GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 452.22

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"Apply this hotfix if Modern Warfare is intermittently dropping frames when you enable ray tracing.

The hotfix addresses the following issues:

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare may intermittently see a drop in frame rate when ray tracing is enabled
  • [Pascal] Marvel's Avengers may crash if alt-tabbing while the game is running
  • [Notebook] Display is not detected when connected to Thunderbolt 3 port on HP Spectre x360 - 15t-df100 Notebook
  • Minecraft Java Edition may crash when launched with XSplit Broadcaster running in the background

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It has been more than a month since Nvidia released a full GPU driver package (452.06 WHQL). I suspect it won't be long before another fleshed-out driver release emerges, now that the GeForce RTX 30 series is official. In the meantime, Nvidia has dropped an incremental hotfix (452.22) to address a few annoying issues some of us are having.

One of the fixes has to do with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. When enabling ray tracing in the game, you might experience intermittent drops in framerates. There is always going to be a performance hit with ray tracing enabled anyway, but this fix addresses periodic drops beyond that.

If you are not experiencing any of these specific issues, you might as well avoid applying the hotfix, as it will not benefit you—nothing else is included here. They will all be rolled into the next full driver update anyway.


I can only guess when Nvidia will issue its next big driver update, but with the first of its GeForce RTX 30 series becoming available on September 17 (the GeForce RTX 3080, followed by the 3090 on September 24), it is likely to land in the days leading up to the card's retail availability. So within the next week, most likely.


As for the 452.22 hotfix, it is not something that will show up in GeForce Experience."


https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5074/~/geforce-hotfix-driver-version-452.22
 
Posting here to highlight this seems to be the last driver before 3000 series support and consequently, I'm seeing actual, noteworthy performance decreases in games with any newer driver. (using a GTX 1080)

For example, Grim Dawn dropped almost 20 fps @ 4K.

So, heads up Pascal owners! This is our "last" driver..
 
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Posting here to highlight this seems to be the last driver before 3000 series support and consequently, I'm seeing actual, noteworthy performance decreases in games with any newer driver. (using a GTX 1080)

For example, Grim Dawn dropped almost 20 fps @ 4K.

So, heads up Pascal owners! This is our "last" driver..
I haven’t noticed any performance decreases on my 1080 Ti in the games I play. Going to need a larger data set before setting conclusions of it being Pascal’s “last driver”.
 
I run a 1080ti
I think there's a good chance your Grim Dawn performance drop could be related to that absolutely massive Grim Dawn patch that just hit.
I haven't played Grim Dawn in months, so sadly I can't test it myself as a comparison.

I HAVE been playing stuff like Flight Simulator 2020, Hades and Monster Hunter World since the new driver, and there hasn't been any change in performance in those titles. My frame rates in MH World are at the same consistency (maybe even a bit better) than the past few months.

However I'm fully aware that FS 2020 is CPU limited in most scenarios and Hades is so hilariously easy to run that my 1080ti averages about 600fps at 1440p at only 30% utilization, so neither are things that I can use as a real benchmark.
 
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I run a 1080ti
I think there's a good chance your Grim Dawn performance drop could be related to that absolutely massive Grim Dawn patch that just hit.
I haven't played Grim Dawn in months, so sadly I can't test it myself as a comparison.

Just reverted back to 452.22 (didn't even DDU) and Grim Dawn is now running silky G-sync smooth again (averaging a 10-15 fps increase)....

Very odd, might have to post about this in the GD forum.
 
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