**THE NVIDIA DRIVERS THREAD**

[melmac]

The main thing that comes to mind when I hear things like this is, did you format Windows before sticking an AMD card in? I always format before switching from AMD to Nvidia or vice versa, never have issues. Surely it cannot be PEBCAK as sugested by Humbug as you are competent enough to build a custom cooled PC. Apart from that it must be bad luck

What? you reinstall everything when you switch GPU? That hasn't been needed since windows 7 was launched. You can even swap motherboards now without issues. Reinstalling the operating system when changing hardware is a hold over from the days of XP and older operating systems.

It might not be PEBKAC or bad luck, it might be all down to perception. People tend to be a lot more tolerant of issues for a brand they prefer, whether it be mobile phones, cars or graphic cards.

 

[Ayahuasca]

You'd have to be extremely unlucky for every card you've owned from 1 brand to have given you issues.

 

[TNA]

What? you reinstall everything when you switch GPU? That hasn't been needed since windows 7 was launched. You can even swap motherboards now without issues. Reinstalling the operating system when changing hardware is a hold over from the days of XP and older operating systems.

It might not be PEBKAC or bad luck, it might be all down to perception. People tend to be a lot more tolerant of issues for a brand they prefer, whether it be mobile phones, cars or graphic cards.

Not like I change hardware often, so not an issue. I even enjoy doing a format roughly once a year. Back in Windows 98/XP days, it would be 2-3 times a year as HDD would really slow down and I wanted peak possible performance. Since SSDs and as you say Windows 7, not much need, but it is habit I suppose. Does not take long anyway if you know what you are doing and multi task while doing it

Oh and yes, perception I do believe plays a lot into it. Like even Chris admits he won't be going SLI again which means drivers did not work to satisfaction presumably, yet he is happy with Nvidia after spending a large amount of money on second Titan X and being let down and will be sticking for his next GPU purchase.

 

[Neil79]

378.49 WHQL

Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Conan Exiles early access, and the For Honor closed beta

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-378-49-whql-driver-download.html

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Conan Exiles early access, and the For Honor closed beta.

New Features
Added support for the following products:
•GeForce GTX 1050 notebook
•GeForce GTX 1050 Ti notebook

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
•Battlefield 1
•Deus Ex: Breach Standalone - added DirectX 11 profile
•Diablo III - added DirectX 11 profile
•Dreadnought(2016) - added DirectX 11 profile
•LEGO: Minifigures Online - added SLI-Single profile
•Sid Meier's Civilization VI
•Shooter Game (HDR) - added DirectX 11 profile
•Sniper Elite 4 - added DirectX 11 profile
•Space Hulk: DeathWing - added SLI-Single profile
•Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
•Watch Dogs 2

3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:
•Resident Evil 7 - not recommended
•Conan Exiles - not recommended

3D Compatibility Mode Profiles
These games must be run in DirectX 10/11 mode to see improvements and are not compatible with 3D Vision Surround mode. See “3D Compatibility Mode” on page 5 for more information.

Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:
•Watch Dogs 2 - excellent

Windows 10 Fixed Issues

[GeForce TITAN X][Just Cause 3] Random flashes occur in the game. [1846802]

[GeForce GTX 1080][Wargames: Red Dragon]: The system reboots after switching to full-screen mode while playing the game. [1838863]

[GeForce GTX1080]: Random TDR/black screens occur when running GPU-intensive Direct X applications after updating to Windows 10 Anniversary Update. [1811614]

[GeForce GTX 1070][Alienware Graphics Amplifier] The graphics card is not detected upon installing the driver. [200236450]

[GeForce GTX 1070][Battlefield 1] Rain puddles appear dark. [1853262]

[GeForce GTX 1060] A superfluous audio end point entry appears in the Windows Sound Devices panel after resuming from hibernate mode. [200253633]

Assassins Creed - Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces. [200211264]

[SLI][Battlefield 1]: Texture flickering occurs in the game with SLI enabled. [200252872]

[Hitman pro][DirectX 12] Flickering corruption appears in the game if the multi-GPU option is enabled from the in-game settings. [200252498]

[Folding @ Home] Work unit errors occur. [200262613/1831430]

[Diablo 3 DirectX 11] SLI profile needed. [1859126]

 

[foster grant]

OK so I cant ( it comes up with failed for everything ) install driver for my 15 yo daughter's GTX 980 , this has been going on for the last couple of days ...anyone else have this issue ?

Also I did use DDU ...but the same issue keeps happening....can anyone help please ?

thanks

her specs are as follows.

GTX G1 980 .

4670K ( No OC) .

16 GB @2400 .

MSI Z87 GD65 .

So she is unable to play any games at all ...bless her she was in tears

 

[maonayze]

Okay lets start with the obvious stuff first. Which version of the driver are you trying to install and have you gone back to any other driver versions and tried those (I am guessing you have probably covered this). Did you have any issues with the card prior to the driver update (Overheating etc..) Have you tried a windows re-install? Have you done a google on possible issues with the current driver? Have you tried a different download of the same driver? (Could be corrupted download).

Any screenshots of any errors you could put up?

 

[foster grant]

well its the latest driver....ie the game ready driver put out today ( cant do a roll back as I did a uninstall with DDU), and the GeForce download I got from Nvidia's website ( as I always do ) , plus its an upgrade of windows 10 Home...but the problem was an issue before that .

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thats what we get when we try to run any game/s

 

[Simon Belmont]

About time. Cheers

 

[Ayahuasca]

Apparently there's a new option in the NCP called Optimize for Compute Performance with these drivers but looks to only be for Maxwell cards.

 

[Loxa]

How are the new drivers for stability?

 

[syks]

How are the new drivers for stability?

not sure yet, just installed it and will be trying it out in a short while with a couple of games, cant be much worse than the last one though as I lost a few fps with that one

 

[syks]

mmm not sure what to make yet as only tried bf1 so far, in one map I got drops lower than I have before for some reason, average fps wasn't as great as I have had in the past either but on the second map I tried it wasn't to bad at all, need to try a few more games to see what I think really as bf1 hasn't been that great for me since the last couple of updates.

 

[Kelt]

OK so I cant ( it comes up with failed for everything ) install driver for my 15 yo daughter's GTX 980 , this has been going on for the last couple of days ...anyone else have this issue ?

Also I did use DDU ...but the same issue keeps happening....can anyone help please ?

thanks

her specs are as follows.

GTX G1 980 .

4670K ( No OC) .

16 GB @2400 .

MSI Z87 GD65 .

So she is unable to play any games at all ...bless her she was in tears

You could always try a system restore to a previous point.

 

[Loxa]

mmm not sure what to make yet as only tried bf1 so far, in one map I got drops lower than I have before for some reason, average fps wasn't as great as I have had in the past either but on the second map I tried it wasn't to bad at all, need to try a few more games to see what I think really as bf1 hasn't been that great for me since the last couple of updates.

Well i went back to 376.33, for some reason the latest driver takes control of all my pwm fans connected to the mobo :s. Very uncomfortably loud to game with.

 

[romeooscarbravo]

The new drivers have completely shot resident evil 7 even though i had it perfectly well before the update in 4k. Now it stutters and is really sluggish.

 

[smogsy]

well its the latest driver....ie the game ready driver put out today ( cant do a roll back as I did a uninstall with DDU), and the GeForce download I got from Nvidia's website ( as I always do ) , plus its an upgrade of windows 10 Home...but the problem was an issue before that .

Screen Shot



thats what we get when we try to run any game/s

dont use DDU its not needed.

sounds like the current nvidia install is broken bad

download an older driver run a full clean install in safe mode if necessary

 

[foster grant]

OK thanks smogsy i'll give that a go upon the morro

 

[opethdisciple]

DDU and using restore points compound your problems.

 

[syks]

Well i went back to 376.33, for some reason the latest driver takes control of all my pwm fans connected to the mobo :s. Very uncomfortably loud to game with.

its very strange how people have totally different things happen with nvidias last few drivers as my fans havnt changed at all, defo got worse frames on the first bf1 map I tried though but like I said I havnt had very good performance on that game for a while now

 

[Loxa]

dont use DDU its not needed.

sounds like the current nvidia install is broken bad

download an older driver run a full clean install in safe mode if necessary

DDU and using restore points compound your problems.

Never had an issue with DDU, pretty nifty program (if used correctly).