Tuesday, March 30th 2021

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 465.89 Game Ready Drivers: Resizable BAR Finally Here

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NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Software. Version 465.89 WHQL comes with optimization for "DiRT 5" update with raytracing support; "Outriders," and "Evil Genius 2: World Domination." More importantly, the drivers formally introduce Resizable BAR support for GeForce RTX 30-series "Ampere" desktop and mobile discrete GPUs. Priliminary (beta) support is also added for virtualization on GeForce GPUs. Other major changes include support for the new OpenCL 3.0 compute API, NVIDIA SLI support for "Shenmue III" and "The Medium" (on "Turing" GPUs only). Support for 8K TVs is improved by extending the DP-to-HDMI 2.1 PCON clock frequency range.

Among the handful issues fixed with 465.89 WHQL are pixellated smoke with "Rainbow 6 Siege" in Vulkan API mode; a crash with X4 on RTX 30-series; a BSOD when a Samsung Odyssey G9 display is paired with HDMI TV; a BSOD when playing games and watching YouTube videos simultaneously on an RTX 2060; "Sunset Overdrive" showing green display corruption with in-game DOF enabled; Realtek DP to HDMI 2.1 converters being limited to 600 MHz pixel clock, abnormal idle power draw on "Turing" and "Ampere" GPUs with higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors; and screenshots captured using GeForce Experience appearing washed out with HDR enabled.

We tested resizable BAR performance in extensively in our article: NVIDIA PCI-Express Resizable BAR Performance Test - 22 Games, 3 Resolutions, RTX 3090, 3080, 3070, 3060 Ti/

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 465.89 WHQL
Game Ready for Outriders
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the launch of Outriders, which features NVIDIA
DLSS technology. Additionally, this release also provides optimal day-1 support for:
  • DIRT 5's new raytracing update
  • The launch of Evil Genius 2: World Domination
  • The launch of the KINGDOM HEARTS Series on the Epic Games Store
Gaming Technology
  • Includes support for Resizable BAR across the GeForce RTX 30 Series of Desktop and Notebook GPUs
  • Includes beta support for virtualization on GeForce GPUs
New Features and Other Changes
OpenCL 3.0: Added support for OpenCL 3.02, the latest major version of OpenCL maintaining backward compatibility with OpenCL 1.2. NVIDIA OpenCL 3.0 continues to support existing OpenCL 1.2 functionality as well as Khronos and vendor extensions that are already supported with NVIDIA OpenCL 1.2 drivers.

Fixed Issues in this Release
  • [Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan]: Smoke appears pixelated. [3266916]
  • [Vulkan][X4: Foundations 4.00/X4: Cradle of Humanity] The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 Series. [200701230]
  • [GeForce RTX 3090]: Blue-screen crash occurs when Samsung Odyssey G9 is paired with HDMI TV. [3240366]
  • [GeForce RTX 2060]: Blue-screen crash (DPC_WATCHDOGS_VIOLATION) occurs when playing a game and watching YouTube video simultaneously. [3196272]
  • [Sunset Overdrive]: The application may display random green corruption if Depth of Field is enabled from in-game settings [2750770]
  • Realtek DisplayPort-to-HDMI 2.1 protocol converter clock limited to 600 MHz pixel clock [3202060]
  • [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566].
  • [GFE Screenshot/HDR]: Application screenshots are washed out when HDR is enabled [3229781]
Update 15:02 UTC:
Enabling PCIe Resizable BAR requires a VBIOS update: nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5165

Update 15:22 UTC:
If you prefer to not use the NVIDIA EXE VBIOS installer, and rather want to update the BIOS yourself manually, we've saved the plain BIOS files after updating our Founders Edition cards:

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69 Comments on NVIDIA Releases GeForce 465.89 Game Ready Drivers: Resizable BAR Finally Here

#51
phanbuey
Framerate cap absolutely murders the performance, which stinks, as Gsync > rebar... will wait for refinements before enabling it again, does seem promising though.
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#52
W1zzard
stimpy88Maybe you all have the bios block now
Yeah, I thought about that, too, would be so awesome, but you can just flash back to the previous BIOS.
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#53
Calmmo
Seems to have improved performance a little bit on HZD but i'm seeing sometimes very noticable long load times which was 100% not the case pre resize bar.
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#54
stimpy88
W1zzardYeah, I thought about that, too, would be so awesome, but you can just flash back to the previous BIOS.
Thanks for that W1zzard. Have you actually tried to flash back? (I have no idea how nVidia bios flashing works, as I've not had to do it)

Maybe nVidia can't lock the bios, and can only do it by launching a card that require a different bios from the beginning, so there is no publicly available unlocked bios to flash back to?
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#55
W1zzard
stimpy88Thanks for that W1zzard. Have you actually tried to flash back? (I have no idea how nVidia bios flashing works, as I've not had to do it)
Yes I have, works fine. Working on a BAR vs no BAR article right now :)
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#56
Hangya
Hi!

I have MSI RTX 3080 suprim x videocard and Gigabyte X570 elite with latest bios version both. I convert my system disk MBR to GPT. After I enabled "Above 4G decoding" and "Resizable Bar" and disabled CSM in BIOS. Rebooted and no bootable device found and the computer go back the BIOS screen. Please help what should I do to resizable bar work fine.
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#57
Franzen4Real
phanbueyFramerate cap absolutely murders the performance, which stinks, as Gsync > rebar... will wait for refinements before enabling it again, does seem promising though.
Do you mean when you have g-sync enabled and your hitting the the cap? Or do you mean just simply having it enabled, even when your fps is running under the cap? There is no way I would trade off gsync/freesync for rebar.
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#58
phanbuey
Franzen4RealDo you mean when you have g-sync enabled and your hitting the the cap? Or do you mean just simply having it enabled, even when your fps is running under the cap? There is no way I would trade off gsync/freesync for rebar.
I have my cap at 117 fps to keep within Gsync, and usually average between 93-117 smooth as butter in BL3 at med-high settings at 4k... with REBAR enabled i get bad intermittent stutters at those settings regardless of whether I am hitting the cap (it will stutter at 100FPS and 117 - seems to be tied to asset loading).

Turning off rebar in bios makes everything smooth again.
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#59
R-T-B
W1zzardYes I have, works fine. Working on a BAR vs no BAR article right now :)
You sir (more specifically your reviews) are a benchmark in excellence.

Looking forward to it.
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#60
jjnissanpatfan
I only tested Warzone and BlackOpps and both seem about the same maybe slightly higher overall like 5-10 fps in certain situations . I ran TimeSpy just because and saw no change with that. These test were all done with the new driver also...so it could be driver only tweaks that I see. I am not going through the process of uninstalling to old drivers...to find out where the change is. Nope it works...my performance is about where its needed for my hardware. My job is complete and I can go back to being a dumb user...not the smart one fixing it all the time!!!
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#61
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
stimpy88Maybe you all have the bios block now, and just need a nice critical "game ready" driver to drop next to implement their new "policy" on ETH mining?

Or are you saying nVidia are not capable of doing something like this? They did say the ETH cripple was coming to other RTX cards, and that it needs hooks implemented in the vbios for the driver to cripple it.

But what a great way to ensure all the "gamers" go out and install a vbios update... A nice juicy free performance carrot, potentially followed by the ETH stick!

Hopefully I'm wrong. I just don't trust nVidia.
they cant backdate a performance block, such blocks will only exist in new products as time goes by slowing interest from the miners at launch of new products
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#62
Franzen4Real
phanbueyI have my cap at 117 fps to keep within Gsync, and usually average between 93-117 smooth as butter in BL3 at med-high settings at 4k... with REBAR enabled i get bad intermittent stutters at those settings regardless of whether I am hitting the cap (it will stutter at 100FPS and 117 - seems to be tied to asset loading).

Turning off rebar in bios makes everything smooth again.
Ouch... that’s a deal breaker for me. I appreciate you reporting on that, I’ll be holding off on the bios flash until it’s sorted out.
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#63
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Franzen4RealOuch... that’s a deal breaker for me. I appreciate you reporting on that, I’ll be holding off on the bios flash until it’s sorted out.
well you can disable REBAR in your bios super easy regardless, after the flash

The Nvidia FPS lock seems to be borky in this driver, hopefully gets a hotfix
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#64
junglist724
Using the Windows 10 insider build with Auto HDR this driver works for a few minutes then bsods and on a reboot almost every game complains about no dx9/10/11/12 support or just crash to desktop. Another pc with the same cpu and gpu there's no problems.
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#65
Franzen4Real
Musselswell you can disable REBAR in your bios super easy regardless, after the flash

The Nvidia FPS lock seems to be borky in this driver, hopefully gets a hotfix
That's true. I had just meant that there wouldn't be a case where I would choose rebar over freesync, so I would be taking the inherent risk of a vbios flash (albeit with only a rare occurrence of irreversible problems), for no reward at the moment. I'm confident that it will all work out at some point though. Quite interested in the upcoming article from our resident W1z to see if he encountered something similar during testing, and perhaps some official word/hotfix from the nVidia driver team as you have mentioned.
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#66
TIMANA450
Good morning, I understood that Zen + would not be compatible, but I activate without problems, someone can confirm?.



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#67
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
TIMANA450Good morning, I understood that Zen + would not be compatible, but I activate without problems, someone can confirm?.



AMD said it was coming to just zen3 at launch, but never specified how far back it'd get rolled out

as an example B550 doesnt support zen+, so if AMD had a post about REBAR support and B550 they'd have said zen+ wasnt compatible (When it could be on B450)


So yes, it looks like you've got it working - probably with less gains than the newer chips but we have no way of knowing yet
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