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Neil79 · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:41

String said:
Why don't you roll back to an earlier driver?

Or the ones recommended in this post

Supernaut91 · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:47

String said:
Why don't you roll back to an earlier driver?

I want to play the Witcher 3 so that isn't an option.

Dirk Diggler · 8 Jun 2015 at 15:07

Supernaut91 said:
I want to play the Witcher 3 so that isn't an option.

Are you sure? I was playing Witcher 3 with 980 SLI with the driver previous to the latest one and it was excellent.

traveyb · 8 Jun 2015 at 15:44

Going to try 350.12 as I keep getting CTD's on BF4 (not sure if it's related but worth a punt)

Neil79 · 8 Jun 2015 at 15:57

traveyb said:
Going to try 350.12 as I keep getting CTD's on BF4 (not sure if it's related but worth a punt)

Try the Nvidia 353.00 drivers first

wunkley · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:37

Been testing for a few hours now with the Afterburner polling rate set to 5000....

Not had a desktop crash, yet...

Dicehunter · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:20

I'm getting screen tearing while just scrolling through my Steam Library and on YouTube videos, Driver issue or just a side effect of 4K ?

BaronVonDuncs · 10 Jun 2015 at 06:58

Not quite sure what did it but so far my 353.06 has remained stable. No crashes so far in chrome.

pgi947 · 10 Jun 2015 at 07:33

Dicehunter said:
I'm getting screen tearing while just scrolling through my Steam Library and on YouTube videos, Driver issue or just a side effect of 4K ?

Getting a similar problem in some games, even with gsync, tearing skipping and stuttering around like its 20fps when it's actually 100+, alt tab out and back in usually helps.

Drivers are a ******* state just now, nvidia churn out 2 drivers a month jam packed full of bugs and amd just don't release any.

toon_mad · 10 Jun 2015 at 12:35

Quick question, getting my 980 Ti delivered later today and for the past week and half have been using the onboard Intel 4600 graphics of the i7-4770K. Usually I dont install the Intel driver software because never really use the onboard apart from this time waiting for the new graphics card so I had to install the driver software.

So my question is, do I need to uninstall the Intel graphics drivers first before switching the pc off, putting the new graphics card in and then install the Nvidia drivers?

On Holiday · 10 Jun 2015 at 15:41

New levels!!

toon_mad · 10 Jun 2015 at 17:09

Answered my own question, basically plugged the new graphics card in and the Intel configuration shortcuts dont appear on the desktop right click menu, so installed the Nvidia drivers and all seems good. I assume the Nvidia ones take over from the Intel ones and if I remove the graphics card the Intel one becomes the primary one again.

So from what I can tell, having the Intel and Nvidia drivers installed together doesnt seem to pose any problem but if anyone thinks otherwise and best to uninstall the Intel ones then I will do that, otherwise all seems good

StrongSad · 10 Jun 2015 at 18:23

toon_mad said:
Answered my own question, basically plugged the new graphics card in and the Intel configuration shortcuts dont appear on the desktop right click menu, so installed the Nvidia drivers and all seems good. I assume the Nvidia ones take over from the Intel ones and if I remove the graphics card the Intel one becomes the primary one again.

So from what I can tell, having the Intel and Nvidia drivers installed together doesnt seem to pose any problem but if anyone thinks otherwise and best to uninstall the Intel ones then I will do that, otherwise all seems good

I still have mine installed, however I do have integrated graphics disabled in my Bios.

I don't think it really makes any difference TBH

toon_mad · 10 Jun 2015 at 18:50

Strudders said:
I still have mine installed, however I do have integrated graphics disabled in my Bios.

I don't think it really makes any difference TBH

Yeah I was worried mostly about conflicting drivers but it seems ok. I know laptops use optimus where you have the discrete and dedicated gpu, i know for desktops it's not the same but I guess it should be ok having both installed.

Phixsator · 10 Jun 2015 at 19:06

pgi947 said:
Getting a similar problem in some games, even with gsync, tearing skipping and stuttering around like its 20fps when it's actually 100+, alt tab out and back in usually helps.

Drivers are a ******* state just now, nvidia churn out 2 drivers a month jam packed full of bugs and amd just don't release any.

And here i thought i was the only one with skipping/stuttering issues..problem is i cant revert to an older driver as there are none for the 980ti.. getting a bit p*ssed

BaronVonDuncs · 11 Jun 2015 at 09:47

toon_mad said:
Answered my own question, basically plugged the new graphics card in and the Intel configuration shortcuts dont appear on the desktop right click menu, so installed the Nvidia drivers and all seems good. I assume the Nvidia ones take over from the Intel ones and if I remove the graphics card the Intel one becomes the primary one again.

So from what I can tell, having the Intel and Nvidia drivers installed together doesnt seem to pose any problem but if anyone thinks otherwise and best to uninstall the Intel ones then I will do that, otherwise all seems good

I am not sure myself so I usually remove the Intel drivers and deactivate the onboard graphics in the bios to be on the safe side. Mind you kind of a hassle when you do have to take the PCI graphics cards out but then I have an SLi setup so the odds of both failing at the same time are pretty low I reckon.

Still if its working for you then obviously I am being over cautious.

SeeNoWeevil · 11 Jun 2015 at 12:43

toon_mad said:
Yeah I was worried mostly about conflicting drivers but it seems ok. I know laptops use optimus where you have the discrete and dedicated gpu, i know for desktops it's not the same but I guess it should be ok having both installed.

The onboard GPU will be disabled as soon as you put the PCI-e one in. The drivers won't even be loading.

BaronVonDuncs · 11 Jun 2015 at 16:23

SeeNoWeevil said:
The onboard GPU will be disabled as soon as you put the PCI-e one in. The drivers won't even be loading.

Hmm I didn't know that, so once again my idiocy rocks!

Rroff · 11 Jun 2015 at 20:55

Archeum said:
New levels!!

Are you using windowed gsync?

pgi947 said:
Drivers are a ******* state just now, nvidia churn out 2 drivers a month jam packed full of bugs and amd just don't release any.

I really don't get it - using 353.xx here and aside from the windowed gsync bug which is easy to work around they are so far solid for me, if not the best driver in a long time - machines I've tested/using it on:

GTX780, Windows 7
GTX470, Windows 7
GTX675m, Windows 7
GTX970, Windows 8

I even "borrowed" a system to test Windows 8 (which I only have on tablets) and loaded it up with AB, Chrome (which I don't normally use), etc. and so far unable to make it crash - the only thing I've not tried as I don't have it is playing Witcher 3 - its fine playing GTA V, etc.

EDIT: Obviously there is an issue I'm not saying people are making it up or the drivers are flawless or something.

riskyfrisky · 11 Jun 2015 at 22:03

I've done a fresh install on the PC in my sig, and every time I install the NVIDIA driver, Windows decides it can't be bothered to run properly.

I've installed the latest driver 353.06 twice and the driver that was recommended through Windows update, and each time I get as far as the desktop Windows wallpaper but no icons, start bar or task bar. Ctrl-alt-del just brings up a black screen and I have to go into safe mode and uninstall all NVIDIA stuff for Windows to load properly.

I used driver sweeper to remove everything so I have no idea what is going on.

Is this a hardware issue or just really dodgy drivers? I'll try an older driver set but I'm pretty sure it'll be the same.

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