what driver for asus rtx 3060

[Jozef]

I've got my first build up and working. I have an ASUS RTX 3060 gpu. When I went to the asus website I found that I have two choices for drivers. One is specifically for gaming and the other for content developers. I do drawings and renderings and some video editing so I guess I'm a content creator. But I wondered what the difference would be in the two drivers. Also there is some sort of bios program for the 3060. Anybody know anything about these things?
The ASUS information about the 3060 is pretty minimal. My hand crank coffee grinder came with more instructions.
thanks,
Joe

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I've got my first build up and working. I have an ASUS RTX 3060 gpu. When I went to the asus website I found that I have two choices for drivers. One is specifically for gaming and the other for content developers. I do drawings and renderings and some video editing so I guess I'm a content creator. But I wondered what the difference would be in the two drivers. Also there is some sort of bios program for the 3060. Anybody know anything about these things?
The ASUS information about the 3060 is pretty minimal. My hand crank coffee grinder came with more instructions.
thanks,
Joe

Flashing the BIOS can be risky and you would know if you actually needed to do it, so I wouldnt mess with it.

Driver wise apparently the Content creator drivers offer a little better performance and stability in creative programs. Ive never messed with them but I assume that comes at the cost of gaming performance.

 

[Jozef]

I don't understand why ASUS doesn't publish what the difference is between the two drivers.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I don't understand why ASUS doesn't publish what the difference is between the two drivers.

They should . Probably they dont bother because most people arent downloading their GPU drivers from Asus website or from any of the other AIB (Add In Board) manufacturers.

Asus makes the cooler on your graphics card and maybe the circuit board. But as far as most people need to know a Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Zotac, PNY or whatever GPU are all identical to another for in game performance as they all carry the same graphics chip and VRAM memory.

You have an Nvidia graphics card.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

NVIDIA Studio Driver | 560.81 | Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 | NVIDIA

Download the English (US) NVIDIA Studio Driver for Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 systems. Released 2024.8.6

www.nvidia.com

Quote from the above link:

NVIDIA Studio Drivers provide artists, creators, and 3D developers the best performance and reliability when working with creative applications. To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond.

Applications

The August NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications and updates including high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) upgrades for CyberLink PowerDirector and CapCut Pro, new features for Adobe Substance 3D Modeler and SideFX: Houdini, and NVIDIA TensorRT acceleration within Topaz AI.

Whenever a big new game comes out Nvidias driver team spends time optimizing their software so that they give the best performance in that game and they release it as an update. I have no idea how that works technically, but as I understand it that means because of the rush they might cause some small problems that could lead to poorer performance or instability in other programs. That isnt a big problem for a gamer, as a crash once a week means that you might have to reload a save. Whereas for someone running a business it might mean they lose hours of work and money.

 

[Jozef]

I really appreciate your response. Makes sense. Thank you.
Joe