NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 610.47

[TenPatrol]

I once wrote on a forum that I rolled back to an older driver version because something felt off with the latest NVIDIA drivers and it looks like I was right.

@TenPatrol

I’ve noticed that recently a lot of users are running into performance issues. I’ve also seen that many of them are on the latest NVIDIA drivers.

I’m not saying this VRAM spike is caused by the driver - I don’t want to jump to conclusions. Personally, I rolled back to an older version, specifically 577.00, because the newest ones just don’t feel quite right to me; something seems off.

Of course, I’m not claiming the driver is the problem, but it might be worth testing MSFS on that older 577.00 version just to see if it makes any difference.

Download NVIDIA driver 577.00
Driver Details | NVIDIA

@ChaoticSplendid

Open Issues

• “Prefer Maximum Performance” Power Management Mode may not be applied correctly [6007998]

Because of this bug, it’s not worth installing this driver or even the previous ones.

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@GimbalAxis

PSA, when the App is installed, it does seem to default to “Optimizing” MSFS, so it’s worth going in to the App Settings and checking it’s set to what you prefer.

I actually mentioned something similar on a forum a while ago - if I find it and have time, I’ll add a link or a quote, because I’ve noticed the same thing as well.

The NVIDIA app still feels pretty buggy in that regard. In any case, it’s worth it -and honestly necessary - to turn off game optimization when installing NVIDIA app.