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Switching From Game Ready To Studio Drivers: Worth The Hassle?

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  1. Idris Vos
    @idris_packet

    help!! every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. Now Im doing serious 3D modeling with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is teh slower branch genuinely more tested, or is it the same driver with a different label? i would also like to know if switching branches is painful, or if it is just a matter of downloading a different package and installing it cleanly. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

    nothing is more permanent than a temporary workaround

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  2. Ava
    @ava_late

    do you play brand-new releases on launch day? ?

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  3. Lea Garcia
    @leag687

    @otton541 what did u end up doing in the end

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  4. Diego Mori
    @diego_binary-2pk

    @rusty_probe thank u this worked!!. is game-ready even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  6. Amara Reid
    @amara_binary

    ahh classic pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo studio-driver from scratch worked for me anyway 🤷

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  7. Dev Adler
    @dev_cobalt

    ugh. my office machine is officially haunted any ideas??

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  8. Elif Bauer
    @rusty_probe

    oh ive been there lol broadly: gaming branches ship faster with optimizations for new releases. Studio/stable branches ship less often and focus on validation with creative apps. Both run games and apps fine. The difference is cadence and test focus, not capability. lmk how it goes

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  9. Nico Ferreira
    @nico_early

    hmmmm not sure about that idk man that soudns like bad advice tbh

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  10. Dev Adler
    @dev_cobalt

    nah tbh idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh. reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets idk maybe im wrong lol

    thinking

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  11. Pia
    @cachegarage

    Check ur creative app's system requirements page. Some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features. Make suree whichever branch u pick meets that.

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  12. Ava
    @ava_late

    @leag687 works on paper, not in real life

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  13. Nico Ferreira
    @nico_early

    yeahhh following, having the same problem worked for me anyway 🤷

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  14. Ava
    @ava_late
    in reply to @nico_early

    Dont hop branches every week. Pick one, note the version, and only change when smth you need is fixed or added. Frequent switching makes troubleshooting harder. lmk how it goes

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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  15. Zora Vos
    @zorav517

    +1 same here, ok this thread just saved my weekend hope that helps :)

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

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  16. Nadia Walsh
    @nadia_lucky

    ok so exact same thing happened to my mac last month

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  17. Ash
    @ash.nakamura

    ahh classic have u checked your studio-driver stetings? mine were reset after an update, told my boss it would take 10 mintues 😂 its been 3 hours

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  18. Amara Reid
    @amara_binary

    hmmm switching branches is easy: download the other pcakage from teh NVIDIA support page and install it with teh clean install option (or DDU if you wanna be thorough)... your apps dont need reinstalling. lmk how it goes

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  19. Dev Adler
    @dev_cobalt

    try turning off the settings first, fixed it for me

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  20. Nico Ferreira
    @nico_early

    pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo graphics from scratch hope that helps :)

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