So I tried the Nvidia Studio Driver

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edit - Actually I was wrong, my GPU usage just went up to 13.70 GB when flying through central London, which by the way was the smoothest it has ever been.

Same here on a 3090, although it seems VRAM consumption on DX12 when using the new studio driver is slightly higher. There’s another thread about results of using the studio driver, and I posted two comparisons here:

Post your DX12 with Studio Driver Results Here

There’s something interesting about the 517.40 studio driver from Nvidia. Using DX12 with a 3090, I’m seeing an increase in FPS compared to the previous driver, as well as reduced stuttering while panning. However, this seems to come with higher VRAM usage, where I’m seeing >1 GB of more VRAM usage compared to the previous driver. I suspect this is due to the enabling of DX12 memory optimization features with this new driver, as detailed in this post below. This seems to suggest the new 517.40 s…