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Fazz
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August 20, 2019
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Does updating Graphic Card drivers make a difference to your fps?

Quick question. I have a Geforce 2080ti and wondered if updating your graphic drivers really makes such a huge difference to your fps? I ask because I have a 3D projector and since Nvidia decided to stop supporting Nvidia 3D, it has left me not being able to update to the current Nvida driver, unless I want to give up on 3D, which I don't want to do. Stability wise my drivers seem fine because I haven't had any crashing in the games I play, but I'm more interested to know if I will be losing out on higher fps? I did do a search and I saw that some people said the latest Geforce 2080ti drivers actually made their fps worse by 3 or 4 fps.
So are we just talking about a few fps here and there or can a driver boost fps by say more then this? Really pished off that Nvidia has stopped supporting 3D.

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    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
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    August 23, 2019

    jayhawk said:

    The CPU actually makes more of a difference with FPS, not the GPU.


    Of course you need a fast enough cpu to get 90 fps, but many cpus can do that in current VR games. So I'd have to greatly disagree - when pushing high levels of ss, you need tons of gpu power, not the fastest cpu you can get. 
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    FazzAuthor
    Honored Contributor
    August 23, 2019

    jayhawk said:

    The CPU actually makes more of a difference with FPS, not the GPU.


    That depends what resolution you play the games at, I see once we reach 4k there's hardly any difference regarding cpu and fps.


    jayhawk488108
    Inspiring
    August 23, 2019

    RuneSR2 said:


    jayhawk said:

    The CPU actually makes more of a difference with FPS, not the GPU.


    Of course you need a fast enough cpu to get 90 fps, but many cpus can do that in current VR games. So I'd have to greatly disagree - when pushing high levels of ss, you need tons of gpu power, not the fastest cpu you can get. 


    I'm no expert by any stretch, but it's pretty common consensus among the gaming community, especially PC gamers that the cpu carries more weight for frames. Frames is what the title addresses.
    FazzAuthor
    Honored Contributor
    August 23, 2019

    jayhawk said:


    RuneSR2 said:


    jayhawk said:

    The CPU actually makes more of a difference with FPS, not the GPU.


    Of course you need a fast enough cpu to get 90 fps, but many cpus can do that in current VR games. So I'd have to greatly disagree - when pushing high levels of ss, you need tons of gpu power, not the fastest cpu you can get. 


    I'm no expert by any stretch, but it's pretty common consensus among the gaming community, especially PC gamers that the cpu carries more weight for frames. Frames is what the title addresses.


    It depends on the game and resolution as is demonstrated in the Youtube video I've put up in this thread. If we are just talking about 1080p resolutions then yes you will get a 10 to 20 fps increase in some games. The fps start to drop from 2k though and by 4k there's not a lot of difference in fps between cpu's.
    Flight sims are usually known to rely more on cpu then gpu, as are a few game like Arma etc, but even those don't take advantage of all cores on the cpu, if there is an advantage to be made using more cores.
    @kojack might be able to help with this because I'm no expert myself. I just think the video I put up demonstrates some of what I'm saying though.
    LeroyVRChristop
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    October 6, 2019
    Usually depends on the game, fps on some games is actually hurt by some updates.
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