Top game driver options for NVIDIA and AMD platforms
Top game driver options for NVIDIA and AMD platforms
Hello World, I've tried searching the treads and feel we should have a comprehensive listing of which drivers of both green and red team are best suited for performance and reliability in each respective title. (Admin or anyone let me know if i've missed a thread or what not) I know the manufactures have their own recommendations of which drivers to use but I have alot of dis parody of what is expected and real life performance of each driver, let alone blindly updating drivers only to brake a game that was quite happily working before in the hope of a slight performance increase. For example, I am currently trying to finish the Witcher 3. The only driver I can use to play the game for longer than an hour is NVIDIA driver 352.86 where as the newest driver is 364.51 can't even run for 10 minutes. Running 3D vision is impossible on this driver, yet capable on 358.87 using HELIX mod. Performance is increased in driver 353.06 yet it is unstable in certain sections of the game. This is increasingly frustrating having to upgrade your drivers to do the simple VR STEAM TEST to allow multigpu config as previous drivers did not have the SLI profile. Although via trial and error, internet searches and hair pulling, everything is fixable but time consuming and laborious. I am happy to run the database of driver listings if needed, I just need input as I run titan blacks and wish this list to grow other than cards that the minority own. This information will and always FREE and ACCESSIBLE to anyone if needed. Any input at all will be appreciated and if this is viable we should start a new thread with a desired format such as GAME/BENCHMARK TOOL,GPU, DRIVER,PERFORMANCE/STABILITY,(OPTIONS I.E. 3D VISION). I think also base clock speeds on each cards respectively as overclocks are too unpredictable due to either air or watercooling, silicon lottery and other factors(although i'm open to opinions on this or even a separate list). Tell me i'm dumb and someone already has a compete list of games and their respective best driver and you will have saved me a load of time and effort...
The newest Nvidia drivers aren't great—just hold on a while. Always opt for the most recent ones.
That's correct. It's hard to rely on the newest driver, and even the suggested one isn't the top choice. A group-based strategy might work better.
Most users encounter problems with default settings, and running the last driver doesn’t improve switching between games or apps. It’s hard to remember which driver was used recently, especially after a long break. I keep a personal log of suitable drivers, but it’s tedious. An online list would be easier to maintain if data is accurate. Since I own almost every GPU available, testing them all isn’t practical for me.
The latest stable driver for that game at that time was listed as the one that provided the best gaming experience for whatever.