Best Nvidia drivers for DCS ? (gef1080ti)

I have a Nvidia Gef1080ti and im curently running drivers 388.31..

should I update ?`I am always hesitating to update when everything is running smooth.

Should I expect improvements with later drivers ?

What drivers are you using right now ?

Thjanks a lot !

Always I tested all the released drivers, the one time I had to always go back to the older versi, due to the poor function of the Fast-sync.

The last three released drivers, for DCS it the best it can be, for the system that I have in the signature.

399.24 have been really good for my GTX card, many others say it's great on their setups too

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-399-24-whql-download-discussion.422924/

399.24 here, great so far.

ymmv

399.24 here, great so far.

 

ymmv

I'm still using the 1060 card. I'm on 397.64. Should I move up to what you're using? Anything to be gained on my card?

BuzzU,

give it a try. I have no lesser but also no better performance, they all seem very alike recently in regards to DCS.

always running the latest as soon as they're released, DDU unistaller to its job flawless.

I went to download it and the latest driver now is 411.63. Not sure if I should try them?

I went to download it and the latest driver now is 411.63. Not sure if I should try them?

Just installed these on my 1080 GTX seem fine so far, on par I'd say with the 399.24.

Ok, thanks. I'll go ahead and install them.

411.63 just got released. I haven't tried it yet though. Add's support for the RTX's I think.

Installed. I can't tell right away if it's better. It's no worse. It looks good and runs smooth.

Have had them downloaded since yesterday, guess I will go ahead and install.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/ is a good resource for judging if you should install the latest drivers and if there are issues. People are pretty quick to post comparison benchmarks within days.

As an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/9h7o74/driver_41163_faqdiscussion/

After doing some more testing these drivers are better. Either that or my old drivers were bad. I left Nvidia settings on default. In DCS I clicked on the High setting and left it all alone. Which gave me High shadows and I said to myself this won't work for the F/A-18. I selected Instant Action and the free flight for the F/A-18. It doesn't do well with shadows on let alone on high so I was expecting poor performance. I was surprised to see 75-110 fps. Much better than my old drivers and with higher settings. Not bad for my little 1060 card.

I'm sure in heavy action i'll have to turn stuff down but for the way I tested the drivers I got an improvement. Keepers for me.

Those shadows are a fps killer indeed. In order to have maxed out everywhere else and ssaa 1.5x I needed to go medium-flat on shadows to always stay aboce 60 fps no matter what. With Shadows on HIGH and Standard for terrain/objects the 1080ti reaches it's limits already with 2560x1440.

Now, with the results for a 2080ti surfacing today, I dare to say that even a 2080ti will have to give all she got if you go ALL-In @ 4k and want 60 or more fps. Maybe one can skip any AA @ 4k as SSAA is a big hit on the fps.

Not sure if you still need any form of AA @ 4k ? Do they ?

The high setting sets the terrain shadows to high but cockpit is flat. I'm sure with more action i'll be turning some stuff down. My only point was the new drivers really helped me.

I'm also using a single 1080 monitor. So, that helps my fps. Also Trackir.