Driver Has Stopped Responding - Nvidia Driver Crashes

N19h7m4r3 · 20 Jul 2015 at 18:58

According to NVIDIA they're still investigating the reason for so many TDRs and video scheduler internal error BSOD's.

Also worth noting that on my end I had two BSOD's with Witcher 3 Patch 1.07, and 7 crashes within 12 minute period. Something is a foot on both ends, NVIDIA and CDPR.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...353-49-released-7-8-15-/post/4597676/#4597676

I downloaded 353.49, but I'm not sure I want to try it now. I've had the best luck and 'stability' with 353.06 and Witcher 3 1.06

Neil79 · 20 Jul 2015 at 18:59

N19h7m4r3 said:
According to NVIDIA they're still investigating the reason for so many TDRs and video scheduler internal error BSOD's.

It started after users complained that Kepler performance was nerfed

I'm staying on 353.38 until Nvidia get their act together for good

User said - Was just about to post on the other hotfix that I still had crashes on Witcher 3 with my 680 card. Guess i'll try this one too before i get real upset.

ManualG - That is still something we are investigating.

N19h7m4r3 · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:06

Neil79 said:
It started after users complained that Kepler performance was nerfed

I'm staying on 353.38 until Nvidia get their act together for good

I'm not sure which one I want. Might try .49 and see how it goes. It's just so damn annoying. Since I built my system it's been 100% stable, until I got the 980Ti's and been on NV's latest drivers

So much performance, but these issues are madness.

Kelt · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:10

N19h7m4r3 said:
I'm not sure which one I want. Might try .49 and see how it goes. It's just so damn annoying. Since I built my system it's been 100% stable, until I got the 980Ti's and been on NV's latest drivers

So much performance, but these issues are madness.

Might be worth trying the .51 drivers.

Touch wood, they've been stable for me for a couple of days now.

Neil79 · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:11

Kelt said:
Might be worth trying the .51 drivers.

Touch wood, they've been stable for me for a couple of days now.

Wasn't for me, it was those drivers that caused the grey screen of death to start!

Kelt · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:20

Neil79 said:
Wasn't for me, it was those drivers that caused the grey screen of death to start!

I must admit, every time I start a game now, I'm wondering how long it will be before it crashes!

N19h7m4r3 · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:33

Holy moly, I just started reading more through the 353.49 driver thread and the sheer amount of issues with crashes in the Witcher 3 is mental. I'll be avoiding these as well, and still be stuck on 353.06.

None of my AMD using friends have had anything like these.

Neil79 · 20 Jul 2015 at 19:56

I wish I never left the 350.12's lol but I'm not psychic

N19h7m4r3 · 20 Jul 2015 at 20:09

Kelt said:
Might be worth trying the .51 drivers.

Touch wood, they've been stable for me for a couple of days now.

Neil79 said:
I wish I never left the 350.12's lol but I'm not psychic

To be honest until I switched to the 980Ti's I never had issues like that, and it's all down to the 353.06 drivers.

To think I ran Witcher 3 for longer with less issues on my old GTX 580, albiet not even close to the same graphical fidelity. I hope NVIDIA get's this sorted, I'm not too patient after dealing with the same issues for months. Looking to see if I can get Xfire Fury X W3 performance at my in-game settings, and if they're similar I'll swap over to that until Pascal is out.

andybird123 · 20 Jul 2015 at 20:29

I'm not having any crashes in witcher 3, using latest drivers and borderless window
Not sure if that is a driver issue or game issue tbh

Kelt · 21 Jul 2015 at 01:40

Back on to the 350.12 driver.

had a lock up in Borderlands 2 with the leaked 353.51's.

I'm going back to my Trident 512K if this keeps up, that card never crashed on me.

StriderX · 21 Jul 2015 at 09:41

So what is this...like 5 crappy drivers one after another.

Impressive.

Neil79 · 21 Jul 2015 at 10:27

Kelt said:
Back on to the 350.12 driver.

had a lock up in Borderlands 2 with the leaked 353.51's.
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StriderX said:
So what is this...like 5 crappy drivers one after another.

Impressive.

Exactly the same re crashes/lock ups. Going back to 350.12 as many have done, with the added oomph of Kboost fixed it for me.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18682590

I will not be touching any 353. range drivers again

wunkley · 21 Jul 2015 at 10:36

For what it's worth I've not had a single crash yet with the 353.38 drivers! Before these I had constant desktop crashes (not games) with every single 353.xx before these. I'm sticking on these for the foreseeable.

Neil79 · 21 Jul 2015 at 12:19

wunkley said:
For what it's worth I've not had a single crash yet with the 353.38 drivers! Before these I had constant desktop crashes (not games) with every single 353.xx before these. I'm sticking on these for the foreseeable.

I'd stay on those, don't even bother with the new ones. If it works leave it alone, one thing I never learn

sunlitsix · 21 Jul 2015 at 12:22

Now that I've finished Arkham Knight I've also rolled back to the 350.12s again so that I can enjoy playing my other games without the risk of crashing every 10 minutes...

Neil79 · 21 Jul 2015 at 12:25

sunlitsix said:
Now that I've finished Arkham Knight I've also rolled back to the 350.12s again so that I can enjoy playing my other games without the risk of crashing every 10 minutes...

Good man

Kelt · 21 Jul 2015 at 12:48

wunkley said:
For what it's worth I've not had a single crash yet with the 353.38 drivers! Before these I had constant desktop crashes (not games) with every single 353.xx before these. I'm sticking on these for the foreseeable.

Damn!

I'm like a flea hopping from one dog to another!

Giving these a go now...

D1craig · 30 Jul 2015 at 16:25

Silent_Scone said:
Do you two guys mind telling me what cards and screens you're using please?

im using EVGA SC ACX 2.0 GTX 970 and monitor is - Asus VN279Q 27" Widescreen Super-Slim Bezel LED Monitor - Black

EDIT - sorry if thats too late. just had like 4 crashes from the latest drivers updated today and was searching for the drivers i last had. found this in "my posts" list and didnt realise the date it was asked.

Silent_Scone · 30 Jul 2015 at 17:09

Yes sorry this was in reply to feedback for 353.38. What were you doing at the time and what driver? It's never too late for feedback.

Still not had any issues on 353 at all on my TX rig