NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 551.52 Discussion

Please use this thread to discuss the NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver version 551.52.

Game Ready for Skull and Bones

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS technology including Skull and Bones which features DLSS Super Resolution.

Fixed Gaming Bugs

  • Some users may experience intermittent micro-stuttering in games when vertical sync is enabled [4445940]
  • Red Dead Redemption 2: Stutter observed on some Advanced Optimus notebooks [4425987]
  • Immortals of Aveum: Addresses stability issues over extended gameplay [4415277]

Fixed General Bugs

  • Potential stutter may be observed when scrolling in web browsers on certain system configurations [4362307]

Known Issues

  • [Netflix] Display issues for videos when using Edge browser. Recommend using Windows Netflix application as workaround. [4388454]
  • GeForce GTX 10/RTX 20 series: PC may randomly freeze when Windows HardwareAccelerated GPU Scheduling and NVIDIA SLI are both enabled [4009884]
  • NVIDIA Freestyle filter settings are not saved after quitting game [4472656]
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hi have a 2070 and work fine for me

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My cockpit textures and displays are very unsharp after this update.

Update: had nothing to do with this driver, the MSFS mini update changed my AA to a wrong setting.

Perhaps you were set to DX12 ?

Scott

I donĀ“t know what does Nvidia made on this last update but I hope they keep it foreverā€¦ as well as Asobo.

I have reached what couldnĀ“t be reached before 45 fps! with an old card!

Boy boy!

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Interesting bit about fixing microstuttering with VSync. (Which I have enabled).
All fine for me so far with this driver. (3090)

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Anyone seeing Nvidia filter settings not sticking with this driver?

If I set up some filters as a preset then click OFF and go back to the preset, the values all change and donā€™t stick to what Iā€™ve setā€¦

Same for me

I use GE Force Exp. overlay for color correction, and currently it remembers the tint color and tint intensity but loses the temperature every time. Itā€™s very annoying having to correct this every time I boot the sim. It isnā€™t just this driver though it happened since 551.46 (previous release) I think. I do hope someone reported it with NVidia.

Yup, same hereā€¦there are already quite a bit of posts about it on NVIDIA forums so hopefully it will be addressed soon

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I just updated from 537.58, and my first impressions are really positive.

This driver seems to manage better VRAM. And 537.58 was a very good driver.

I get some few more FPS and really smooth performance, both MSFS and DCS.

VR, Reverb G2 and 4090.

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RTX 4090 / 7860x2160
i9-13900KS
Updated from the 546.65 version to 551.52 via Experience. Without DDU / no filters active.
ShaderCache completely deleted in all directories.
This driver has fixed the stutters for me. Runs smoother than it has for a long time.
Pretty much all settings set to ULTRA.
TAA / DLSS ON / VSYNC OFF / DX12

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thank you so much for your feedbackā€¦ I had the same experienceā€¦AMD 7900X3D with RTX4090

So buttery and very smoothā€¦

Greatings from Germany :ok_hand:

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Just a shame this driver is unusable with the broken nvidia filters.

I have 3 2023 65ā€ LG Oled C3 TVā€™s. They work fine with Windows 11 multiple monitor settings. I have the proper HDMI 2.1 > DP 1.2 cables. I built a brand new top of the line everything PC for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. RTX 4090, I9 149 cpu Asrock z790 nova mb 64 gigs pcie5 memory and ssd. Everything. Then as soon as the Nvidia driver, not even geeforce experience, loads screens go red hue (pics attached). Also when trying to play the screen kept flashing so much I couldnā€™t see anything. I spent hours reinstalling windows and using ddu to clean out the gpu driver files, etc. Every time as I install Nvidia drivers it does this. This is at 4k@120. It works at 4k@60hz but I didnā€™t spend all this money to play at 60hz. Will going back a few generations help? Is there a substitute driver that works? p.s. I just did another clean install of windows 11 and the base nvidia driver turned my screen green then black.

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Sounds like some mode mismatch. I am using an LG 4K TV at 120Hz (which should be fine) so let me go check my settings. I had to go tweak a video mode setting to get there, but I cant remember what I did (it was a while ago.)

So hereā€™s my setup (just one display screen though)
TV: LG OLED48CX5LC
Graphics card : RTX3090
HDMI 2.1 (single screen/cable) into HDMI1 port.

NVCP
NVCP ā†’ Display ā†’ Change resolution ā†’ 2. Choose the resolution ā†’ Resolution ā†’ PC 3840 x 2160 (120Hz)
NVCP ā†’ Display ā†’ Change resolution ā†’ 3. Apply the following settings ā†’ Use default colour settings
NVCP ā†’ Display ā†’ Adjust desktop Size and Position ā†’ apply the following settings ā†’ ā€˜No Scalingā€™

I seem to remember the 120Hz not being selectable in NVCP so I had to go add the mode in manually under ā€˜PCā€™

Windows
Windows ā†’ Settings->

I also have a recollection of requiring these two :point_down: to be the same otherwise you end up with colour issues like you are seeing-

If they are different you can change it via -
Windows->Settings->Display-Advanced display->Display Adaptor Properties for display1->{Properties pop up}-> List All Modes

You can create custom resolutions in NVCP
NVCP->Display->Change Resolution->Choose the resolution->Customize->Create Custom Resolution
I think this is how I created my 120Hz ā€˜PCā€™ display mode as I couldnā€™t select it by default.

If you need any more info let me know. But generally I havenā€™t had an issue with 120Hz as long as I use a quality HDMI 2.1 cable and use the HDMI1 input port on TV and have the above settings all set.

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Here is the cleaned version of this driverā€¦

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60Hz is perfectly acceptable to 99% of MFS users. Iā€™m unable to contribute to the analysis of your problem, but Iā€™m genuinely curious as to why youā€™re striving for 120Hz when you report that 60Hz works well, especially in view of the fact that your GPU supports DLSS with Frame Generation.

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Maybe not for 40x card owners with frame generation, but for me most of the time I use VSYNC with fraction of refresh rate and ā€˜lockedā€™ FPS. I used to use 60Hz/30FPS (50%) but Iā€™m now locking on 120Hz/40FPS.(33%) most of the time.