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is there any reason to update quadro graphics driver 372.95 beta when the previous release works fine?

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  1. Tess Ferreira
    @tferreira_10

    quick poll for pepole using NVIDIA hardware for competitive gaming: has Quadro Graphics Driver 372.95 Beta treated you well?? ive seen a couple of complaints online, but complaints are always louder than happy users.. 馃槫 id like to hear from people for whom it just works, too... tell me what you use it for, how long u 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.

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  2. Ruben Rossi
    @pixelbuilder-2qt

    uhh did you have problems with a NVIDIA update before, and if so, which kind? ?

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  3. Farah Costa
    @fcosta

    dude ok update: did what @dima.ortiz84 said and its fine now. any update on this?

    party

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  5. Farah Costa
    @fcosta
    in reply to @tferreira_10

    been there man read teh 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 you, theres no rush. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  7. Xavi F.
    @xavif483

    lol same thing happened to me for programming, satbility matters more than the newest game optimizations. if theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually the better fit.

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  10. Paula Garcia
    @paula.garcia40

    idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh

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  11. Lars Lund
    @lars_ember

    @dima.ortiz84 thank u this worked!!

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  12. Dima O.
    @dima.ortiz84

    been there man my approach: make a restore point, downolad the previous driver pacakge so its ready, then try the new one 馃槶 If anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one. That makes updating a low-risk experiment. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  14. Dima O.
    @dima.ortiz84

    @pixelbuilder-2qt did u ever fix it?? ?

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  15. Ruben Rossi
    @pixelbuilder-2qt

    lol same thing happened to me same issue here on my brand new build, following this thread... reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets

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

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  16. Dima O.
    @dima.ortiz84

    keep a short log of what driver you're on and when you changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates), when something breaks later, youll know if the timing matches.

    my pc fans sound like a jet taking off but sure

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  17. Uma Pereira
    @tiny_fox147
    in reply to @dima.ortiz84

    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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  18. Tess Ferreira
    @tferreira_10
    in reply to @tiny_fox147

    @tiny_fox147 yesss read the known issues and one matched my setup exactly, sooo Im staying on teh previous release for now... thx for the sanity check.

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