PSA: NVidia has found the root cause of stuttering and VR performance in their drivers!

Thank you for all the details! I’m looking at the NVidia release notes right now (see below).

It looks like:

  • 451.48 was the first one introducing support for DX12 Ultimate.
  • 452.06 has specific optimizations for FS2020.
  • 456.38 was the first one introducing FrameViewSDK.
    This is a game monitoring SDK included in GeForce Exp.*

It is interesting to see what they are adding over time!

PS: it took me some time formatting this but it gives direct link to all the drivers and this is very convenient!
PS: I’ve changed the list because the previous links were for the non-DCH drivers.

*I never install anything else than Core Drivers and PhysX and I’ve no particular knowledge about this one, except it is a new framework and some have reported uninstalling it via Control Panel > Programs and Features, is helping reducing stuttering issues. It looks to me this is the SDK GeForce experience is using to auto-tune the game settings automatically, and unfortunately not like you’d want. In effect, the auto-tune feature is considering FS2020 performance from a NVidia card perspective and is adjusting FS2020 settings to lower what is taxing the GPU, but as a pilot, you could end up looking at a very smooth and high fps FS2020 with blend and featureless scenery in the distance…


Advanced Driver Search | NVIDIA

Name Version Release Date
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 461.40 January 26, 2021
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 461.09 January 7, 2021
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 460.89 December 15, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 460.89 December 15, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 460.79 December 9, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 457.51 December 2, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 457.30 November 17, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 457.30 November 9, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 457.09 October 29, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 456.71 October 20, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 456.71 October 7, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 456.55 September 28, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 456.38 September 17, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 456.38 September 17, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 452.06 August 18, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 452.06 August 17, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 451.77 July 16, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 451.67 July 9, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 451.48 June 24, 2020
NVIDIA Studio Driver SD 451.48 June 24, 2020
GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL 446.14 May 27, 2020
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