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    419.09 Vulkan Driver (VK418_62-6)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Patrck_744, Feb 23, 2019.

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    Home Page: https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver


    Windows 7/8.1 (x64): https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-beta-41934-windows-78

    Windows 10 (x64): https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-beta-41934-windows-10

    Linux 418.42.02 (x64): https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-beta-4184202-linux



    Vulkan Runtime Home Page: https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#windows
    Latest Vulkan RT: https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#sdk/downloadConfirm/latest/windows/vulkan-runtime.exe


    Slim/debloated version: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/4...97-0-rt-installer-download-discussion.418364/

    Initial Feedback: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-419-34-vulkan-dev-driver.425547/


    February 19th, 2019 - Windows 419.09

    New Extensions:
    VK_NV_cooperative_matrix
    VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable

    Fixes:
    Hitman 2 visual corruption on Linux when running with dxvk translation
    Total War Warhammer II crash or hang when using Alt-Tab on Linux


     
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    Good to see beta drivers have dedicated thread ;)

    XG 419.09 Vulkan Beta WIN10 x64
    As always... :)

    XtremeG released it with modded drivers [Performance + Tweaks] as always :)

    For Laptops/Desktops:-
    https://www.reddit.com/r/XtremeG/comments/aszha2/xg_41909_vulkan_beta_win10_x64/
    Enjoy ;) :cool:

    Ok here is what they do on every driver :) I got the list from there dead website http://tweakforce.com by using http://web.archive.org/ ;)
    XG drivers are tweaked to improve image quality and stability while performance may increase or decrease slightly depending on your system specs. A few XG registry tweaks include mods to the following:

    Paletted Textures In Video Memory
    Render Quality Flags
    Target Flush Count
    Texture Clamp Behavior
    Texture LOD Bias
    Use Cached PCI Mappings
    Texture Memory Space
    Downloaded Memory Space
    Texture Precache
    UMA Fast Frame Buffering
    Main 3D rendering
    Triple Buffering
    Any more information you want to know.. ask them.. :)
    Here's what I observed comparing between official ones vs XG...
    -Less microstutters
    -Higher OC Potential (Gives me additional 50 ~ 90 MHz more OC) with the same overvolt (I use +75mv) going higher voltage gives me black screen
    -Higher FPS [Not significant-(YMMV)] (due to less stuttering I guess you feel that you are playing at higher frame rate :D)
    -Less latency per a frame (Means smoothie gameplay) ;)
     
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    Are Vulkan drivers separate from DX now? Does this driver also do DX? ...I haven't been paying attention.
     
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    Looks like Hitman 2 issue was fixed using dxvk on Linux while Windows 10 version hasn't seen the fix.
     
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    It's funny they don't mention Fermi yet the 675M is Fermi.
     
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    I'm not sure tbh but they do have a unified driver for desktop and laptops running on Windows x64, my gfx card has been running stable from what I noticed but YMMV like with every system config. Apex Legends will crash from time to time with these driver since they are on the same branch as the newer ones. Stick to 417.71/417.75 if you don't have an RTX card or you plan on playing Apex Legends in the future. Those are the golden drivers from what I noticed until they released the buggy 418> branch.

    417.71 - r417_68-4
    417.75 - r417_68-5

    VK 419.09 - r418_62-6

    418.81 - r418_77-2
    418.91 - r418_77-6
    418.99 - r418_77-7

    419.17 - r419_12-3
     
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    March 1st, 2019 - Windows 419.34, Linux 418.42.02

    Fixes:
    Fixes intermittent crash on startup with some content on Windows
    Fixed a bug which could cause the compiler to crash in some Vulkan games

    Branch: VK418.62

    Links are updated in the OP
     
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