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I Do Work Only. Which Branch Of GeForce Graphics Driver Makes Sense?

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by Ash PereiraJump to the reply

ok so 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 cadnece and test focus, not capability. fingers crossed 🤞

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  1. Nina
    @nzhang

    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 seriuos machine learning experiments 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 switcihng 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

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  2. Tomas Iqbal
    @tomas_late

    hmmmm quick q have you had actual stability problems, or is this preventive? ??

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  3. Wes Garcia
    @wgarcia

    ok so have u checked your studio-driver settings?? ;) mine were reset after an update worked for me anyway 🤷

    nothing is more permanent than a temporary workaround

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  6. Tomas Iqbal
    @tomas_late

    been there man this. sooo much this fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Liv W.
    @lwalsh_30

    ehh everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof

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  11. Malik
    @malik.kaur
    in reply to @urahman

    oh ive been there lol try turning off the thermal paste first, fixed it for me good luck man!

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  12. Malik
    @malik.kaur

    oh ive been there lol check your creative apps system requirements page. some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features. make suree whichever branch you pick meets that. lmk how it goes

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  13. Dima B.
    @voxel_den-19g

    omggg ok update: did what @stackprobe said and its fine now. @aident824 did u ever fix it?

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  14. Aiden Torres
    @aident824

    lol same thing happened to me try turning off the thermal paste first, fixed it for me

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  15. Theo Vos
    @tvos
    in reply to @aident824

    been there man dont hop branches every week. pick one, note teh version, and only change when smth you need is fixed or added. frequent switching makes troubleshooting harder. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  16. Malik
    @malik.kaur

    uhh is 378.92 even worth bothering with or should i just leave it, lol this thread is gold ?

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  18. Aiden Torres
    @aident824

    hmmm is geforce even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  19. Theo Vos
    @tvos

    is nvidia even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  20. Wes Garcia
    @wgarcia
    in reply to @tvos

    been there man switching branches is easy: download teh other package from the NVIDIA support page and install it with the clean install option (or DDU if u wanna be thorough). Your apps dont need reinstalling. good luck man!

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