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HOW TO PROVE A DRIVER MADE MY GAMES SLOWER (NOT JUST VIBES)

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Accepted solution by Otto K. — yeahhh if measurement confirms a regression, roll back with DDU to the previous driver, and report it to NVIDIA with your GPU, game and…
  1. Jonas S.
    @jonass649

    ok so something's off. a competitive shooter feels sluggish since the GeForce Graphics Driver update and the FPS counter agrees with me.

    Fatal error

    Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.

    That crash happened once too. I'm on a gaming laptop. I've restatred, reinstalled the game, and turned off recording. Before I go back to the old driver, is there something I should check first? I would also like to understand how to measure this properly, because right now I am mostly going on feel and an FPS counter in the corner of the screen. what am i doing wrong??

    thinking

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  2. Otto K.
    @otto_mutex

    been there man first rule out the obvious: on laptops, check that the game actually uses teh dedicated GPU. Settings > System > Display > Graphics, add the games .exe, set it to High performance. Driver updates can reset per-app GPU preferences. good luck man!

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  3. Otto K.
    @otto_mutex

    ahh classic check that the driver install didn't reset your control panel settings (power management mode, low latency mode, V-Sync, frame caps). A clean install resets everything to defaults, which can feel like a performance change.

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  4. Oskar Vance
    @daemonotter

    ok weird one i swear graphics is cursed. wait does this also apply to 576.28? im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  5. Bea Z.
    @bea.zhang

    ps i come back to this thread every week just for the drama

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  6. Vik
    @vjansen-x5

    +1 same here

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  7. Elif Fontaine
    @luckypilot

    hmmm check Power Options: a Windows update or driver installer can switch to Balanced or a battery saver profile. On latpops, also check teh manufacturers performance mode app.

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  8. Rafa
    @cachemonk-2gq

    yeahhh after a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which causes stutter for the first sessions. give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver shader cache manually in the control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it rebuild once. fingers crossed 🤞

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  9. Lina R.
    @linar836

    @otto_mutex did u ever fix it??

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  10. Bea Z.
    @bea.zhang
    in reply to @linar836

    ok so to measure properly, use a repeatable in-game benchmark or the same route, log frame times with a tool like PresentMon or CapFrameX, and compare average and 1% lows on both drivers, one run each isn't enough. good luck man!

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  11. Rafa
    @cachemonk-2gq

    @otto_mutex nah thats not it, 576.28 has nothing to do with it

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  12. Bea Z.
    @bea.zhang

    oof have u checked your 576.28 settings? mine were reset after an update. reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets

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  13. Otto K.
    @otto_mutex
    Accepted solution

    yeahhh if measurement confirms a regression, roll back with DDU to the previous driver, and report it to NVIDIA with your GPU, game and settings.

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  17. Jonas S.
    @jonass649
    in reply to @otto_mutex

    @otto_mutex wowww ok measured both drivers properly and the new one really was worse in a competitive shooter on my gaming laptop. Rolled back and reported it :) thx for the method! owe u a beer 🍺

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