How’s the new nvidia driver been for you ?

[Qtael]

I want to install it because I haven’t updated my drivers in months but my pc is so stable right now im afraid to do it

Did the driver improved your performance ?

[ChrisPharmD]

Originally posted by GoMeZ-T.T ™©®:

Originally posted by Mr D Grim:

Ofcourse developers say that. imagine if they had to account for all variations of drivers? that'd be impossible. so they base their launch on that 1 driver and fix everything according to that 1 driver. that's why if you have issues. step 1 is to update your driver. and then step 2 is to report the bug so the devs can figure it out while ruling out driver issues. but that doesn't mean you always should when you don't have issues. and drivers are the codes that make sure your GPU communicates with the rest of your device. so ofc it can affect older games. it affects every damned thing on your pc.
and i'm running this game on high with a 3070 TI. perfectly damned fine. no stuttering. no fps drops. nothing. stop making ♥♥♥♥ up that everyone who doesn't have those latest drivers MUST have issues or is running the game on low 720p.
And it's ironic that you're saying "don't listen to random internet stuff guys" YOU ARE RANDOM INTERNET STUFF.
And quite frankly. ill put way more stock in my 25 years of experience and the experts over at nvidia forums that have helped me with issues in the past. then you.

I don't care about your experience. I also have 25 years experience, so what? you think that says something here? what I said is 100% true. Update your drivers if you have new hardware, especially for day one release that is a stutter mess with a sutter timeframe. wtf? and plz stop putting random stuff into facts. then you are wrong here. 3070 runs perfect? damn. yearh then the drivers are for 4000 series users? so what? people with 4000 series should 100% update their drivers for this game. don't update your bios if it runs stable, and you do not change/upgrade your hardware, cause it has very little risk involved. but even there it can help on things you do not see. but for 100% sure update your GPU driver on 4000 series, when a new game releases and invidia even writes that the driver is made for this game. I mean more clear something cannot be. And everyone who has experience, updates their GPU driver. cause 99% of the time it is not a downgrade. only old drivers on old series cause the problems you mentioned, where old drivers ran better.

and for the 4000 series you should update. especially for dlss you should already do it. no questions about that. and for the rest of the GPU usage and how it works also. this is not even a topic for arguing, those are facts. as I said, you are a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ snowflake in your fake world. "oh my system runs perfect" oh I am so special. read forums, check driver updates and comments. for many users it did not run perfect. so ty they released a driver. just update your driver guys, don't follow random theories from the internet that are not practical. thank you bro. from technical standpoint all 4000 series users who play baldurs gate 3 should update their drivers on day1.

everyone who has knowledge does that. when you have really NO ISSUES, you do not have to do that. but mostly on day 1 games there are issues, and you should do it. the drivers get released when needed... that is why they do it. otherwise they would not have released it. damn those kid logics. nvidia does not release drivers randomly. when there is no need for updating drivers, nvidia does not release them. there can be months without release. but on day1 games they try to opzimize, which they clearly did here. update drivers guys, and ignore random trash talk. ty. that you are triggered on the internet by facts is your failure, not mine. I have an 4000 series, and the driver helped a lot. so everything I said is true. we talk about baldurs gate 3, not about your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ past experience from old cards and old games... damn. stop putting random stuff through the internet. 4000 users should update their drivers and try it out. plz stay true. I am glad nvidia adressed the issues fast and early on. I was sure an driver comes out today for this stutter mess, and it did. on ultra the game ran pretty poor for such an easy code.

We get it. You have a 40 series card. Congrats.

[Snefru]

No change for me that I can tell.

[Merder]

Originally posted by Merder:

GTX 1080. After the latest driver (536.99) my framerate tanked. I'm going to roll back to the previous driver.

So I just rolled back to 536.67 and my performance is back to "normal".

On 536.99 I was getting massive stutters and frame rate dips into the 30's and 40's and never going above about 70 FPS. On 536.67 I'm consistently getting 90 to 110 FPS with occasional drops into the 60's.

I run at 1080p on a i7 7700k, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1080.

Nvidia just dropped the ball on 536.99 for user's with older sytems.

[ChrisPharmD]

i9-11900K
RTX 3090
32GB RAM
2TB NVMe

I actually had stuttering at 1440p 99fps so I was going to drop it to 1080p 60FPS.

After the patch, I haven't seen a stutter 1440p 144fps.

[Operation40]

lots of stuttering on the new driver: 5900x w/ 3070ti, 32GB ram @ 1440p
was smooth as silk before.. major update regret

[Lashane The Simp of Mimi]

it allowed me to play this game. haven't noticed anything good or bad yet. it was more of a key than anything else.

[Handbanana]

Feels worse now. I think they introduced a memory leak.

[Stubbieoz]

GTX 1660 super... card is running a couple of degrees hotter with the latest driver. Going to go back to the previous one.
Not saying it's the driver fault. Could just be a new area in the game I'm in but the previous driver was fine anyways.

[dante77]

Originally posted by Stubbieoz:

GTX 1660 super... card is running a couple of degrees hotter with the latest driver. Going to go back to the previous one.
Not saying it's the driver fault. Could just be a new area in the game I'm in but the previous driver was fine anyways.

1660Ti, 5-7 degrees hotter in the same area, and caught first ever crash in Vulcan mode. Also should rever back...

[TeslaFox]

Crashing all the time. But I rolled back the update and tried with the previous and got the same results so I guess it;'s the patch? 3070TI here

[Mr D Grim]

I find it ironic. how after my advise to not update drivers if you have no issues. that one guy completely bashes me calling me all kinds of things. and saying people should always update drivers on game launch.
Only for all these people to have issues with said driver updates.

[Trindraf]

driver improved the FPS a lot for me RTX 2080

[rcourtney44]

I was getting 100+ fps before driver, still in act 1 though. DLing driver now.

[Abisha]

have you EVER notice improvement of drivers? i never have
i only update each year or so its good enough

[causality]

Pretty good drivers. Getting a consistent 100+ fps on max settings and no more stuttering on my 2070 SUPER 1440p.