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Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card.

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2019/11/29 13:16:06 (permalink)
Just curious what the best folding driver for each generation of Nvidia cards. Possible to setup a sticky post with that information so people can find it easily? I know it has been covered in the past but I am not having any luck finding it by searching. I am looking to find the best driver for my 1080 card, doesn't seem like I am getting the best PPD possible for my setup. Thanks in advance for you help and suggestions.

 

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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/11/29 13:25:31 (permalink)
    This search  EVGA Folding (shortcut)
     
    https://forums.evga.com/F...hterm=Best+driver+1080
     
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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/11/29 13:46:43 (permalink)
    Make sure you change to see all Threads (from the beginning)

    It should show Showing page 1 of 169 after you make the change

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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/11/29 15:06:16 (permalink)
    Thank you gentleman. Should be a lot easier to find what I am looking for.

     

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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/12/03 09:36:46 (permalink)
    My opinion,
    Get the next to latest driver.
    I seen or recorded no measurable difference between drivers of the last few months. Nvidia releases a new one every month or so, so keeping track of all drivers for all GPUs is a tedious (and useless) job.
     
    The first drivers needed some tweaks, and occasionally you got a bad apple.
    The newest drivers sometimes come out with errors (non folding related).
     
    I'd stick with the 2nd latest stable driver,as there are no real benefits in the newest driver for folding or crunching, and the newest driver occasionally gets pulled.
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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/12/07 06:10:24 (permalink)
    If you really want a more stable driver use the Nvidia Studio rather than the GeForce Gaming Driver of the Week.
     
    https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/154342
     
     
     


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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2019/12/07 06:14:34 (permalink)
    scott@bjorn3d
    If you really want a more stable driver use the Nvidia Studio rather than the GeForce Gaming Driver of the Week.
    https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/154342

    441.28 has issues, 431.86 is a better Studio Driver IMO.
    NVIDIA Studio Driver 431.86 2019.9.4 A Folding Driver Over A Gaming Driver.
    But their are other non-team members that say to use only the Game Driver for Folding.
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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2020/03/11 12:54:54 (permalink)
    Just moved my EVGA 1070 Ti FTW2 to a new driver
     
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    Nvidia driver
     
    Old: 417.35 - has worked well for many months
     
    New 432.00 so far all is well - no noticeable drop in PPD

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    Re: Best drivers for folding@home for each generation of video card. 2020/03/18 17:44:11 (permalink)
    Just moved a pair of EVGA 1080 Ti FTW3 to a new driver  430.00
     
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