New nVidia driver

Sanderson · Dec 21, 2015

nVidia driver 361.43 was released a bit ago and looks promising. If not for ED specifically, at least for VR as a whole?

Sure wish ED supported .8 sdk without cheesey workarounds and third party frankenstein virtual machines. I'm especially excited for the SLI support and performance increases, as a dual GTX-770 user. Maybe Santa will surprise us with Oculus sdk .8 support that works with this new nVidia driver 361.43.

On another note, all the recent "space" games are looking really great, even SC. What a great time to be a space game fan. There's at least half a dozen "space" games I'm looking forward to but, honestly, after ED I've shied away from backing games and am taking "get it when released" approach, for my own sanity.

If Oculus support (native) or when Oculus support is back in ED I'll give it another go. IMO once you've played ED in VR there's just no going back. It's certainly in my personal hall of fame as a PC game experience.

Beavis Tingleball · Dec 21, 2015

so wait...is this the gameworks software we've all been waiting for?

Sanderson · Dec 21, 2015

I believe (probably wrong) that it's GameWorks and Oculus SDK .8 support but, to be honest I'm not sure. I need to go read up on it.

Deimos-GOW · Dec 22, 2015

Release notes:
"Added or updated the following SLI profiles: • Elite Dangerous - 64-bit EXE added"

Lestenio · Dec 22, 2015

FYI I downloaded and installed.
Having problems with SLI now.

**Edit**
Scrap that. The install wiped out a few settings including completely disabling SLI.
Early reports are looking pretty good. I use the rift and 2x970. Sitting in a station I normally bounce around between 60-70 fps, depending on what is happening. for the last 5 mins it's been pretty consistent at 73-75 fps.

When I get a sec I'll take the FDL down to the surface for a test

**Update**
With a tear in my eye. Smooth 75fps everywhere. Even on the surface

Raptoyd · Dec 22, 2015

Reading this release and sounds pretty encouraging as far as VR is concerned. Might have to try this one on a clean install.

CODKill · Dec 22, 2015

Lestenio said:
FYI I downloaded and installed.
Having problems with SLI now.

**Edit**
Scrap that. The install wiped out a few settings including completely disabling SLI.
Early reports are looking pretty good. I use the rift and 2x970. Sitting in a station I normally bounce around between 60-70 fps, depending on what is happening. for the last 5 mins it's been pretty consistent at 73-75 fps.

When I get a sec I'll take the FDL down to the surface for a test

**Update**
With a tear in my eye. Smooth 75fps everywhere. Even on the surface

What runtime are you using and/or what general settings?

hapklaar · Dec 22, 2015

Lestenio said:
FYI I downloaded and installed.
Having problems with SLI now.

**Edit**
Scrap that. The install wiped out a few settings including completely disabling SLI.
Early reports are looking pretty good. I use the rift and 2x970. Sitting in a station I normally bounce around between 60-70 fps, depending on what is happening. for the last 5 mins it's been pretty consistent at 73-75 fps.

When I get a sec I'll take the FDL down to the surface for a test

**Update**
With a tear in my eye. Smooth 75fps everywhere. Even on the surface

I'm not able to get any boost in performance when enabling SLI with these drivers on runtime 0.8. Judders when raising SS to 1.5 in station and Afterburner shows both GPU's are only utilized 45-55%...

Please tell us your settings in ED. If you're not at SSx1,5 or higher your experience is very normal. I run ED with one OC'd GTX970 at SSx1,5 judderfree (runtime 0.5).

Pixelpowder · Dec 22, 2015

Its working for me but yea only utilising 40+% of at least the second card so I get stutter on 1.5 SS
I can get it smooth but need to knock most settings to low.

Anyone else get bad aliasing with the in game SS?

rohirm · Dec 22, 2015

Working really good here! High/Ultra details (shadows low), SS 1.5, very smooth ride! SLI 2xGTX980.

hapklaar · Dec 22, 2015

rohirm said:
Working really good here! High/Ultra details (shadows low), SS 1.5, very smooth ride! SLI 2xGTX980.

That's not good for SLI. A single GTX980 can do that easily on runtime 0.5.

Soda Popinski · Dec 22, 2015

Does the SLI boost require the 0.8 Oculus runtime?

If not, please let us know which version your running and how well it's going.

SLeeC · Dec 23, 2015

Win 7, single 970, SDK 0.5, new nvidia drivers. SS1.5 Silky

Very Happy

SLI = waste of money and power

Win 10 = waste of time

hapklaar · Dec 23, 2015

Soda Popinski said:
Does the SLI boost require the 0.8 Oculus runtime?

If not, please let us know which version your running and how well it's going.

For me SLI only gives a boost in 0.5, but introduces so called SLI lag which makes the game unplayable. Without the lag it would be great (SS2, everything at high, no judder)

In runtime 0.8 the load on both cards drops to around 50%, so SLI gives no boost at all and is even a little slower than 0.5 with one card.

Soda Popinski · Dec 23, 2015

hapklaar said:
For me SLI only gives a boost in 0.5, but introduces so called SLI lag which makes the game unplayable. Without the lag it would be great (SS2, everything at high, no judder)

In runtime 0.8 the load on both cards drops to around 50%, so SLI gives no boost at all and is even a little slower than 0.5 with one card.

Thanks for the info. And that's with yesterday's new SLI boosting driver?

hapklaar · Dec 23, 2015

Soda Popinski said:
Thanks for the info. And that's with yesterday's new SLI boosting driver?

That is correct! I see only a slight improvement in performance with this new driver. Lets say 5-10%.

Soda Popinski · Dec 23, 2015

hapklaar said:
That is correct! I see only a slight improvement in performance with this new driver. Lets say 5-10%.

Thanks for the clarification. I was hoping to get away with SLI by getting a second 970 when the CV1 hits.

Pixelpowder · Dec 23, 2015

I don't see how this is possible, could you let me know your settings and the method you are using to get SLI working?