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UPDATE NOW OR STAY ON A DRIVER FROM LAST YEAR? THE ETERNAL NVIDIA QUESTION

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Accepted solution by Hana Becker — Driver updates do sometimes include security fixes, so i wouldnt stay on a very old version forever. But waiting a week or two after…
  1. Rowan
    @subnet_forge

    long time lurker first post lol im on a driver from last year and everything works for 3D rendering... now NVIDIA has GeForce Graphics Driver 551.86 out and the app keeps nagging me. part of me wants the fixes, part of me remembers teh last time an update gave me black screens for a week... has anyone been running it for a while? 😤 any issues worth knwoing before i click install? xD i would love a short, honest answer from ppl who have actually used it for a few weeks.

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  2. Hana Becker
    @hbecker

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

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  4. Hana Becker
    @hbecker

    hmmm for office work, stability matters more than the newest game optimizations. if theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually the betetr fit. lmk how it goes

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

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  5. Otto D.
    @embersage
    in reply to @hbecker

    keep a short log of what driver ure on and when u changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates). When smth braeks later, ull know if teh timing matches.

    thumbsup

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  6. Cleo
    @cleo_night

    @hbecker works on paper, not in real life

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  7. Ada
    @ada_ember

    lol this thread is gold. for me it was the fan curve 🔥 swapped it and boom, fixed

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  8. Cleo
    @cleo_night

    @embersage what did u end up doing in the end ??

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  9. Elena Dalton
    @polar_deck

    read the release notes on the NVIDIA support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue macthes your setup, wait; if teh fixes dont touch you, theres no rush. fingers crossed 🤞

    somewhere an AI is confidently telling someone the wrong fix rn

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  11. Ada
    @ada_ember

    @subnet_forge what did u end up doing in the end. honestly just reset the thermal paste and save yousrelf the pain ??

    thinking

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  12. Leon
    @livanova

    oof have u checked ur driver-update settings? mine were reset after an update. +1 same here

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  13. Hana Becker
    @hbecker
    Accepted solution

    Driver updates do sometimes 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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  15. Otto D.
    @embersage

    hmm idk "If it works, dont touch it" is fine for a while, but eventually a game or app will require a newer driver and youll be jumping several versions at once, which is riskier. idk maybe im wrong lol

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  16. Rowan
    @subnet_forge
    in reply to @hbecker

    @hbecker dude decided to wait two weeks, then updated with teh previous package ready just in case. geForce Graphics Driver 551.86 has been fine so far. thank u thank u thank u

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