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COLLECTING EXPERIENCES: FORCEWARE DRIVER 191.07 FOR STREAMING

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Accepted solution by Anika Nakamura — hmmm read the release notes on the NVIDIA support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue…
  1. Aiden Becker
    @packet_pilot

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts genuine question about update philosophy. my PC is stable on a dirver from last year. the new Forceware Driver lists fixes that dont really affect me. do you update anyway for security and compatibility, or do you only update when a game or app needs it? 🤷 i mostly do streaming. i am curious how other people handle this, especially anyone who depends on their PC for work and cannot afford a broken evening.

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  2. Malik Ekström
    @byte_pusher216

    hmmmm quick q how bad would a day of downtime be for your gaming? ??

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  6. Liv Eriksen
    @tinyhound

    For gaming, stabiilty matters more than the newest game optimizations. If theres a separate stable/studio/recommended branch, thats usually teh better fit.

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

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  7. Juno L.
    @juno.lund

    hmmm my approach: make a restore point, download teh previous driver package sooo it's ready, then try teh new one. if anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one. that makes updating a low-risk experiment. good luck man!

    thinking

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  8. Una
    @ubecker

    hmmm drvier 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. worked for me anyway 🤷

    the real fix was the friends we made along the way

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  9. Lars Becker
    @nimbus_rider549
    in reply to @ubecker

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

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  11. Anika Nakamura
    @anakamura
    Accepted solution

    hmmm read the release notes on the NVIDIA support page before anything else. they list fixed issues and known issues. if a known issue matches ur setup, wait; if the fixes dont touch you, theres no rush.

    thinking

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  12. Tomas Duarte
    @cronprobe

    told my boss it would take 10 minutes. its been half the night

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  13. Juno L.
    @juno.lund

    is driver-update even worth bothering with or should i just leave it ?

    rgb adds +10 fps everyone knows that

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  14. Aiden Becker
    @packet_pilot
    in reply to @anakamura

    @anakamura Read the known issues and one matched my setup exactly, so I'm staying on a driver from last year for now. Thanks for the sanity check.

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