Friday, January 14th 2022

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 511.23 Game Ready Drivers

NVIDIA today released the GeForce 511.23 WHQL drivers. These drivers introduce support for Windows 11 Dynamic Refresh Rate feature, and formally debut NVIDIA Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution (DLDSR). This is an interesting new feature that's an inverse of DLSS, and works to improve eye-candy of older games. Your game is rendered at a higher resolution than your display head, and the render is intelligently scaled down to enhance detail. Such a feature already existed with DSR, but DLDSR adds certain "smarts" by adjusting the higher render resolution on-the-fly, to improve performance. The drivers also add support for CUDA 11.6, even more OpenCL extensions, and a handful more Vulkan extensions, besides support for even more G-SYNC compatible displays.

As a Game Ready driver, version 511.23 adds optimization for "God of War," including support for DLSS and Reflex; and "The Anacrusis." The fixes and known-issues list of this driver appears identical to that of the GeForce 511.17 drivers released earlier this week.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 511.23 WHQL
Game Ready for
  • God of War
  • The Anacrusis
  • Hitman III Year 2
Gaming Technology Supported
  • Includes support for NVIDIA DLDSR (Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution)
New Features and Other Changes
  • Added support for Windows 11 Dynamic Refresh Rate.
  • Added support for CUDA 11.6.
  • The NVIDIA OpenCL driver has added support for new provisional extension specifications released by Khronos.
  • Added new OpenCL compiler technology as an opt-in feature.
Fixed Issues in this Release
  • [Detroit Become Human]: Random stuttering/freezing occurs in the game. [3389250]
  • Flicker/disappearing text when 12-bit color is used [3358884]
  • [HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998]
To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.

Known Issues
  • [Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. [200767905] If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
  • Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
  • In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [3405228]
  • [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to "dGPU", the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
  • [NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721] Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
  • NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]
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66 Comments on NVIDIA Releases GeForce 511.23 Game Ready Drivers

#51
R-T-B
MusselsFart Cry
You should see a doctor about that.
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#52
WhoDecidedThat
MusselsThis new scaling toy is going to break me

Fart Cry six, at what i might as well call 6K

Refresh rate 80 what? Is that an overclocked 1080p 75 Hz monitor which you are feeding 3240p (9x 1080p) then downscaled data?
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#53
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blanarahulRefresh rate 80 what? Is that an overclocked 1080p 75 Hz monitor which you are feeding 3240p (9x 1080p) then downscaled data?
Gigabyte G32QC 32" 4k check his specs
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#54
WhoDecidedThat
TiggerGigabyte G32QC 32" 4k check his specs
4k80Hz, 1440p 165Hz

how he driving his 1440p 165 Hz display at 4K 80 Hz?
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#55
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
blanarahulRefresh rate 80 what? Is that an overclocked 1080p 75 Hz monitor which you are feeding 3240p (9x 1080p) then downscaled data?
1440p 165 overclocked to 3840x2160 80Hz

I'm running the panel at a higher resolution (and lower refresh rate, due to bandwidth limits), then adding the software upscaling on top.

Yes. it hurts brains, but the panel supports it.
blanarahul4k80Hz, 1440p 165Hz

how he driving his 1440p 165 Hz display at 4K 80 Hz?
CRU baby :D
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#56
neatfeatguy
Anyone really play with the DLDSR much?

I looked around Divinity:OS2 using it on native (1440p) and then on 2.25 (3840x2160). I'm not really sure I see much of a difference to bother using it, at least not in this game. Here are a few comparison shots:





What do you guys think about it? Enjoying it? Nothing worth writing home about?
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#57
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Some games benefit more than others

Starcraft II: massive, godly improvement.
7 days to die: barely see any change at all (no FPS loss, at least)

My early view is, the worse the stock anti aliasing was, the better an improvement you'll see. Super fine details like tiny text may become illegible - my FPS counter was a little hard to read at "6k"

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#58
wolf
Better Than Native
Musselsmy FPS counter was a little hard to read at "6k"
I use MSI Afterburner and Rivatuner Statistics Server for my overlay, it has nice scaling and zoom options, because yeah everything became so small even squinting didn't help lol
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#59
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Fun and weird bug

Moved my PC to the living room (from displayport 4k 80hz display) to UHDTV (HDMI 4K 60hz)

And now the exact same games cannot see the custom resolutions?


edit: oh i get it, this TV adds a stupid extra res of 4092x2160 and the stupid custom res is basing off THAT, in the wrong aspect ratio. I'll have to use CRU to remove that res.

Update/edit: had to remove 4092x2160 using CRU, had three refresh rate options

Once removed the new special resolutions changed to be based off 3840x2160 (meaning, 16:9) and tada, fussy ass games could see them
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#60
lexluthermiester
MusselsOnce removed the new special resolutions changed to be based off 3840x2160 (meaning, 16:9) and tada, fussy ass games could see them
Nice tinker fix!
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#61
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
lexluthermiesterNice tinker fix!
SC2 in 6K brings glory to my house

I feel like the older the game (and the worse aliasing it had) the better the overall result - newer games (7D2D, FC6) i couldnt really see a difference
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#62
fusseli
MusselsSC2 in 6K brings glory to my house

I feel like the older the game (and the worse aliasing it had) the better the overall result - newer games (7D2D, FC6) i couldnt really see a difference
Sc2 didn’t even have antialiasing as an option for years. Perfect for over rendering with fast cards nowadays
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#63
lexluthermiester
MusselsSC2 in 6K brings glory to my house
Star Craft 2? Holy crap!
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#64
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
lexluthermiesterStar Craft 2? Holy crap!
I mean, it's aged well

(Screenshot of a screenshot, since i cant upload full res)


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#65
R-T-B
MusselsI mean, it's aged well

(Screenshot of a screenshot, since i cant upload full res)


I just use it to play Kobold Tribes.
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