Hello. Our regular GeForce driver recommendations apply for both Turing and Ampere GPU micro-architectures since we test using an RTX 2080 Ti and 3080.

Our last recommended driver version for Turing users is 516.40, but we’re finishing our GeForce 516.79 Hotfix Driver Performance analysis (good “feelings” so far).

Please, note that 516.40 was the first driver version of the latest GeForce display driver branch. So, we recommend performing a clean installation of the new driver after using the DDU tool to uninstall your previously installed version.

Anyway, suppose you are facing some officially acknowledged unfixed driver bug or another issue using 516.40 (.79) despite following the above recommendations. In that case, you can always roll back to a prior BTR recommended version such as 512.77 (512.95 showed overall the same performance as 512.77 based on our internal but not public testing, so we would likely have also recommended it if we had posted its analysis).

I hope this helps and answers your question. Regards!

Hello. Thank you for sharing your experience. We have not tested with a Pascal card, and the problem you mention may be due to other factors or be specific to your system. I’d suggest sending feedback to the NVIDIA team (https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA).

Also, 516.40 is the first driver of a new GeForce display driver branch. So, we recommend performing a clean installation of the new driver after using the DDU tool to uninstall your previously installed version.

As of today, these are officially the open issues in the latest version:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/494630/geforce-grd-51640-feedback-thread-released-61522/

Open Issues:
– [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
– [RTX 30 series] PC monitor may not wake from display sleep when GPU is also connected to an HDMI 2.1 TV and TV is powered off [3645633]
– Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
– [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti] HP Reverb G2/Oculus Rift S/Pimax 8Kx is not detected. [3623293][3632289][3626116]
– Videos played back in Microsoft Edge may appear green if NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled upon resuming from hibernate or booting with fastboot. [3624218]
– [DirectX 12] Shadowplay recordings may appear over exposed when Use HDR is enabled from the Windows display settings. [200742937]
– [Assassin’s Creed Origins] Game displays flicker when character is under water near a boat. [3642655]
– Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
– [Jurassic World Evolution 2] Artifacts may appear in game [3682201]
– Minecraft displays artifacts when using Optifine shaders [3682262]
– Artifacts in Second Life/Firestorm viewer when Advanced Lightning Model is enabled [3682537]
– [Vulkan] Path of Exile displays flashing black textures [3682952]
– [Neverwinter Nights] Light sources not rendering correctly [3682841]
– [Prepar3D] Light sources display flashing black boxes [3684206]
– [MSI GE66 Raider 10UG/MSI GE76 Raider 10UH] Windows brightness setting does not work when notebook is in dedicated GPU mode [3693207 /3693211]

However, there aren’t listed issues related to Rust or Hitman 3 yet. Regards!