NVIDIA RTX/Quadro Graphics Driver 516.25 for Server 2022

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 515 U1:

- This release includes bug fixes and driver component enhancements to improve performance.
- Support for Windows 11 22H2 operating system

Studio Application/Feature Support:

- DaVinci Resolve 18—support for Automatic Depth Map, using AI to instantly generate 3D depth map of a scene to quickly grade the foreground and backgrounds separately, Object Mask Tracking, leveraging AI to recognize and track the movement of thousands of unique objects, and Surface Tracking, using CUDA cores to calculate and track any surface and apply graphics that warp or change perspective.
- Topaz Labs' Gigapixel AI 6.1—performance improvements powered by Tensor Cores for face recovery when upscaling photos.
- Marmoset Toolbag 4.04—support for new features, such as ray-traced Depth of Field, and improved rendering speeds with migration DirectX 12.
- Reallusion iClone 8 and Character Creator 4—support for NVIDIA volumetric lighting and GPU-accelerated skinning for smooth animations with ActorCore characters.

NVIDIA Omniverse:

- Omniverse Cloud Simple Share lets users click once to package and send an Omniverse scene to friends
- Audio2Face updates allow quick and easy generation of expressive facial animation from just an audio source
- Omniverse XR App—support for beta release, enabling instant rendering of high-poly models without special imports
- Omniverse Machinima—new sequencer, coupled with animation and rendering features, enable easy creation of animated shorts.

Fixed Issues in Version 515 U1:

- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: NVIDIA Image Sharpening stranded in stale state
- [Dassault]: Invalid format error when DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB is used with DX/OGL interop
- [Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE] VK/OGL interop crash with dedicated memory allocation
- [Maxon Cinema4D][Redshift][Adobe Photoshop]: Redshift crashes Cinema4D on material thumbnail generation when system resources are used by Photoshop

This release supports the following APIs:

- Open Computing Language (OpenCL software) 3.0 for NVIDIA Maxwell and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.3
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12
- NVIDIA CUDA 11.7
- This driver installs nView Desktop Manager version 202.85.

Compatible NVIDIA RTX Series:

- NVIDIA RTX A6000, NVIDIA RTX A5500, NVIDIA RTX A5000, NVIDIA RTX A4500, NVIDIA RTX A4000H, NVIDIA RTX A4000, NVIDIA RTX A2000 12GB, NVIDIA RTX A2000, NVIDIA T1000 8GB, NVIDIA T1000, NVIDIA T600, NVIDIA T400 4GB, NVIDIA T400

Compatible Quadro RTX Series:

- Quadro RTX 8000, Quadro RTX 6000, Quadro RTX 5000, Quadro RTX 4000, Quadro RTX 3000
 

Compatible Quadro Series:

- Quadro GV100, Quadro GP100, Quadro P6000, Quadro P5000, Quadro P4000, Quadro P2200, Quadro P2000, Quadro P1000, Quadro P620, Quadro P600, Quadro P400, Quadro M6000 24GB, Quadro M6000, Quadro M5000, Quadro M4000, Quadro M2000, Quadro K2200, Quadro K1200, Quadro K620

Compatible Quadro Blade/Embedded Series:

- Quadro RTX 3000, Quadro T2000, Quadro T1000, Quadro P5000, Quadro P3000, Quadro P2000, Quadro P1000, Quadro M5000 SE, Quadro M3000 SE

Compatible Quadro NVS Series:

- NVS 810

Compatible Sync Series:

- Quadro Sync II, Quadro Sync

Compatible NVS Series:

- NVS 810

About Graphics Drivers:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered.

When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset).

Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect.

That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.