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FPS TANKED AFTER NVIDIA FORCEWARE DRIVER 97.46. PLACEBO OR REAL?

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Accepted solution by Mila Halvorsen — To measure properly, use a repeatable in game benchmark or the same route, log frame times with a tool like PresentMon or CapFrameX, and…
  1. Leon
    @leon.brandt52

    long time lurker first post lol i play a competitive shooter every evening on my budget build and know exactly how it should feel. After installing NVIDIA ForceWare Driver 97.46, its noticeably choppier, frame times are all over the place, and tonight it even crashed once:

    Fatal error

    Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.

    I havent changed any in-game settings. temps look normal. is it possible a driver update makes things this much worse, or am I imagining it? seriously need help here 😭

    at this point my GPU cost more than my car lol

    thinking

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  2. Sara Silva
    @saras531

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

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  4. Alba T.
    @alba.tanaka84

    ok so first rule out the obvious: on laptops, check that teh game actually uses teh dedicated GPU. Settings > System > Display > Graphics, add teh games .exe, set it to High performance. driver updates can reset per-app GPU preferences. fingers crossed 🤞

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  5. Alba T.
    @alba.tanaka84

    Check that the driver install didnt reset your control panel settings (power management mode, low latency mode, V-Sync, frame caps). A clean install resets everything to defaults, which can feel like a performance change. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  6. Rowan R.
    @rrossi
    in reply to @alba.tanaka84

    yeahhh if measurement confimrs a regression, roll back with DDU to the previous driver, and report it to NVIDIA with ur GPU, game and settings. fingers crossed 🤞

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  9. Mila Halvorsen
    @pixel_fox
    in reply to @saras531

    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 teh driver shaedr cache manually in the control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it rebuild once. good luck man!

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  10. Zane Wolfe
    @zanew895

    finally got it worikng, thanks everyone

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  11. Mila Halvorsen
    @pixel_fox

    holy cow finally got it working, thanks everyone

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  12. Mila Halvorsen
    @pixel_fox
    in reply to @pixel_fox Accepted solution

    To measure properly, use a repeatable in-game benchmark or the 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.

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  14. Alba T.
    @alba.tanaka84

    oof try turning off the fan curve first, fixed it for me

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  15. Alba T.
    @alba.tanaka84

    long time lurker first post lol spent 3 hours on nvidia and im still not done. @binary_pilot576 what did u end up doing in teh end seriously need help here 😭

    thinking

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  16. Rowan Petrov
    @binary_pilot576

    btw i come back to this thread every week just for the drama :)

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  18. Rowan Petrov
    @binary_pilot576
    in reply to @alba.tanaka84

    @rrossi what did u end up doing in teh end. same issue here on my gaming rig. following this thread ?

    RAM prices doing their own thing again smh

    thinking

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  19. Leon
    @leon.brandt52
    in reply to @pixel_fox

    @pixel_fox measured both drivers propelry and teh new one really was worse in a competitive shooter on my budget build, rolled back and reported it... thx for the method! thank u thank u thank u

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