There is stock of graphics cards again, but now the problem is that nobody wants to buy them. Their price has tripled in just three years, and they’re asking for 1500 euros for a 4080. As a colleague says, “stick them where the sun doesn’t shine.” But of course, the problem is that maybe you need one now because yours has died or you’re building a new PC or you need to get a little more performance, so without getting into unjustified expenses, let’s see what drivers can provide better optimization on these luxury products.
Each version of drivers usually contains a lot of changes and many people end up suffering from crashes or quality drops in racing sessions of different simulators such as iRacing, Assetto Corsa Competizione or rFactor 2. Although this is not more or less than a help, it is advisable to know that despite the continuous updates, there are versions of drivers that are objectively better than others and since these simulators do not use any of the latest required advancements implemented in these very recent versions, it is advisable to install certain versions that will give us slightly better performance.
Nvidia driver 399.24
For the Pascal series of graphics cards. The well-known and already obsolete series 10 that encompasses from the GTX 1030 to the powerful and robust GTX 1080Ti.
Nvidia driver 442.59
Possibly the best driver for series 10 and 20
Nvidia driver 528.02
Good performance in series 30 and 40 and in general any series if you have problems with new games or do not have adequate support in the old drivers mentioned above.
As always, remember to avoid installing the GeForce software. Use DDU to uninstall the old drivers and select a custom and clean installation to get the maximum performance and best operation of these drivers. Do not forget to also uninstall the telemetry package after the installation and restarting the computer.
I recommend the Nvidia driver thread on Reddit to be aware of the latest news and tests on this software.
See you on the track!
