The best Nvidia driver

[KrendeLь]

Hi all) Which Nvidia driver is better in terms of latency, anyone tested? For rtx 3060 ti which one do you recommend?

[Slender]

Hi all) Which Nvidia driver is better in terms of latency, anyone tested? For rtx 3060 ti which one do you recommend?

566.03

[KrendeLь]

Hi all) Which Nvidia driver is better in terms of latency, anyone tested? For rtx 3060 ti which one do you recommend?

566.03

Thanks for the reply) I'll try it

[kyube]

Hi all) Which Nvidia driver is better in terms of latency, anyone tested? For rtx 3060 ti which one do you recommend?

There is no “best driver”

it's dependant on the workload you are targetting.
I assume you're coming from a competitive gaming environment and thus are looking for the best performance possible in a particular game.
To be able to find out which driver is optimal, the process of finding one can be done as follows:
- Find out your GPU's first driver (3060ti — ~457.51 till latest) and your game's first driver (CS2 — 537.42 till latest / OW2 — 517.48 till latest)
- Always test with lowest resolution possible / lowest graphic settings. The goal is to find the driver with the least CPU overhead / best performing one when not GPU limited.

After figuring that information out, you can bench the following 2 metrics, which are crucial in finding the “best driver” for your workload:
a.) Use ETL-based scripts such as xperf or xtw to find out how the GPU driver's DPC/ISR are scheduled in a repeatable benhcmark in a game of choice, such as:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 3240880604 for CS2
https://workshop.codes/HEZHJ for OW2

b.) Evaluate overall performance during the benchmark using PresentMon and/or Bored's Frame Time Analysis web site

This is just scratching the surface & may not even apply to all other possible hardware configurations, as one driver may behave better on W11 than on W10 & other more finnicky compatibility issues (e.g.: Intel vs X3D CPU WIndows-specific bugs)

Hope this helps.

[Coldplayer]

Anyone here have a consensus on the best cs2 driver?

[Slender]

Anyone here have a consensus on the best cs2 driver?

537.58

[kyube]

Anyone here have a consensus on the best cs2 driver?

537.58

Are you able to substantiate any of these recommendations you're throwing around with verifiable testing data with a decently large enough sample size?

[Slender]

Anyone here have a consensus on the best cs2 driver?

537.58

Are you able to substantiate any of these claims you're throwing around with verifiable testing data, with a decent enough sample size?

you can find video with comparision driver in cs2 on youtube. But for me, im just test driver only about dpc. If dxkernel / nvidia driver not spike above 50, that driver be ok for me, but some driver is broken.
im play a lot on 566.36, it cause very big stuttering in hard cpu games like cod, im decrease to 566.14 it fixed my stutters, but that not good driver (cuz bad perfomance, can google it). 566.06 very good for me (good perf/no dpc spike).

[kyube]

you can find video with comparision driver in cs2 on youtube. But for me, im just test driver only about dpc. If dxkernel / nvidia driver not spike above 50, that driver be ok for me, but some driver is broken.
im play a lot on 566.36, it cause very big stuttering in hard cpu games like cod, im decrease to 566.14 it fixed my stutters, but that not good driver (cuz bad perfomance, can google it). 566.06 very good for me (good perf/no dpc spike).

I don't care about this "old wives tales" type of arguement, nor do I care about "u can find video" arguement when 99% of users online don't have a clue on what makes up performance.
I was looking substantiated data with PresentMon and/or XTW, xperf or anything ETL-based... but it seems that you do not possess such data & instead of that, someone should rely on your current mood on which driver is "better"

[Slender]

you can find video with comparision driver in cs2 on youtube. But for me, im just test driver only about dpc. If dxkernel / nvidia driver not spike above 50, that driver be ok for me, but some driver is broken.
im play a lot on 566.36, it cause very big stuttering in hard cpu games like cod, im decrease to 566.14 it fixed my stutters, but that not good driver (cuz bad perfomance, can google it). 566.06 very good for me (good perf/no dpc spike).

I don't care about this "old wives tales" type of arguement, nor do I care about "u can find video" arguement when 99% of users online don't have a clue on what makes up performance.
I was looking substantiated data with PresentMon and/or XTW, xperf or anything ETL-based... but it seems that you do not possess such data & instead of that, someone should rely on your current mood on which driver is "better"

You can play with the numbers as much as you want. I just said that I had to downgrade 2 drivers to make the problems go away.