552.22 - Clean Version

Updated to v456.71 (Hotfix)

 

Weird I did not change anything on the mega

 

@Eviltoaster
Thank you for the effort buddy.

P.S.
Tested the latest hotfix on GTX 1060 laptop - works perfectly.

 

Fully remove the DCH driver first, ideally with DDU, and only then after all of the restarts apply the standard driver.

Make sure you follow the DDU process correctly and disable the internet connection.

 

Sticking with XG 456.71

XG 456.71 vs CLEAN 456.71 = PoE FPS being +9, +7.23%.

XG 456.71 vs OEM 460.20 GAMEREADY DCH = +18, +15.60%

XG 456.71 vs Clean 456.71 (Hotfix)

Path of Exile - BLOOD AQUADUCT
Average framerate : 133.4 FPS vs 124.4
Minimum framerate : 74.3 FPS vs 65.6
Maximum framerate : 180.0 FPS vs 175.9

** MSI Kombustor 4 **
VRAM: 4096 (USAGE: 1532MB) vs 1529MB
GPU TEMP 79 (MIN 58, MAX 80) vs 58,79
SCORE: 1427 (23 FPS) vs 1426 (23 FPS)

** SUPERPOSITION v1.1 **
SCORE 8933 vs 8913
FPS
MIN 54.46 vs 54.48
AVG 66.82 vs 66.67
MAX 87.65 vs 86.98
GPU C
MIN 55.0 vs 59
MAX 80.0 vs 80
GPU UTIL: MAX 99%

** HEAVEN **
FPS: 136.6 vs 136.6
Score: 3441 vs 3442
Min FPS: 50.9 vs 51.4
Max FPS: 268.5 vs 268.8

XG 456.71 VS OEM 460.20 GAMEREADY DCH

Path of Exile - BLOOD AQUADUCT

Average framerate : 133.4 FPS vs 115.4 = +18, +15.60%

Minimum framerate : 74.3 FPS vs 65.6 = +8.7, +13.26%

Maximum framerate : 180.0 FPS vs 167.9 = +12.1, +7.21%


** MSI Kombustor 4 **

VRAM: 4096 (USAGE: 1532MB) vs 1536MB

GPU TEMP 79 (MIN 58, MAX 80) vs 57,81

SCORE: 1427 (23 FPS) vs 1383 (23 FPS) = +44, +3.18%


** SUPERPOSITION v1.1 **

SCORE 8933 vs 8995 = -62, -0.69%

FPS

MIN 54.46 vs 54.38

AVG 66.82 vs 67.28

MAX 87.65 vs 87.69


** HEAVEN **

FPS: 136.6 vs 132.6 = +4, +3.02%

Score: 3441 vs 3341 = +100, +2.99%

Min FPS: 50.9 vs 50.0

Max FPS: 268.5 vs 261.4



COMPUTER RIG:
Phantek Eclipse P400A (white)
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, OC /4.0 GHz
ASRock B450 Pro4
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3000 CL16 Memory
Crucial P1 1TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
Seagate Barracuda 1.5 TB HDD
Asus STRIX GTX980 DC2 4GD5
Thermaltake Smart 700W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply
Windows 10 x64 Pro (build 18363)

 

What's XG?

 

TweakForce modded drivers.

 

is there a way to get notebook drivers for Windows 8.1 GTX v456.38 and/or above?

 

How do they differ from unmodded drivers? What exactly do they change? I can't find any info about them.

 

Please discuss that somewhere else and keep the topic to actually relevant information.

@fear029
You can stick to whichever you want, preferably not here. In addition to that - don't compare a cleaned up driver package with an actual modded unsigned driver.

 

I'm not here to blast drivers or shill which is best. I'm here to give out information on which works best and hope that it helps others. I have no allegiance to anyone or thing. If one is better than the other, I will use it.

 

Wonderful, use it. However don't compare an unsigned modified driver, with a cleaned-up Nvidia driver package which is still signed and merely lacks the bloat it comes with. Those are two different things, apples, and oranges.

 

Im asking because that version brought along a number of HDR related fixes for madVR.

 

Updated to v456.71 (WHQL)

 

So I updated to 456.71 today because well, security fixes, but it's been a few versions since (I do my own cleaning btw), and noticed some new files/plugins that were not found in previous versions of the drivers, wondering if you guys know what these files do (or should I say did, lol), I've already removed them and everything is running perfectly clean and normal like always... but anyways the files in question.

DisplayDriverRAS = Is old news and gone.
NvProfileUpdater = Old news and gone, etc.

NvTopps = New! Whats dis?
WksServicePlugin = Another new thing! Whats dis again?

Also notice some random ass files such as:

MessageBus.dll
messagebus_client.conf
nvgwls.exe
nvtopps.db3

Either way, things work as always without them, but I'm curious what their purpose were.

 

I'm curious as to whether anyone has maintained and or updated the list for those of us who 'want to do it themselves?'

I saved the original list into a doc and it still works and I am only left with;
https://i.**********/34gYG7C8/Clipboard05.jpg

Do we need the NvModuleTracker folder?

Are there any further changes to the config file that need to be made?
https://i.**********/6Qjnpw79/Clipboard01.jpg

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Updated to v456.98 (Hotfix)

 

Are these the DHC versions?

 

They're the Standard versions

 

No they are not.