Nvidia 347.52 WHQL

Unfortunately, it is causing issues with GeForce Experience. About 1/3 of the way downloading the update, the error message pops up "GeForce Experience has encountered an error and must close".

This appears to be a well-reported issue, and is related to the Drivers tab. So, the only workaround is to manually install the driver and then not click on the Drivers tab.
 
In case anyone is wondering, there still doesn't seem to have fixed either the SLI MFAA/DSR issue nor the voltage discrepancy
 
chenw said:
In case anyone is wondering, there still doesn't seem to have fixed either the SLI MFAA/DSR issue nor the voltage discrepancy
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I can get DSR working in SLI (locked at 60hz though), but I think MFAA and the voltage issue may never get fixed at this point. Yeesh, just look at how long it took Nvidia to fix their HDMI color range problem. :rolleyes:
 
convexion said:
I can get DSR working in SLI (locked at 60hz though), but I think MFAA and the voltage issue may never get fixed at this point. Yeesh, just look at how long it took Nvidia to fix their HDMI color range problem. :rolleyes:
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DSR doesn't show up for me (dual 970's with Swift) unless I actually disabled SLI.
 
Evolve was already running perfectly on my machine this morning, so I hope these drivers don't fuck anything up.

Also: 11% increase in performance at 1440p in Ass Creed Unity on GTX 970. Sounds good! Now all we need is that tessellation patch...
 
I really don't why people are "surprised" when they try to have a peice of software automatically do critical driver updates for a gaming video card and then wonder why it doesn't work properly.

For christs sake people, are we so fucking lazy now that manually uninstalling or using nvidias "clean" install option is that much more work? :rolleyes:



Armenius said:
Evolve was already running perfectly on my machine this morning, so I hope these drivers don't fuck anything up.

Also: 11% increase in performance at 1440p in Ass Creed Unity on GTX 970. Sounds good! Now all we need is that tessellation patch...
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I think you should follow "If it aint broke, don't fucking patch it" rule
 
I'm surprised so many people here actually use GeForce Experience to update their drivers...this is a tech site right?
 
polonyc2 said:
I'm surprised so many people here actually use GeForce Experience to update their drivers...this is a tech site right?
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I agree......it's so hard to go the NVidia website and download the drivers.....I mean golly.:eek::eek:

Uninstall, run DDU,install new drivers.

DDU is the key to success(NVidia or AMD) in my humble opinion
 
Are we back to that thing where people blast GeForce Experience but don't actually use it? Because Shadowplay is pretty awesome and having auto-updates for drivers is pretty awesome too.

Arct1c0n said:
I really don't why people are "surprised" when they try to have a peice of software automatically do critical driver updates for a gaming video card and then wonder why it doesn't work properly.

For christs sake people, are we so fucking lazy now that manually uninstalling or using nvidias "clean" install option is that much more work? :rolleyes:
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Uninstalling previous versions of graphics drivers hasn't been necessary for years. The official recommendations from both AMD and Nvidia is to install the new version on top of the old version. The installer takes care of whatever maintenance is needed.
 
magoo said:
I agree......it's so hard to go the NVidia website and download the drivers.....I mean golly.:eek::eek:
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yup...I always download from the Nvidia website...clean install...uninstall the checkboxes for GeForce Experience and that 3D Vision crap...keep PhysX and the drivers...bam!
 
polonyc2 said:
yup...I always download from the Nvidia website...clean install...uninstall the checkboxes for GeForce Experience and that 3D Vision crap...keep PhysX and the drivers...bam!
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I tried using the "Experience" to easily update drivers...then after the past few, I have always been getting an Error or cannot communicate with server. So I just went back to the old method...going to the website and pretty much doing what you do as far as unchecking certain items that are useless. Ill keep the 3d drivers when those glasses/emitter drop in price....if they ever do.
 
Terpfen said:
Are we back to that thing where people blast GeForce Experience but don't actually use it? Because Shadowplay is pretty awesome and having auto-updates for drivers is pretty awesome too.

Uninstalling previous versions of graphics drivers hasn't been necessary for years. The official recommendations from both AMD and Nvidia is to install the new version on top of the old version. The installer takes care of whatever maintenance is needed.
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Agreed on both counts. This is the first time I've had an issue updating the drivers through GFE since version 1.7.0, IIRC. I personally like GFE for the slipstreamed profile updates more than the recommended settings, although I do sometimes use the latter as a starting point for configuring the games it supports.
 
Terpfen said:
Are we back to that thing where people blast GeForce Experience but don't actually use it? Because Shadowplay is pretty awesome and having auto-updates for drivers is pretty awesome too.
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I've used it and its a joke honestly. Try again?
 
I don't use it because I don't care about shadowplay and frown upon anything that auto updates anything for me.
 
Arct1c0n said:
I've used it and its a joke honestly. Try again?
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I can respect your opinion, but don't use an anecdotal fallacy to refute someone's point, even if they did come off as confrontational. I personally like what it does, but I can also understand why others don't want to use it.
 
magoo said:
I agree......it's so hard to go the NVidia website and download the drivers.....I mean golly.:eek::eek:

Uninstall, run DDU,install new drivers.

DDU is the key to success(NVidia or AMD) in my humble opinion
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I'm not sure that I really agree with you. That seems like a vestige of an old way that should be obsolete by now.

On Linux the driver updates come through the package manager automatically similar to how you get app updates on the phone. Should it really be any less painful than that? Though perhaps GE is not up to snuff for accomplishing the task. I do remember having a couple of snags w/ driver updates in GE myself.

Not to be a wiseguy but going out to websites to download software and running self-extracting installers and all that reminds me of the Windows 2000 days.
 
magoo said:
DDU is the key to success(NVidia or AMD) in my humble opinion
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Uhh, dunno about that as the drivers are pretty good and cleaning themselves up, this isn't the Win98 and XP registry and ini configuration file days. But whatever makes you feel good happy in your digital pants I guess.


Armenius said:
I can respect your opinion, but don't use an anecdotal fallacy to refute someone's point, even if they did come off as confrontational. I personally like what it does, but I can also understand why others don't want to use it.
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It's not fallacy if i've personally tried and personally hate it for my gaming usage. Stop twisting my words and if you can' t other peoples viewpoints/opinions, you probably should avoid public forums
 
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Parja said:
The game settings are certainly a joke. Run the recommended settings in Far Cry 4 and enjoy your 10 fps!
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I run my own customized settings in all my games and they work just great, Far Cry 4 included. I don't need Nvidia and Ubishit telling me how to run my games on "best guesses" via software comparison
 
Armenius said:
I can respect your opinion, but don't use an anecdotal fallacy to refute someone's point, even if they did come off as confrontational. I personally like what it does, but I can also understand why others don't want to use it.
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I'm not being confrontational. I'm referring to a thread several months back where people started complaining about GeForce Experience only to later reveal they had never used it and had little to no clue what it actually did.

That's why I asked if we're back to that. Because there seems to be a cycle to this.
 
Terpfen said:
I'm not being confrontational. I'm referring to a thread several months back where people started complaining about GeForce Experience only to later reveal they had never used it and had little to no clue what it actually did.

That's why I asked if we're back to that. Because there seems to be a cycle to this.
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See, there's your first major problem, you essentially "Assumed" And what do we know about the track record with that word?
 
Wow, it's amazing how angry people get over things on the Internet. I use GeForce Experience and it's worked great for me - it only auto-updates if you check that option, otherwise it just notifies you that there is a new driver available and will download it for you when you tell it. I've never had any issues installing drivers through it.

At the same time, it isn't necessary at all, so if you're fine with going out and finding new drivers, that works too.

Calm down people.
 
I have a feeling Nvidia is going to make GeForce Experience mandatory soon...it's already mandatory for ShadowPlay...I also had to use it one time to disable the LED lights on my GTX 970...couldn't find any other way to disable it without unplugging wires on the card itself
 
Still can't get DSR working on my single GTX 780 in Surround.

Single card. As soon as I enable Surround, DSR vanishes. Total bull...
 
Not seeing any real performance difference on my 780 @ 1080p. No new bugs, though.

Arct1c0n said:
See, there's your first major problem, you essentially "Assumed" And what do we know about the track record with that word?
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The only one following that cliché would be you. Settle down, bucko.
 
I was hoping they'd fix SLI DSR on the Swift. But I guess two out of 3 isn't bad :-/
 
GFE is pretty good as far as these kinds of programs go. Better than AMD's Raptr crap.
 
Zinn said:
I was hoping they'd fix SLI DSR on the Swift. But I guess two out of 3 isn't bad :-/
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I think the problem is still with all Gsync displays and SLI, not just the Swift.

I've got about a week to wait before mine is returned. Hooray for gradually worse pixel inversion...
 
I'll install this baby in a few hours and run the same benchmarks I've been recently using to compare my system in different states of overclocking. Any improvements or lack thereof should be blatant.
 
Why the hate for GFE? I don't use it for anything other than shadowplay but I think it's great for beginners or those who don't want to screw around with game settings or profiles. It makes the PC gaming experience easier for the masses which means a bigger # of PC gamers - you can't say that's a bad thing. The more people that can be lured from shitty consoles the better off everyone will be.
 
Anyone else find it suspicious the 970 improvements outstrip the 980's percentages?
 
Eriksrocks said:
Wow, it's amazing how angry neckbeards get over things on the Internet. I use GeForce Experience and it's worked great for me - it only auto-updates if you check that option, otherwise it just notifies you that there is a new driver available and will download it for you when you tell it. I've never had any issues installing drivers through it.

At the same time, it isn't necessary at all, so if you're fine with going out and finding new drivers, that works too.

Calm down people.
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FTFY
 
Note: Running Windows update this morning pulled down 14 updates. I might have been behind. However, that fixed the problem of updating through GFE.

YMMV
 
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