Nvidia Drivers 552.44 (latest) game performance tanks with moderate settings

[Kithsakhai]

Before updating to the latest drivers the game ran at a solid 60 (locked) frame-rate, ever since upgrading the drivers the games performance has tanked to unplayable levels (5-10 FPS peaks dipping to 2-5 when looking at any populated area)

Any ideas what settings got butchered with the update? Tried turning everything down, special rendering and post processing off, removed any mods, etc. nothing seems to help.

[Prikkiki-Ti]

You left out the most important detail. What are you playing on? Specs?

Based on the problem you are describing it sounds like something that sometimes happen on a laptop when updating drivers. NVIDIA control panel settings reset back to default, meaning it is now using your integrated gpu instead of the dedicated Nvidia gpu.
Hence, the low fps.

In that case you have to set it manually again as well as changing the power setting for max performance.

[rhwilson1953]

Originally posted by Prikkiki-Ti:

You left out the most important detail. What are you playing on? Specs?

Based on the problem you are describing it sounds like something that sometimes happen on a laptop when updating drivers. NVIDIA control panel settings reset back to default, meaning it is now using your integrated gpu instead of the dedicated Nvidia gpu.
Hence, the low fps.

In that case you have to set it manually again as well as changing the power setting for max performance.

Check your Nvidia control panel for which gpu is assigned to your game.

Open Nvidia Control Panel > Manage 3D > Program Settings.
1. Select a program to customize: The Long Dark (tld.exe)
2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program: High-performance NVIDIA processor.

Set your profile changes and save them.

Once you do this you need to mark the profile database files as "read only" to stop them from being reset when the Nvidia drivers are updated.

Go to C > Nvidia > ProgramData (or C > ProgramData > Nvidia Corporation) and search for "nvdrsdb" without the quotes.

Locate the two ".bin" files (nvdrsdb0.bin and nvdrsdb1.bin), right-click and mark them as "read only."

Note: If you add new games or want to experiment with different settings you will need to reset nvdrsdb0.bin and nvdrsdb1.bin back to normal (uncheck "read only"). Don't forget to re-enable "read only" to prevent the files from changing during the next driver update.

[Kithsakhai]

Thanks, was the power setting. For some reason the power settings all got defaulted to 25% with this driver update.

[Prikkiki-Ti]

I'm glad it worked out. It's easy to overlook because those are settings we set once and then kinda forget about.

[VelourNaga20653]

Just why would this ♥♥♥♥ happen

[9erRed]

Originally posted by VelourNaga20653:

Just why would this ♥♥♥♥ happen

This thread is 6 months old.

- And it depends on if the player is using Nvidia experience or if they use "advanced" , "driver only" install.
(experience will set "optimal playable settings" not always the best settings.)

There's also the "fresh, clean install check box that "resets" all settings back to the drivers default setting.

I Never/rarely use that, as I actually read the new drivers info specs to see what changed or was added. If a new tech was added then a clean install and go into the control panel and set whats needed for my hardware.
Or anything special for specific games or Apps.

just saying.

Ps: latest driver.
Driver Version:566.36 - WHQL
Release Date:Thu Dec 05, 2024
Operating System:Windows 10 64-bit,
Windows 11
Language:English (US)
File Size:732.91 MB