Latest Nvidia driver - give it a while

[phil bottle 9,952]

Lots of folk are having problems with the new driver.

 

Silly me, I stopped playing the Division at about 3am and noticed a new driver was avaiable. Installed it and it went it to a reboot loop. Very annoying when you're cream crackered.

 

Here's the lowdown:

 

Bit of a PSA for you here: the latest Nvidia driver is causing some serious problems on various machines, according to users across the web. On installing 364.47 - which those of you using the Geforce Experience tool have likely already been prompted to do - some are reporting a crash followed by several reboots all ending in black screens. System restore or safe mode is the only way to get out of this if it's already happened.

 

If it makes you feel better, the 2016's best PC games all ran on the older driver anyway.

 

Nvidia are aware of the issue and are looking into fixes. They say that multi-monitor setups seem to be the most commonly affected, though I've seen complaints from laptop users as well. There's also this thread on the Nvidia Reddit with various single-monitor users reporting problems. Disconnecting one of your monitors before installing may help, but Nvidia also mention that doing a clean install via the custom installation option may be better than using express.

 

If you've already installed and are now locked out, a system restore should set you right. Alternatively, booting into safe mode and navigating to the device manager, then uninstalling or rolling back the driver from there should let you load up and grab an older version. This support thread has the latest updates from Nvidia who are, as you'd hope, trying to get this fixed.

 

For now, I'd recommend just not downloading or installing them until Nvidia issue the all-clear. If you're worried about performance on The Division today, I managed to play some last night with zero problems on the last driver, though I'm sitting on a fairly meaty 980TI, so your mileage with older cards may vary. Most folks I saw also praised its good performance though, so it's unlikely you'll encounter issues.

[J4MES OX4D 10,184]

Bugger, I installed the new driver earlier without realising this although I haven't experienced any issues with it yet thank ye lord. That's probably tempting fate though and everything will ultimately go to shit a bit later on but it was good while it lasted..

[tronic44 3,642]

Unlucky and thanks Phil, we roll graphic drivers out pretty sharpish but definitely won't be with this one!

[phil bottle 9,952]

As of today they have pulled the driver