Hey Autodesk team, are you still using those old drivers for my AutoCAD and Revit stuff?
Hey Autodesk team, are you still using those old drivers for my AutoCAD and Revit stuff?
Hey everyone, I'm just looking for some general advice from anyone who uses Revit or Autocad regularly. These programs need an Nvidia GPU with specific drivers installed (like 466.77, 471.11, and others). If you have a diagnostic tool like GPU-Z or MSI Afterburner running while using either software, could you let me know if your GPU is slowing down when those tools are open? We need to know if the clock speed drops under load. Thanks so much for helping out!
You need to stop using unlicensed graphics cards and software not made by Autodesk. Stick to what is officially approved, and most of your issues will get fixed right away.
We've had trouble with both studio and game-ready versions, but here is how I use them: I stick with the "game ready" drivers on my home computer because that's where I play when I'm not working. For the last four or five years, there has never been a problem with the card clocking up while using those programs.
Here is what Autodesk says in general: "It is recommended to install the latest driver available from the graphics card manufacturer." However, starting around version 466.77 and ending at 471.96, I have noticed that when running either Revit or Autocad, my graphics card clocks up too much. It really bothers me because this also does not happen with other similar programs like 3Ds Max or Sketchup; those Autodesk products don't show the problem.
I am using a 1080Ti. Last week in our office, someone started fresh on a new computer with a new RTX 3060 and installed the latest studio driver (471.68). We didn't look at the clock rate because we didn't have a diagnostic tool handy. But he had weird graphical issues: some objects disappeared after long use. When I checked the Task Manager, the card was using way more than 20-30% when it shouldn't be for that specific task. Then the CPU would get stuck at 100%, even though nobody else on the system was doing anything.
We went back to the old driver (466.47), which is the last one I found without this bug, and everything worked fine. Even after switching drivers, the behavior is all over the place:
* **Version 466.47:** No strange clocking up at all.
* **Version 466.77:** Clocks up when using Revit or Autocad.
* **Versions 471.11, 471.41, and 471.68:** Also clocks up when using Revit or Autocad.
* **Version 471.96 (my current one):** Clocking only happens with Autocad; it is fine for Revit, which is our main work program, so that works fine right now, though I am curious why.
I plan to spend some time tomorrow testing both studio and game-ready drivers on office computers to try and see if the problem exists again. I hope to find out what other people in similar situations are experiencing as well.
You have those unapproved graphics chips, and that is probably 90% of your issues. If you want to use NVIDIA GPUs with Autodesk software, you need official Quadro units. They are just meant for this purpose. That is why they cost so much more than normal cards.
the overclocking is definitely new behavior. It isn't clearly a driver issue based on the testing and different results of those drivers? ...and even then, as I said, on one of the tested drivers we saw the GPU clock up to load levels simply by having two 3rd monitors turned on. Nothing related to AutoCAD or Revit, or any other software at all, just sitting idle at the desktop. This is very strange behavior, because it should just sit at base levels when you have two or more screens with different refresh rates connected.
And here is exactly why you shouldn't use uncertified GPUs with Autodesk software. It doesn't matter if this has worked before because it wasn't supported to begin with. It's likely that the product and drivers don't play well together, which means your complaints have no real point since they aren't getting help from Autodesk when you reach out. A big part of what you buy is support so make sure you're covered for those issues.