NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Drivers 531.18 WHQL Released

btarunr · Feb 28, 2023

NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 531.18 WHQL adds optimization and DLSS 3 support for "Atomic Heart," and "The Finals" beta. The drivers also introduce RTX Video Super Resolution, a video upscaler technology that uses some functional aspects of DLSS to improve the quality of upscaled video. Among the issues fixed with this release include a game freeze noticed with "Forza Horizon 4" some 15-30 minutes into gameplay; occassional stability issues with "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2," issues with ProRes RAW files in Adobe After Effects media encoder; and application instability with Adobe Premiere Pro.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 531.18 WHQL

Game Ready

Atomic Heart
The Finals Closed Beta

Technology

Introduces support for RTX Video Super Resolution

Fixed

[Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay [3866530]
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 occasional stability issues [3934963]
Enable Dead Space Resizable Bar profile [3954048]
Adobe After Effects / Media Encoder - issues with ProRes RAW files [3957455] [3957469]
Adobe Premiere Pro application instability [3940086]

Open Issues

Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
[Halo Wars 2] In-game foliage is larger than normal and displays constant flickering [3888343]
[GeForce RTX 4090] Watch Dogs 2 may display flickering when staring at the sky [3858016]
Increase in DPC latency observed in Latencymon [3952556]

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R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

btarunr said:
RTX Video Super Resolution

Finally! Is this available on laptops as well?

Dazz023 · Feb 28, 2023

R0H1T said:
Finally! Is this available on laptops as well?

It's really heavy on GPU. At least on 3090. Twitch stream goes from 30w to 80W-250W (depends on its mood i guess...) if you enable it. And I dont see any utilization / power usage difference between quality levels?

Edit: For some reason it doesnt clock the gpu so high anymore and keeps power under 80W. More acceptable, still not sure if worth it.
Edit 2: Back to 250w after browser restart. Same content. I give up

R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

How about others? I'm trying this on an RTX 3050 (laptop) & can't even see if it's working properly, tested on YT AV1 1080p stream!

nguyen · Feb 28, 2023

RTX VSR seems to be working well

720p video VSR OFF vs ON

on my 4090, VSR use
70W at 720p
130W at 1080p
240W at 1440p

Legacy-ZA · Feb 28, 2023

How can I turn on and use RTX VSR? I can't find the option.

nguyen · Feb 28, 2023

Legacy-ZA said:
How can I turn on and use RTX VSR? I can't find the option.

in NVCP, go to Adjust video image settings, enable RTX video enhancement

In Chrome setting, go to System, make sure Use Hardware acceleration is turned on

Chomiq · Feb 28, 2023

[Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay [3866530]

Anyone cares to verify this?

R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

Can't seem to get it working with the laptop, let's see if it works as easily on a regular desktop!

andreiga76 · Feb 28, 2023

Dazz023 said:
It's really heavy on GPU. At least on 3090. Twitch stream goes from 30w to 80W-250W (depends on its mood i guess...) if you enable it. And I dont see any utilization / power usage difference between quality levels?

Edit: For some reason it doesnt clock the gpu so high anymore and keeps power under 80W. More acceptable, still not sure if worth it.
Edit 2: Back to 250w after browser restart. Same content. I give up

On a 4090 it is using around 25% and 165w, tested on youtube on a 1080p video, honestly don't see much difference.

Edit: very strange behavior, on same youtube video, on force 4k I have 16% usage, on 1080p I have 25% (which could be explained), but at 1440p usage is 41%

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Here is the video, you can try it yourself.
Buy OLED Now or Wait? Does 10-bit Matter? - February Q&A - YouTube

Legacy-ZA · Feb 28, 2023

nguyen said:
in NVCP, go to Adjust video image settings, enable RTX video enhancement

In Chrome setting, go to System, make sure Use Hardware acceleration is turned on

My thanks, I will give it a go.

Dazz023 · Feb 28, 2023

andreiga76 said:
On a 4090 it is using around 25% and 165w, tested on youtube on a 1080p video, honestly don't see much difference.

Power usage scales with video resolution and framerate. Someone try 1440p60fps video on 4K display.

TheDeeGee · Feb 28, 2023

nguyen said:
RTX VSR seems to be working well

720p video VSR OFF vs ON

on my 4090, VSR use
70W at 720p
130W at 1080p
240W at 1440p

So unless you're watching content from 15 years it's not worth it.

R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

Or maybe you're trying to save your bandwidth? Not everyone has 1Gbps cheap broadband at their place.

lsevald · Feb 28, 2023

There's a FAQ for the RTX VSR feature here: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5448

They also suggest you add chorme.exe and set it for high performance in windows graphics settings.

Anyhow, I can't tell if it works or not (followed the instructions to the letter). My 4090 pulls 30-70W watching youtube videos at any quality on a 4k LG OLED.

mouacyk · Feb 28, 2023

Dazz023 said:
Power usage scales with video resolution and framerate. Someone try 1440p60fps video on 4K display.

Someone don't. it might asplode

Dazz023 · Feb 28, 2023

R0H1T said:
Can't seem to get it working with the laptop, let's see if it works as easily on a regular desktop!

They have some extra steps to make it work on laptops in their FAQ. So try that.

R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

Probably something to do with this ~

Q: What quality setting should I set?
A: All RTX GPUs will support all scenarios at quality level 1. XX70 series and higher will support all scenarios at quality level 4. RTX Video Super Resolution does use GPU resources, so performance may be affected if playing a GPU intensive game or creative app in parallel.

I set it to quality level 4 for the laptop, on desktop it seems to be using 120W for 1080p stream on YT ~ seems to be working on same quality (4) level.

Ok, not sure what happened but for 1440p power consumption is down again!

trparky · Feb 28, 2023

Does anyone know if RTX Video Super Resolution works on any video? Does it have to be only YouTube? Or does it work on say... oh, I don't know, content on NetFlix or Paramount+?

Fergutor · Feb 28, 2023

Increase in DPC latency observed in Latencymon [3952556]

Could that be a problem?

R0H1T · Feb 28, 2023

trparky said:
Does anyone know if RTX Video Super Resolution works on any video? Does it have to be only YouTube? Or does it work on say... oh, I don't know, content on NetFlix or Paramount+?

Only checked it on a bowser, works on most streams out there including YT, Prime video, Disney et al.

Or you're talking about local files on a media player?

Ownedtbh · Feb 28, 2023

No Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?

ONGEFF · Feb 28, 2023

I did some tests on YouTube. I found that there is a minimum browser/tab size for upscaling to work. Put the MSI Afterbunner side by side with Chrome and resize the browser until "activating" the VSR.

Upgrayedd · Feb 28, 2023

Ownedtbh said:
No Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?

That game needs way more than drivers lol

FierceRed · Feb 28, 2023

Ownedtbh said:
No Hogwarts Legacy game ready patch?

Upgrayedd said:
That game needs way more than drivers lol

I'm more on the "No Returnal game ready driver?" side of the fence.

Not that it needs it, it runs great! I'm more curious if I can squeeze some FPS out of Returnal's absolutely phenomenal benchmark.

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