Does the New Nvidia (364.51) Driver increase FPS? *SEE RESULTS*

[Xplore]

Hey guys,

Did some testing on Low, Med, High, and Ultra prefab settings using both Nvidia drivers, Version 361.91 and Version 364.51 (slated to harbor the best performance for Tom Clancy's The Division).

First off let me say I was a little weary reading all the problems they had with the previous new driver and some users were reporting that even the 364.51 has major issues. But I downloaded it anyways and ran some tests to see if my performance boosted at all. The game ran stable on both drivers for me. No crashes or any major graphical issues.

EXTRA INFO: http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/tom-clancys-the-division-graphics-and-performance-guide is a badass guide written by Geforce to all things graphical in Tom Clancy's The Division. Its extremely thorough and gets deep with easy to see examples. Check it out.

My personal results with my personal computer hardware? Some small increases here and there but negligible if anything. It never ran worse. Maybe it fixed a bug that I hadn't encountered yet, who knows.

If you look at the picture of the test data in excel I've uploaded you can see that sometimes the results are inconsistent and others they show a small improvement.

Excel Legend = 

MSI = OC'ed GTX 860m (+135 mhz on the core clock, +500 mhz on the memory clock)

ThrottleStop = Unlocked core @ 3.0 Ghz

*DISCLAIMER* These results are for my setup only. They will vary for yours and be different for the majority of users. Don't take them to  :heart: .

These tests were done with a:

LenovoY70

Windows 10 64-bit, x64-based processor

Intel Core i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.6 GHz 

16 GB RAM

Gtx 860m 4gb

 

[g1nt3r]

Thanks for the info xplore, didn't even know there was an update available. Hopefully I get good results... These updates sometimes fix one thing and break another.

 

[Xplore]

Thanks for the info xplore, didn't even know there was an update available. Hopefully I get good results... These updates sometimes fix one thing and break another.

Np, good luck to you sir. I'm just waiting on the first pascal card then I'm going to build my first high-end system. I've only had lows and mediums but this game is the one I want to blow out of the water with a beast rig!

 

[Blazzen67]

i dint realize a new driver was out either, didn't have any problems with the other driver. loaded up the new driver, and no issues with it as well, thanks for the heads up.