{"id":165,"date":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifefitnessllc.com\/archives\/332"},"modified":"2023-09-19T14:48:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:48:44","slug":"think-reliable-inside-nvidias-new-creator-ready-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutorialpremiere.com\/index.php\/2019\/08\/16\/think-reliable-inside-nvidias-new-creator-ready-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Reliable: Inside NVIDIA\u2019s New Creator-Ready Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at what NVIDIA is offering in the new update, including how it will improve your life as a creator \u2014 and some performance improvements.<\/h2>\n

For most of PC history, video card drivers were optimized around the gaming experience in all but the highest-end enterprise cards. Recently, Nvidia angled to change that with the release of its new \u201cCreator-Ready\u201d Drivers. This is a separate upgrade path from their normal \u201cGame-Ready\u201d drivers, designed to bring reliable performance upgrades to some of the biggest content-creation software on the market.<\/p>\n

Creator-Ready Update<\/h3>\n

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Until the Creator-Ready update, NVIDIA driver updates were majorly focused on following big video game releases. Driver updates largely consisted of improvements and optimizations for how the video card handles the code from those titles. Occasionally, a line item about updates to the Adobe Suite or AutoCAD would slip into the update notes. But, to find information about the best patches for the software a specific user might primarily use would require digging through the full patch notes from multiple drivers back, and comparing results with other users on forums.<\/p>\n

This new update path brings changes to the frustrating process of sorting through dozens of updates by focusing each update specifically on \u201cCreator\u201d software. From now on, NVIDIA video card users who opt into Creator-Ready drivers can rest assured that each update brings tested performance in some of the most commonly used programs on the market today.<\/p>\n

The Creator Drivers are available to download now for NVIDIA\u2019s graphics cards, starting with the GTX 1050, going through the 20-series, into the Titan V and Quadro 6000 product lines. For the less geeky, pretty much any card above a GTX 1050 should be able to make use of the new drivers.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to install the new driver. If you use NVIDIA\u2019s Geforce Experience software on your desktop, simply launch, then navigate to Drivers<\/strong> in the top menu. Select the three dots to the right of \u201cGame-Ready Driver,\u201d select \u201cCreator-Ready Driver,\u201d and follow normal installation procedures.<\/p>\n

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For users without the desktop app, simply follow this link to NVIDIA\u2019s download page. Make sure it supports your GPU, then download and follow normal installation procedures.<\/p>\n

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A big note before you go installing \u2014 there are some factors to think about before switching to these new drivers. First, let\u2019s take a look at what exactly the new software does.<\/p>\n

What Does It Do?<\/h3>\n

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NVIDIA\u2019s blog post about the new drivers has little information in regards to the kinds of improvements creators will see with the new updates. But, the download page claims some decent improvements on the RTX 2080:<\/p>\n

What the blog post does inform about, however, is the new methodology NVIDIA is taking with Creator updates moving forward.<\/p>\n

Rather than following the breakneck pace of major video game releases, NVIDIA will slow down major patches to the Creator updates to ensure maximum stability for the supported software. This means that special care and time is taken to simulate common workflows of creative professionals. In turn, this ensures the fastest and most stable performance possible.<\/p>\n

The first Creator update is largely focused on adding ray tracing support and GPU acceleration for Autodesk Arnold, Unreal Engine 4, REDCINE-X Pro, Lightroom CC, and Substance Designer. More apps are slated for RTX support later this year.<\/p>\n

So, improved GPU stability in common creative tasks with potential for speed improvements in the future sounds alright. But, is it worth it?<\/p>\n

Is It Worth It for You?<\/h3>\n

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NVIDIA\u2019s RTX support list lacks many of the primary tools used by audio, film, and video professionals like Premiere, After Effects, Avid, Resolve, and Cinema4D \u2014 to name just a few. Some of these programs, like Premiere, stay entirely \u201cCPU-bound.\u201d This means they only occasionally utilize the GPU for specific effects or transitions, so it is unlikely we\u2019ll see improvements until programs like these begin to make more use of the hardware available to them.<\/p>\n

Puget Systems released a fairly extensive dive into the performance changes users can expect by swapping to Creator Drivers. If you want an even more detailed analysis than this one, definitely give it a read.<\/p>\n

Puget\u2019s findings indicate that there is essentially no noticeable improvement in either Premiere or Photoshop over the current Game-Ready Drivers.<\/p>\n

Their testing did confirm NVIDIA\u2019s claim that the Creator Drivers will not significantly impact performance in games. But, given the likely longer release schedule of Creator updates, users who wish to game and work on the same machine will have to balance increased stability in professional programs, or up-to-date performance optimizations for the newest games. Most users should be able to make the correct decision for themselves based on how they use their machines.<\/p>\n

From the list of the planned software to support, it would appear that NVIDIA is collaborating directly with the partnered companies to develop specific solutions for their respective software. Perhaps with the success of this initial wave of updates, video and audio professionals will see new levels of hardware support for the programs they spend their time in.<\/p>\n

Having a separate, slower driver release option and a faster, more experimental release path opens up a new option for creative pros. If you want to stay on the Game-Ready Drivers, rest assured that you can remedy any bugs with a switch to the Creator Driver.<\/p>\n

While the initial release of the Creator Drivers might seem a little lackluster, I (for one) am excited about opportunities opening up in the near future. Better collaboration between hardware and software developers means it\u2019s only a matter of time before some truly revolutionary changes develop for us filmmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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