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IF IT ISNT BROKEN, SHOULD I STILL UPDATE GEFORCE ION GRAPHICS DRIVER 331.93 BETA?

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Accepted solution by Kofi Sorensen — for plain office work with occasional games, stability matters more than teh newest game optimizations. if theres a separate…
  1. Farah
    @daemon_nomad

    ok weird one quick poll for ppl using NVIDIA hardware for competitive gaming: has GeForce Ion Graphics Driver 331.93 Beta treated u well? Ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users. Id like to hear from people for whom it just works, too 🤷 Tell me what you use it for, how long you have had it installed, and whetehr you had to change anything to make it behave. Even a quick "works fine for me" helps when deciding. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Bram Arslan
    @bram.arslan

    hmmmm quick q did u have problems with a NVIDIA update before, and if sooo, which kind??

    thinking

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  3. Farah
    @daemon_nomad
    in reply to @bram.arslan

    sorry forgot to say the last bad experience was black screens after an update, fixed by going back to the driver my PC came with. idk what else to say tbh

    facepalm

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  4. Cyrus Z.
    @copper_lab

    Read teh release notes on teh NVIDIA support page before anyhting else 😅 They list fixed issues and known issues. If a known issue matches your setup, wait; if the fixes dont touch you, theres no rush.

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  5. Cyrus Z.
    @copper_lab

    hmmm same issue here on my secnod monitor setup. no idea whats going on fingers crossed 🤞

    thumbsup

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  6. Sana
    @sadler_40

    for me it was the antivirus. swapped it and boom, fixed. told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been all weekend

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  8. Cyrus Z.
    @copper_lab

    hmmm came here to say exactly this worked for me anyway 🤷

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  9. Ivan Weber
    @ivanw339

    my approach: make a restore point, download teh previous driver package sooo its ready, then try the new one. if anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one... that makes updating a low-risk experiment. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  10. Jonas Reyes
    @jonas.reyes88
    in reply to @ivanw339

    driver updates do smoetimes include security fixes, so i wouldnt stay on a very old version forever. but waiting a week or two after release to see if a hotfix appears is perfectly reasonable.

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  11. Kofi Sorensen
    @kofis183
    Accepted solution

    for plain office work with occasional games, stability matters more than teh newest game optimizations. if theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually teh better fit.

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  12. Bo Torres
    @proxyden

    lol same thing happened to me bump, still happening with driver for me

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  13. Farah
    @daemon_nomad
    in reply to @kofis183

    @kofis183 decided to wait two weeks, then updated with the preivous package ready just in case 👍 geForce Ion Graphics Driver 331.93 Beta has been fine so far.

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