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geforce graphics driver 537.42: what changed for you, good or bad?

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Accepted solution by Paula Grant — ahh classic for gaming, stability matters more than teh newest game optimizations. if theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch,…
  1. Daria Zhang
    @cron_lab

    long time lurker first post lol im on an old studio branch and everything works for streaming... now NVIDIA has GeForce Graphics Driver 537.42 out and the app keeps nagging me... part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers the last time an update gave me black screens for a week... has anyone been rnuning it for a while? any issues worth knowing before i click install? i would love a short, honest answer from ppl who have actually used it for a few weeks. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

    facepalm

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  2. Ines Wolfe
    @ines_cache

    are there any specific features or games in teh release notes u actually need? ??

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  4. Ivan
    @igill

    ahh classic read the release notes on the NVIDIA support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue matches your setup, wait; if teh fixes dont touch you, theres no rush.

    thumbsup

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  6. Liv J.
    @night_rider-xm

    yeahhh try turning off the power plan first, fixed it for me

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  11. Jade R.
    @routerbench

    Keep a short log of what driver youre on and when you changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates). When smth breaks later, you'll know if the timing matches.

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  12. Vik Park
    @vikp386

    My approach: make a restore point, download the previous driver package so its ready, then try the new one. If anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one. That makes updating a low-risk experiment. fingers crossed 🤞

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  13. Paula Grant
    @paula_buffer

    told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been a whole week seriously need help here 😭

    thinking

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  14. Ivan
    @igill

    Driver updates do sometimes include security fixes, so I wouldn't stay on a very old versoin forever. But waiting a week or two after release to see if a hotfix appears is perfectly reasonable.

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  15. Zora Celik
    @ping_wrangler

    lol same thing happened to me this. so much this

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  16. Paula Grant
    @paula_buffer
    Accepted solution

    ahh classic for gaming, stability matters more than teh newest game optimizations. if theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually the better fit.

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  18. Priya Weber
    @loosepilot-34m

    omg finally finally got it working, thx everyone... for me it was teh settings, swapped it and boom, fixed seriously made my day 😭🙏

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  19. Liv J.
    @night_rider-xm

    @night_rider-xm nah thats not it, stability has nothing to do with it. which version are you on?

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