Nvidia driver update 546.17 is now available for Starfield

[Vlad 254]

Nvidia driver update 546.17

*11/17/2023: Game Update 1.8.86.0 is now live

"Additionally, there's support for Starfield's Steam Beta update, which is now available with DLSS 3, DLAA and Nvidia Reflex, ahead of it's official release at a later date. Learn how to opt-in to the beta on Bethesda's blog.[bethesda.net]

To download and install, head to the Drivers tab of GeForce Experience[www.nvidia.com] or https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

Notes:
Although DLSS 3 is for Nvidia 40 series cards there's much in this update that benefits other Nvida cards as well.
1. DLSS 3 is powered by the new fourth-generation Tensor Cores and Optical Flow Accelerator of the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture, which powers GeForce RTX 40 Series graphics cards.

2. Nvidia reflex is new feature introduced in RTX 3000 series GPU and it reduces system latency in video games and it has helped mostly professional and competitive gamers. Geforce RTX 3000 series :- RTX 3090 ,RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3080, RTX 3070 Ti,
RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060 .
It works by optimizing the GPU and the game to provide you with the low-latency best performance.

The GPU's that supports Nvidia reflex as of now are

Geforce RTX 3000 series :- RTX 3090 ,RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3080, RTX 3070 Ti,RTX 3070,RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060 .
GeForce RTX 2000 Series :- RTX Titan RTX,RTX 2080 Ti, RTX 2080 ,RTX 2070 Ti ,
RTX 2070 , RTX 2060 Ti, RTX 2060
GeForce GTX 1000 Series :-GTX 1080 Ti,GTX 1080 , GTX 1070 Ti, GTX 1070,
GTX 1060, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1050.

[zpc]

Nice - thanks for the heads-up :)

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by zpc:

Nice - thanks for the heads-up :)

Looks amazing btw

[zpc]

I'll definitely check it out tomorrow - just turned the game off for today.

[kdodds]

I'm set to check it out tomorrow evening, no real time to play games during the week, unfortunately. :(

[Nite69]

Yea Nvidia Reflex is nice, Talos Principle 2 has it, its what I been playing recently

as for DLSS for starfield I am not getting the steam beta, waiting for bethesda to add official support

[DANEDANGER]

Funny... ive got this update a few days ago

*edit* did help a lot on my gpu, could go from medium/high too high/ultra on the same fps as i had on medium/high

[patrick68794]

Originally posted by Nite69:

Yea Nvidia Reflex is nice, Talos Principle 2 has it, its what I been playing recently

as for DLSS for starfield I am not getting the steam beta, waiting for bethesda to add official support

The beta is their official support, just separate from the main build of the game to work out bugs. Once they deem it ready for the actual release your version of the game will just transition back to the main build and everything will work like normal

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by DANEDANGER:

Funny... ive got this update a few days ago

*edit* did help a lot on my gpu, could go from medium/high too high/ultra on the same fps as i had on medium/high

Yes it did but today I saw where several users had no idea it was out.

Originally posted by patrick68794:

Originally posted by Nite69:

Yea Nvidia Reflex is nice, Talos Principle 2 has it, its what I been playing recently

as for DLSS for starfield I am not getting the steam beta, waiting for bethesda to add official support

The beta is their official support, just separate from the main build of the game to work out bugs. Once they deem it ready for the actual release your version of the game will just transition back to the main build and everything will work like normal

Yes, the Beta should become official by the end of this month. If you opted-in to the Beta you'll be fine as well.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by kdodds:

I'm set to check it out tomorrow evening, no real time to play games during the week, unfortunately. :(

I'll be interested in your take. Personally I'm impressed.

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Originally posted by DANEDANGER:

Funny... ive got this update a few days ago

*edit* did help a lot on my gpu, could go from medium/high too high/ultra on the same fps as i had on medium/high

Yes it did but today I saw where several users had no idea it was out.

Originally posted by patrick68794:

The beta is their official support, just separate from the main build of the game to work out bugs. Once they deem it ready for the actual release your version of the game will just transition back to the main build and everything will work like normal

Yes, the Beta should become official by the end of this month. If you opted-in to the Beta you'll be fine as well.

But why go through steam (even when its official) for DLSS for this game, when many other games have it built in?

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by Nite69:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Yes it did but today I saw where several users had no idea it was out.


Yes, the Beta should become official by the end of this month. If you opted-in to the Beta you'll be fine as well.

But why go through steam (even when its official) for DLSS for this game, when many other games have it built in?

This will be in the game by the end of this month when the patch becomes official.

Right now it's only available to you for testing if you opt-in. I'm using it now and happy I did.

[catch22atplay]

I know people were having issues getting framegen to work prior to this driver. This driver appears to resolve those issues as many have reported.

[Ǥɾᴧᴤʆᴧᵯᴧ]

I'm not playing the beta (bc mods mods mods :)) and with a 2080S and I also have almost 10 FPS more in New Atlantis (entrance Lodge), for example. Previously 30-33 now 39-40. 50FPS outside NA (behind Lodge).
For previously so close to the 30FPS limit, I can now be quite satisfied.

[patrick68794]

Originally posted by Nite69:

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Yes it did but today I saw where several users had no idea it was out.


Yes, the Beta should become official by the end of this month. If you opted-in to the Beta you'll be fine as well.

But why go through steam (even when its official) for DLSS for this game, when many other games have it built in?

They're not "going through steam for DLSS." They're using Steam's ability to make a test build of their game available to the public for testing. Bethesda added DLSS directly to Starfield. Steam has nothing at all to do with DLSS in games

[wtiger27]

Thanks for the heads up. I won't be upgrading to the new driver however, until after I start playing the release version of the patch. I am still using the Nvidia driver from this last Spring. The game plays great for me as is. But of course I am going to try DLSS and see if it can allow me higher graphic settings and still give good performance.

And Vlad, have you experienced the bug in the beta, where Legendary weapons, can lose their Legendary status and revert back to just a plain weapon? I saw where some players are having that bug in the beta.