It says I need driver 398.36 but I have the latest driver which is 341.44

[BananaJane]

How do I fix this

[Flytrap]

Reinstall driver?
Try DDU to make sure its actually removed

[Smokey the Bear]

Nvidia is now on the 4xx.xx series of drivers. Just get it from the nvidia site.

[BananaJane]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Smokey the Bear:

Nvidia is now on the 4xx.xx series of drivers. Just get it from the nvidia site.

I just tried that on their site and 342.01 is apparently the latest version
https://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/112594
https://www.geforce.com/drivers

[TheGamerX20]

You probably have an older GPU that is no longer supported..
What's your GPU? And does the game ask you for that driver?

[Miaoven Winter]

If I'm not mistaken, the way you bypass Nvidia driver lockouts is to go to Local Disk\Windows\System32, find the file "nvapi64.dll" and either delete it or rename it. If your driver/device combo is so old that it doesn't use this .dll, then I'm not sure what you'd do. There might be a similar file that your driver did install that has the same effect, but I wouldn't know what it would be.

[TheGamerX20]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Miaoven Winter:

If I'm not mistaken, the way you bypass Nvidia driver lockouts is to go to Local Disk\Windows\System32, find the file "nvapi64.dll" and either delete it or rename it. If your driver/device combo is so old that it doesn't use this .dll, then I'm not sure what you'd do. There might be a similar file that your driver did install that has the same effect, but I wouldn't know what it would be.

Are there really Driver lockouts? If so what’s the point of them? I don’t get it.. is it Nvidia Ansel maybe?

[TheGamerX20]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Wiawyr:

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheGamerX20:

Are there really Driver lockouts? If so what’s the point of them? I don’t get it.. is it Nvidia Ansel maybe?

Because newer cards have newer/different hardware that receive more focus than older cards, and if newer drivers are only focused on the newer hardware parts then there's no reason to apply them to older cards that don't have that hardware to begin with.

That's not what I mean.. What I meant is why is the GAME locked with newer drivers?
doesn't make any sense.. unless if there are features required for the game to run?

issue for the op is he probably doesn't have a DX11 capable GPU either.. cause DX11 Nvidia GPUs all(well, at least the ones im aware of :P) support the 390 drivers..

[TheGamerX20]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Wiawyr:

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheGamerX20:

That's not what I mean.. What I meant is why is the GAME locked with newer drivers?
doesn't make any sense.. unless if there are features required for the game to run?

issue for the op is he probably doesn't have a DX11 capable GPU either.. cause DX11 Nvidia GPUs all(well, at least the ones im aware of :P) support the 390 drivers..

Then it's probably because the game needs DirectX11, yeah?

Since the OP can't get the newer drivers, then most likely yes.. he probably has a GPU that's older than the 400 series..

[BananaJane]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheGamerX20:

You probably have an older GPU that is no longer supported..
What's your GPU? And does the game ask you for that driver?

Thanks that might make more sense!
I have an Nvidia 8600GT

[TheBlasterMaster✞✞✞™]

That's ooolllddd. Maybe next time check games minimum requirements.

[BananaJane]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheMasterBlaster™:

That's ooolllddd. Maybe next time check games minimum requirements.

Oh no it's the free weekend, the game still works and is tons of fun, it just bugs out bigtime

[BananaJane]

Diposting pertama kali oleh Wiawyr:

Diposting pertama kali oleh BananaJane:

Thanks that might make more sense!
I have an Nvidia 8600GT

Holy bananas. I LOST an 8800 at Quakecon back in 2007 because of FedEx. You are living in the stone age my man, props for making it this far but it's time to upgrade.

What do you mean time to upgrade, I don't think my PC can handle a stronger card
I was using a 630GT for a few years and the fan won't spin anymore so I can't use it
And my hard drive died and I need a new one ASAP so I can't get a videocard anytime soon
My power supply can't go above 300watts so I can't get a modern card without getting a new power supply first
This is the worst possible time to upgrade

[Miaoven Winter]

Diposting pertama kali oleh TheGamerX20:

Are there really Driver lockouts? If so what’s the point of them? I don’t get it.. is it Nvidia Ansel maybe?

Have you never run into them before? You'll probably only see them on major publisher AAA titles, EA and Square Enix love to use them; Battlefield has been a major offender of late. What's annoying is the tolerance for the lockouts; if you're even sometimes two WHQL releases behind, the lockout will show up even though the games still run perfectly with older drivers. It's really arbitrary, even more so when a simple file removal deals with it and doesn't affect performance in the slightest.

[Collateral damage]

Diposting pertama kali oleh BananaJane:

My power supply can't go above 300watts so I can't get a modern card without getting a new power supply first

Well this isn't exactly the case. 8800GT requires more power than modern cards like rx 580 or 1070 ti or 1660 ti.

[Collateral damage]

Oh, my bad