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FPS Tanked After NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers 178.24. Placebo Or Real?

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by Tess K.Jump to the reply

ahh classic after a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which causes stutter for teh first sessions. Give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver shader cache manually in teh control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it rebuild once.

  1. Jonas Tanaka
    @jonas.tanaka32

    my small form factor PC is performing like it lost a generation. a competitive shooter stutters in places that used to be smooth, all after the NVIDIA driver update.

    I'd like to measure this properly instead of going on feel. What's teh 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 interpret. A simple, repeatable method would be perfect.

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  2. Haruto Z.
    @polar_den

    Check that the driver install didn't 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.

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  3. Tess K.
    @loose_wrangler744

    ok so 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.

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  4. Haruto Z.
    @polar_den

    ok this thread just saved my weekend

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  6. Lea D.
    @lea_ping
    in reply to @quinn_regex

    if measurement confirms a regression, roll back with DDU to teh previous driver, and report it to NVIDIA with your GPU, game and settings. lmk how it goes

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  10. Tess K.
    @loose_wrangler744

    @jonas.tanaka32 thank u this worked!! ;) make a backup before u touch the BIOS, learned that the hard way cant believe it was that simple lol

    party

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  12. Quinn Quintero
    @quinn_regex

    wait is performance even worth bothering with or should i just leave it ??

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  13. Haruto Z.
    @polar_den

    told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been all weekend im about to throw this thing out the window lol

    rage

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  14. Quinn Quintero
    @quinn_regex

    hmmm is forceware even worth bothering with or should i just leave it

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  16. Esme Lopez
    @tiny_loop

    lol same thing happened to me make a backup before u touch teh cable, learned that the hard way

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  17. Haruto Z.
    @polar_den

    ok so for me it was the cache. swapped it and boom, fixed

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  18. Tess K.
    @loose_wrangler744

    any update on this? ?

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  19. Tess K.
    @loose_wrangler744

    oh ive been there lol +1 same here hope that helps :)

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  20. Tess K.
    @loose_wrangler744

    bump.. :D still happening with gpu for me hope that helps :)

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