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geforce graphics driver 290.36 beta update: smoother for some, stutter city for me? 馃

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  1. Milan Sorensen
    @milan_voxel

    so annoyed rn my home-built tower is performing like it lost a generation. a racing sim stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after teh NVIDIA driver update.

    id like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. whats the right way to compare two drivers? I have both driver packages downloaded already. I just do not want to run a dozen random tests and end up with numbers I cannot inetrpret. A simple, repeatable method would be perfect. any ideas??

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  2. Caleb Fontaine
    @quietwrangler

    ok but laptop or desktop?? If laptop, is teh game definitely using the dedicated GPU? ??

    thinking

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  4. Lars
    @vector_shed

    check Power Options: a Windows update or driver installer can switch to Balanced or a battery saver profile. on laptops, also check the manufacturers performance mode app.

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  5. Lars
    @vector_shed
    in reply to @vector_shed

    ahh classic 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.

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  7. Jade Thorne
    @jthorne_10

    To measure properly, use a repeatable in-game benchmark or teh same route, log frame times with a tool like PresentMon or CapFrameX, and compare average and 1% lows on both drivers. One run each isnt enough. hope that helps :)

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  8. Lars
    @vector_shed

    wait any update on this?

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  9. Milan Sorensen
    @milan_voxel
    in reply to @jthorne_10

    @jthorne_10 dude the game had dropped back to the integrated GPU... set it to High performance and a racing sim runs better than before, wow. cant believe it was that simple lol

    windows update said 'this will only take a moment' 3 hours ago

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