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has anyone actually noticed a difference between driver branches for video editing?

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  1. Mateo Bauer
    @lambda_loop

    im literally losing my mind here every time i open the NVIDIA app it asks which branch i want and i click whichever is selected. Now Im doing serious video editing with deadlines and i care more about stability than the newest game fixes. Is the 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. seriously need help here 😭

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  2. Mila O.
    @milao210

    uhh which apps do you use for indie games, and do they list a recommended driver?? ??

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  3. Kenji Z.
    @kenjiz943

    been there man +1 same here

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  4. Daria K.
    @pixel_loop

    +1 same here hope that helps :)

    15 tabs open and chrome ate all 32GB of ram again

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  6. Ada C.
    @adac582

    reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets

    facepalm

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  7. Lars Becker
    @nimbus_rider549

    nah tbh idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh

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  8. Daria K.
    @pixel_loop

    long time lurker first post lol reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets pls help 🙏

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  11. Ines
    @ibrandt
    in reply to @paula_lucky

    ahh classic broadly: gaming branches ship faster with optimizaitons for new releases... studio/stable branches ship less often and focus on validation with cerative apps. both run games and apps fine, the difference is cadence and test focus, not capability. hope that helps :)

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  12. Liv I.
    @livi137

    reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets

    thinking

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  13. Tomas Moreau
    @tomas.moreau

    ok so if indie games pays your bills, teh stable/studio branch is a sensible default. Games still run well on it; you just get new game optimizations a bit later. hope that helps :)

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  14. Ada Torres
    @ada_patch-274

    @paula_lucky nah thats not it, nvidia has nothing to do with it

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  15. Tomas Moreau
    @tomas.moreau
    in reply to @ada_patch-274

    switching branches is easy: download the other package from the NVIDIA support page and install it with teh clean install option (or DDU if you want to be thoorugh). your apps dont need reinstalling.

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  16. Ada C.
    @adac582

    ok so check your creative apps system requirements page... some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features, make sure whichever branch you pick meets that.

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  17. Idris
    @idris.arslan

    pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo gpu from scratch

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  18. Lars Becker
    @nimbus_rider549
    in reply to @idris.arslan

    oh ive been there lol dont hop branches every week. Pick one, note teh version, and only change when something you need is fixed or added 😭 Frequent switching makes troubleshooting harder. fingers crossed 🤞

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  19. Idris
    @idris.arslan
    in reply to @nimbus_rider549

    hmmmm not sure about that ive used the gaming branch for creative work for years without issue. the stable branch is nice, but not manadtory. but hey ymmv

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