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NVIDIA RTX Enterprise Production Branch Driver

Release 515 is the latest Production Branch release of the NVIDIA RTX Enterprise Driver. This new driver provides improvements over the previous branch in the areas of application performance, API interoperability (e.g., OpenCL/Vulkan), and application power management.

Production Branch drivers are designed and tested to provide long-term stability and availability, making these drivers ideal for enterprise customers and other users who require application and hardware certification from ISVs and OEMs respectively.

The Production Branch driver is a superset of the NVIDIA Studio Driver and provides all the benefits of the Studio Driver of the same version, along with NVIDIA RTX-specific enhancements and testing.

New Features in Version R515 U3

• This release includes bug fixes and driver component enhancements to improve performance.
• Security updates - see Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver – August 2022, which is posted shortly after the release date of this software and will be listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page
• Studio Application/Feature Support:
  • Chaos V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max—improvements to GPU support accelerates Light Cache, new Device Selector for rendering assignment, AI denoiser, and adaptive dome-light rendering. Adds support for new features, such as Chaos Scatter, Procedural Clouds, and improvements to trace-depth and shading. 

Fixed Issues in Version R515 U3

• [PTC Creo 7] Performance degradation with newer drivers (511.79 and later), as compared to 471.68
• [SPECViewperf 13/2020] Variations seen in Catia and Creo performance
• [NVWMI] 3D application profile created for Nextra 3D
• [Dell] Mobile workstation LCD panel flashes during system boot into OS

Branch progression:

516.94    r516_87-3
516.93    r516_56-8
516.90    r516_87-1
516.89    VK516_10-10
516.79    r516_56-6
516.63    VK516_10-6
516.59    r515_00-212
516.56    r515_00-210
516.48    VK516_10-5
516.40    r516_10-14
516.31    r516_10-11
516.26    r516_10-10
516.25    r516_10-9
516.01    r515_95-3
515.66    r515_00-53
515.65.01 r516_87-317
515.57.00 r515_00-269 
515.49.10 VK516_10-209
515.49.06 VK516_10-205
515.49.05 VK516_10-204
515.48.07 r516_10-205
515.43.04 r515_95-155
515.36    bugfix_main-17463

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CUDA Toolkit 11.7 Update 1 Download

The Release Notes for the CUDA Toolkit.

If you only need the driver for your mobile or desktop GeForce GPU select custom installation, then deselect unwanted components.

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Game Ready for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered which includes support for the latest gaming technologies including NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA DLAA, NVIDIA HBAO+, and upgraded ray-tracing effects. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest releases and updates including Madden NFL 23 and the beta for SUPER PEOPLE.

Learn more in NVIDIA's Game Ready Driver article here.

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The August NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications as well as the latest updates for NVIDIA Omniverse being announced at SIGGRAPH.

Learn more about these new releases in NVIDIA's August Studio Blog here.