This also seems to have added support for SLI in Dishonored 2. My second GPU wasn't doing anything when I first got the game, but last night after updating to this driver it clocked up like normal and I ended up CPU limited where previously I was GPU limited.
i'm getting horrible performance on that game on a gtx 1080 and a 4790k at 4.4ghz.. it regularly drops to 20 FPS during assassinations and power moves..
The AA options in that game are atrocious. TXAA blurs all the LOD's no matter the distance, and FXAA looks like crap.
They are releasing too many drivers too fast. AMD is just as, if not more reckless. We don't need driver updates every two weeks, we need them a few times a year. They know way in advance the compatibility issues with future titles and have ample time to address them. Make no mistake that NVidia and AMD have more insider information than anybody about game engines and upcoming title development.
This is a buggy version (again). The Nvidia driver team really needs to start focusing more on quality, over quantity. There is really no point in releasing a game-ready driver before the competition, if it ends up handicapping half the freakin' user base until the next hot fix.
DO NOT INSTALL THESE DRIVERS, MY SKYRIM SE LOST 30 FRAMES AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY COMPUTER MY DARK SOULS 3 LOST 30 FRAMES AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY GPU ITS THE DRIVER!! DO NOT INSTALL REVERT BACK TO OLD DRIVER IT FIXED MY PROBLEMS FIX YOUR SHIT NIVDIA
WOW nVidia! And I thought AMD was the one known for bad drivers... makes me think going back to AMD after this 1060 I recently purchased! This is the worst experience I have ever had with a videocard, and I replace them every year or two... with last 5 years AMD only and never have a driver issue.... NVidia is releasing a new driver every week it seems... I do not want to hear anyone saying AMD has bad drivers after the recent weeks with nV
Frequent releases doesn't necessarily mean bad drivers. Most of the recent releases were just "Game Ready" drivers for various game releases - of which there have been many the last couple weeks.
The only really seriously broken driver was this one, and they released a fix within 48 hours (if not sooner).
The last 12-18 months, Nvidia's drivers are a mess. And we are not talking here about gaming performance, but stability and compatibility bugs. Nvidia has become worst in drivers than what ATI was considered in the past.
Except that AMD has not done great either, if not worse. The drivers for the RX480 (and others in that series) have been a real mess ever since the release of those cards.
It seems like a lot of driver fixes tend to be focused on multi-GPU configurations. There's rarely something wrong or terminally broken that requires major attention when you're only running one GPU. Its that sort of thing plus diminishing returns and added heat/power demand that makes more than one graphics card continue to seem like a decision lacking sensible thought. Its no wonder they're slowly eroding support for such configurations with this latest generation since they blemish the reputation of the company.
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Piotrek4321 - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
"Lastly is a smaller fix with the game Battle Carnival being falsely detected as Bionic Commando."Haha, bet both of the executables were named 'bc.exe'
wolrah - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
This also seems to have added support for SLI in Dishonored 2. My second GPU wasn't doing anything when I first got the game, but last night after updating to this driver it clocked up like normal and I ended up CPU limited where previously I was GPU limited.Michael Bay - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
It doesn`t seem to be especially GPU taxing in the first place, at least on 980. You don`t play Harvey Smith games for graphics anyway.Morawka - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
i'm getting horrible performance on that game on a gtx 1080 and a 4790k at 4.4ghz.. it regularly drops to 20 FPS during assassinations and power moves..The AA options in that game are atrocious. TXAA blurs all the LOD's no matter the distance, and FXAA looks like crap.
BobSwi - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
So, do you need to re-disable telemetry after each driver install?BobSwi - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
Welp, guess i'll pass on this one also: https://www.techpowerup.com/227881/users-report-mu...jsntech - Friday, November 18, 2016 - link
Wow. Sad that this seems to be the 'new normal' for their driver releases.Samus - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
They are releasing too many drivers too fast. AMD is just as, if not more reckless. We don't need driver updates every two weeks, we need them a few times a year. They know way in advance the compatibility issues with future titles and have ample time to address them. Make no mistake that NVidia and AMD have more insider information than anybody about game engines and upcoming title development.D. Lister - Wednesday, November 16, 2016 - link
This is a buggy version (again). The Nvidia driver team really needs to start focusing more on quality, over quantity. There is really no point in releasing a game-ready driver before the competition, if it ends up handicapping half the freakin' user base until the next hot fix.elevations - Thursday, November 17, 2016 - link
DO NOT INSTALL THESE DRIVERS, MY SKYRIM SE LOST 30 FRAMES AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY COMPUTER MY DARK SOULS 3 LOST 30 FRAMES AND I THOUGHT IT WAS MY GPU ITS THE DRIVER!! DO NOT INSTALL REVERT BACK TO OLD DRIVER IT FIXED MY PROBLEMS FIX YOUR SHIT NIVDIAJeffFlanagan - Monday, November 21, 2016 - link
It also seems to have caused problems with your caps-lock key.elevations - Thursday, November 17, 2016 - link
IF YOU HAVE A GTX 1060 DO NOT INSTALL THIS DRIVERAnotherGuy - Saturday, November 19, 2016 - link
WOW nVidia! And I thought AMD was the one known for bad drivers... makes me think going back to AMD after this 1060 I recently purchased! This is the worst experience I have ever had with a videocard, and I replace them every year or two... with last 5 years AMD only and never have a driver issue.... NVidia is releasing a new driver every week it seems...I do not want to hear anyone saying AMD has bad drivers after the recent weeks with nV
nevcairiel - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
Frequent releases doesn't necessarily mean bad drivers. Most of the recent releases were just "Game Ready" drivers for various game releases - of which there have been many the last couple weeks.The only really seriously broken driver was this one, and they released a fix within 48 hours (if not sooner).
eyk - Saturday, November 19, 2016 - link
375.95 WHQL is already in their drivers page, this article is outdated.HollyDOL - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
my 375.95 was installed Nov 18.... so 375.86 is really yesterday news...yannigr2 - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
The last 12-18 months, Nvidia's drivers are a mess. And we are not talking here about gaming performance, but stability and compatibility bugs. Nvidia has become worst in drivers than what ATI was considered in the past.nevcairiel - Sunday, November 20, 2016 - link
Except that AMD has not done great either, if not worse. The drivers for the RX480 (and others in that series) have been a real mess ever since the release of those cards.TheinsanegamerN - Monday, November 21, 2016 - link
AMD's drivers in the last few month have worked pretty well. I've not heard of widespread issues since the launch of the 480.BrokenCrayons - Monday, November 21, 2016 - link
It seems like a lot of driver fixes tend to be focused on multi-GPU configurations. There's rarely something wrong or terminally broken that requires major attention when you're only running one GPU. Its that sort of thing plus diminishing returns and added heat/power demand that makes more than one graphics card continue to seem like a decision lacking sensible thought. Its no wonder they're slowly eroding support for such configurations with this latest generation since they blemish the reputation of the company.