latency mode nvcpl off.

No more slow down with heavy particle effects.

Might help some peeps out here or out there, but at least somewhere

Oh! I do the spin test as i call it...doing donuts in areas with lots of grass (have it set to ultra) or on vespucci beach in front the condos...when the cinematic cam moves to the wheel wells it was the most noticeable, but now completely smooth.

Fps limit 60, adaptive vsync, using nvcpl., ultra shadows enabled.

 

Im still on 20h2 though.

 

I fully agree with your statement, we are all nVidia beta testers...........

 

Here the same issue with CoD Warzone ,i don't think thats a driver problem, the game is to big in size and loading times are slow even with a Ryzen 9 @4.28 Ghz and 32 GB of Ram @3333 Mhz
Harddisk Samsung nvme 2 980 Pro

 

Not quite sure why, but the GPU boosts up to 1980Mhz, GPU frequency shown around halfway into the video.
Also got some odd spikes I havn't seen before, like when going into supercruise.
Game needs more optimization, so it's not only the driver.



Getting a bit tired of boost clocks going higher than what stated on the spec sheet, if I wanted higher I would overclock it myself.
Going to test with some other games and see if I'm going to keep this driver.

 

I haven't played Warzone with this driver but with 471.11 was pretty good, if you have Stutters I suggest you to check the Texture resolution to be on normal or lower, modifying the adv_options/VideoMemoryScale set to 0.60 or so depending on your card, you can find that in Documents/Warzone

 

Driver behaves fine on my system. Replaced the 465.89 with these. Those previous drivers were still thy fastest and smoothest for me. Now this one which performs similar in benches and games.

 

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/ISLCw
This used to help me with stutters in WZ.

 

Can you by chance capture a couple of GPU traces, preferably of Sea of Thieves, one with an older driver that doesn't show this issue and one with driver 471.41 about 30 seconds in length as shown below?

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3507

I haven't noticed this behavior when I played SoT so it may be something specific to your configuration. We will need to the traces to look into it. When capturing the traces, try to make sure you are in the same location and doing the same task so that we can compare the drivers. Also make sure you are seeing the issue you reported with performance dipping. You can send the traces to driverfeedback@nvidia.com

 

Wallpaper disappears whenever I change main monitors now since .22



Does this weird thing where I have to draw a square over the desktop to get it back

Oh and guess what now its been 6 months and I still cant launch a game that doesnt start in 8K because it will crash the display.
Still only solution is to disconnect the side monitor when launching the game. Tried to start Yakusa 0 and since it doesnt support 8k I cant play it because it crashes the display every time on launch. Seriously how long do I have to wait for a fix on this. Clearly despite the Leatherjacket Jensen saying 8K is great and supported during the 3000 launch was an afterthought just to even justify the 3090 but at least back it up with support !?

 

Strange.. Windows update downloaded it but at the end of install, it would error out.
Reformatted with 20H2, WU downloaded and installed the problematic one, then the 21H1 update popped up, installed and that was it.

 

Does the audio cut out while you are playing a movie or game or after PC has been idle? Are you using all of the same settings for both driver 466.27 and 471.41? Can you email me at driverfeedback@nvidia.com with the following?

1. Screenshot showing your "Change resolution" panel from the NVIDIA Control Panel with the color settings displayed
2. On your Windows keyboard, press the Windows key and the letter "R" at the same time to bring up the Run window. In the Open field, type:
control mmsys.cpl sounds
Then press the OK button. This will bring up the Windows Sound properties. Take a screenshot of the Playback tab. Send this as well.
3. In your email also include steps to reproduce please.

 

can't fix it because its a game video memory leak.

They probably started using a sleep period in the framelimiter, like RTSS has done in 7.3.1+

1860mhz is one of but not the highest possible step in your cards boost table, so you need to keep in mind that it can always go higher than what you've seen previously.

The advertised boost rate is usually just under the center of the boost table. (+-1 or two steps)

Turing i believe has the same amount of boost steps as Pascal, which iirc is around 23 or steps but increments of 15 vs 13. Pascal is 22 steps of 12.6-12.7mhz vs Turings 23 of 15

SUPER EVO OC vs (FE)
00: 1650 MHz (1650)
(11:1815 - Advertised)
12: 1830 - Advertised
22: 1980
23: 1995
26: 2040 (potential max boost, nvidia never published the step count beyond kepler)

Asus may be using a longer boost table than FE so the advertised boost clock is at a different step.

vs pascal
00: 1607 MHz
10: 1733 - Advertised
22: 1885

The GPU usually jumps directly to the max boost step at sufficient load and then starts winding back to the operational clock for that power/thermal algorithm.

 

Display driver has nothing to do with this, its a Windows multidisplay issue.

 

Was this with your Asus RTX 2080 Super card?

 

Did you only have this problem with R470 drivers?

 

Yes i have used the Quadro drives but i have test this (GeForce 471.41 WHQL driver download (guru3d.com)) driver too. But this drives does not work. Because: