The new nvidia driver update (555.85) caused a weird problem

[F4rewell]

The game itself runs much more fluid now, but I can see on my msi afterburner overlay that the CPU thottles down every 15-20 sec to like 800MHz, which then causes a drastic fps drop. After 1-2 seconds it goes back up to my set framecap of 80fps. No overheating, the cpu is like at 65°C and this issue was for sure not there before the driver update since I always monitor the GPU and CPU clocks and temps in new games.

[OldManSkills]

probably just shader compilation.

[Mav1122]

Yeah, and i got over 70 fps just now, that has never happened before. But not only that, the shades are a bit brighter also, now i can actually see something while inside a buidling during the night 0_o

[LWGVR]

Definitely better now, especially since I turned off NVIDIA Reflex.

[Henry Mark V]

It is shader compilation. Every time you update your drivers, you will also have to recompile shaders

[Jarrod]

Shaders compile at the title screen. When you hit play and the compilation isn't done, it gives you a % and loading screen before the compilation finishes. There shouldn't be any compilation in-game.

[ShadowSkill11]

Correction:
The new nvidia driver update (555.85) caused a weird problem (for me)

[Santo Ananás]

with this new driver 555.85 when a start the game i heard super loud buzzing and my cpu and gpu is 100% wtf is going on?

[Vual]

Originally posted by ShadowSkill11:

Correction:
The new nvidia driver update (555.85) caused a weird problem (for me)

Same here. Feels like my fps was cut in half and more sluggish

[Brüzur]

Originally posted by Santo Ananás:

with this new driver 555.85 when a start the game i heard super loud buzzing and my cpu and gpu is 100% wtf is going on?

Shader cache is usually cleared when installing a new driver.

Cache files are rebuilt (primarily) during the initial startup in a game’s menus.

Then, some additional outliers are compiled during gameplay. This can result in significant spikes in CPU temperatures.

[Dr.Abscondus]

When I pressed continue with the new driver it froze on the hint screen and cpu temps shot up. I suppose that meant it was compiling the shaders but I did not like that at all. Reinstalled the old driver and everything is back to normal. It didn't come up with the compiling shaders message otherwise I would have let it continue. I'll try it again if it really does improve performance.

[rothchildthe3rd]

Just stumbled into this on the "Lossless Scaling" discord channel:

" It is confirmed that Nvidias newest drivers (555.85) are bugged, since it increases LSFG 2.0 gpu load by 3-4 times. Do not update drivers until a patch is released, if you already updated follow this guide: https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-roll-back-nvidia-drivers/ "

He doesn't cite the source. But he posts a couple of screenshots that shows his GPU at 55% load, then 93% at the same spot.

[jwphotography]

After the update my gpu temp shows up as 147,483,648 degrees lol

[Garven]

Originally posted by jwphotography:

After the update my gpu temp shows up as 147,483,648 degrees lol

The world will be saved and its energy needs will be met once you can harness the heat output of your GPU.

[Mu'Ammar of Carthus]

Well, that's that, then.
I'm skipping this one.

[CorkDave]

My monitor flickered whenever I went to full screen, so I just downgraded. Lmfao...It's a joke