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IF IT ISN'T BROKEN, SHOULD I STILL UPDATE GEFORCE QUADRO NVS GRAPHICS DRIVER 337.19 BETA FOR SOLARIS?

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Accepted solution by Farah Ferreira — ok so my approach: make a restore point, download the prevoius driver pcakage so its ready, then try the new one. if anything misbehaves,…
  1. Bea Kowalski
    @late_owl

    genuine question about update philosophy. my PC is stable on teh previous release ;) the new GeForce Quadro NVS Graphics Driver 337.19 Beta for Solaris lists fixes that dont really affect me. do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do u only update when a game or app needs it? i mostly do 3D rendering. i am curious how other people handle this, especially anyone who depends on their PC for work and cannot afford a broken evening. im about to throw this thing out the window lol

    rage

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  2. Farah Ferreira
    @nightgarage-3lq

    hmmm are there any specific features or games in teh release notes you actually need? ??

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  4. Malik Ziegler
    @uplinkbuilder

    yeahhh read the release notes on the NVIDIA support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue matches your setup, wait; if the fixes dont touch u, theres no rush. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  5. Oskar Z.
    @oskar.zhang

    oh ive been there lol keep a short log of what driver you're on and when u changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates). When something breaks later, ull know if the timing matches. good luck man!

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  6. Farah Ferreira
    @nightgarage-3lq
    Accepted solution

    ok so my approach: make a restore point, download the prevoius driver pcakage so its ready, then try the new one. if anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one 🤦 that makes updating a low-risk experiment. hope that helps :)

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  7. Lars T.
    @vector_fox

    make a backup before u touch the settings, learned that the hard way fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Bea Kowalski
    @late_owl
    in reply to @nightgarage-3lq

    @nightgarage-3lq omggg read the known issues and one matched my setup exactly, so Im satying on teh previous release for now. Thanks for the sanity check.

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