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I Do Mostly Work. Which Branch Of GeForce Ion Notebook Graphics Driver 290.36 Beta Makes Sense?

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  1. Esme Tanaka
    @esmet77

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts mixed-use PC here: mostly work. can someone who has tried both branches share their experience? id love to hear whether it made a real difference for photo editing or whether its mostly marketing. i am not chasing benchmark numbers. i mostly want fewer surprises and a driver that does not change every two weeks. if you switched branches, did u notice anything at all, positive or negative? and would u switch back? pls help 馃檹

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  2. Rowan Banerjee
    @rowan.banerjee

    hmmm broadly: gaming branches ship faster with optimizatinos for new releases. studio/stable branches ship less often and focus on validation with creative apps. both run games and apps fine. the difference is cadence and test focus, not capability. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  3. Basil
    @bthorne

    check your creative apps system requirements page. some list a minimum driver version for GPU acceleration features. make sure whichever branch u pick meets that. hope that helps :)

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  5. Vera V.
    @signalgremlin-1zo

    If playing in bed pays your bills, teh stable/studio branch is a sensible default. Games still run well on it; you just get new game optimizations a bit later. fingers crossed 馃

    have u tried turning it off and on again (im only half joking)

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  6. Otto
    @othorne_20

    lol this thread is gold

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  7. Rowan Banerjee
    @rowan.banerjee

    uhh which version are u on?. came here to say exactly this ?

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  8. Rowan Banerjee
    @rowan.banerjee

    switching branches is easy: download teh other package from the vednor support page and install it with the clean intsall option (or DDU if you want to be thorough). your apps dont need reinstalling.

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  9. Kai H.
    @kaih874
    in reply to @rowan.banerjee

    Dont hop branches every week. Pick one, note the version, and only change when something you need is fixed or added. Frequent switching makes troubleshooting haredr.

    reading release notes like its a horror novel

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  11. Soren Mori
    @solidloop

    hmm idk idk man that sounds like bad advice tbh idk maybe im wrong lol

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  12. Kai H.
    @kaih874

    im literally losing my mind here spent two days on geforce and im still not done... this, so much this what am i doing wrong??

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  13. Kai H.
    @kaih874

    mods can we pin this thread

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  14. Esme Tanaka
    @esmet77
    in reply to @kaih874

    @kaih874 omggg staying on teh gaming branch since Ive had no problems, but now i know switching is easy if i ever need to. Thanks! u guys are the best!!!

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