LATEST DRIVERS CRASHING CONSTANTLY
REPORTS OF BRICKED CARDS
http://wccftech.com/nvidias-latest-game-ready-driver-allegedly-killing-gpus-plagued-issues/
https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/4crp3j/
>WHEN AMD HAS BETTER DRIVERS
>>332972278
>AMD
>Better drivers
I can confirm the nvidia meme.
Currently running a gtx970 chipset that I have to put 3 fans on during nay given time while gaming. Otherwise it gets 70 degree celsius
>>332972738
I have 970, and have been playing MGSV all day. It didnt get above 55 c
Stop linking to that currytech clickbait site
>>332972509
NVIDIA CARD DAMAGING DRIVERS OVER LAST 5 YEARS:
364.72 WHQL
364.67 BETA
364.51 WHQL
364.47 WHQL
320.18 WHQL
267.52 WHQL
196.75 WHQL
AMD CARD DAMAGING DRIVERS OVER LAST 5 YEARS:
15.11 WHQL
If you want your card dead -> Nvidia
If you want it to last -> AMD
>>332972738
LoL 70 celsius is totally fine
>>332972278
rip nvidia
>>332972278
there are always "reports" of this yet it never actually happens to anyone or anyone that anyone knows
ill upgrade to it without a care in the world. have never had an nvidia driver issue in almost 20 years
>>332972278
I had to roll back to 359.06 because 364.51 was causing my system to crash whenever I streamed any sort of video.
And now the newer driver fucked up even more. Nvidia just can't get their shit together right now.
>>332972738
70 Celsius is fine. It would be worrisome if it would go to 94c or something.
Driver stops responding when I play vidya. Last few drivers have made it happen more and more.
>>332973948
Considering I had an 8800GTS die to 196.75, I'd believe it.
Course you probably won't believe me.
>>332974071
>Driver stops responding when I play vidya. Last few drivers have made it happen more and more.
this means your card is overheating. it's happening more and more because the overheating is getting worse.
"driver stopped responding" just means your card physically had a memory error in most circumstances
2016 /v/: why blow out my computer with compressed air, it's nvidia's fault!
This is why I wait before updating to new video drivers.
>>332974254
My graphics card is fine.
Im playing 8 hours straight now Dark Souls and i also have youtube on the background and what i noticed is that my 650 Ti reached the crazy temperature of 28 degrees. Retards..
Can't wait until Pascal drops and Nvidia starts gimping older cards to the point where the $150 entry level 1050 or whatever it'll be called will outperform the 970.
i have had no issues and i have a meme card with no additional cooling.
Still running 347.88 for my 780 Ti I got 3 years ago.
>>332974254
>this means your card is overheating.
I have a 5yr old 6950 and it heats up fast, but that is mostly due to having pets. I clean the hair out once a year but just know there is more hair that I can never reach.
Patiently waiting for pascal/polaris with anticipation.
>>332974480
>Youtube on in background
970 owner here, I can't put YT on my second monitor while playing a game because it tanks my FPS. Steam's built-in FPS counter shows above 200fps in CSGO, yet it looks choppy in-game. Even while using HTML5 player, so it's not a case of Flash raping my CPU. CPU usage is anywhere from 30-40%.
Anyone know what might be causing this?
>>332974480
very le epic troll post haha
LE oldFAG le spotted :D
>>332974743
>>332972278
My 780 died from this((
Well, guess it's time to buy 980ti
>>332975013
>I just got beaten by a spouse
>but lets go back to them
Should I just buy an R9 /v/?
Even though my motherboard only has a PCI-E 2.0 slot, should I just get a four-hundred dollar video card?
>>332974359
I don't even update unless there's a specific game the drivers aim to optimize.
The benefit for games overall of newer drivers are minimal, unless it's something made for them, you'll see maybe a 1-3 fps improvement if you're lucky. So why update when you don't have to?
>buying nvidia products
Way to immediately out yourself as a cuck to everyone who will ever see your system specs.
WAsn't AMD's latest crimson drivers also bricking cards?
>>332975151
How old is your processor at that point? Last chips I can think of to have only PCI-E 2 were the first gen i7's
>>332974729
first monitor is obeying screen refresh from the screen showing youtube or something. some configuration issue. your fault.
>>332975218
>heh nvidia
>yo breh check this shit out, he must like getting his gf outsourced
>KEK
>>332975151
I have PCI-E 1.0 Still bought a new card. Get whatever you want. It wont work on full potential but its still better than using an old one.
>>332975257
that was literally one asshat with a custom bios who ran afterburner with fans disabled somehow
>>332974729
Why the fuck do you need to watch youtube while playing a game?
>>332975145
Everyone knows that AMD is for poorfags, and i don't want to ruin my reputation.
>>332975264
It's pretty old, it's a Phenom X6 1055T overclocked slightly.
>>332975326
well that's good news, I was gonna wait until PCI-4.0, but if it doesn't matter then sure.
>>332975257
Nah, what happened with 15.11 was if someone set a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner, when you updated it'd lock the fanspeed to 20% no matter the load. Some cards shut off due to overheating, but unless it was a cheap OEM like XFX that cuts corners constantly, nothing should've blown.
Current ones are 16.3 iirc
Again?
Didn't they fix this shit and now the new driver still has it?
>>332975427
I thought pcie 3.0 cards didn't really even use the whole amount of bandwidth on 2.0 let alone 3.0
>>332975498
But my cards where msi... and i changed the fan manually...
did msi fuck my 7850s or was it the driver then?
>>332975630
That's what I keep hearing, but I want to see for myself, and the only way I can right now is through spending big bux since I don't know anyone who has the hardware.
>>332975427
Don't, unless you plan on upgrading the CPU and Motherboard down the line. Otherwise, the CPU is gonna bottleneck the GPU.
R9 series is pretty good, got a R9 390, plays Torchlight 2 and Borderlands at 4K without it even using the fans to cool down.
>>332975427
Yeah your processor will be the bottleneck mate. Get a Zen when it comes out in about 6 months, or Kaby Lake if Zen turns out to be shit.
>perform clean install like you should
>no problems
Probably just a bunch of retards choosing express settings and then wondering why shit breaks
>>332973585
>Used to have an AMD card
>Tfw they never bothered releasing a single driver for it in the two years I owned it
>>332975427
Before i get called a troll here you go.
Its bottlenecked but still way better berformance than when i had a 250 GTS.
>>332975658
Nah had to be MSI Afterburner or a similar 3rd party utility. The settings in the AMD driver menu itself weren't the issue.
Might've just been a bad roll, if you OC'd and already voided the warranty I'd suggest trying the oven trick.
>>332975810
I really wish you could understand the joke.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmPG5WfO14A
>>332974709
I have a Sapphire 6950 that i bought in 2012. Its still beautiful mate.
>MFW i read about the unlabeled dipswitch on the card that turns it into a 6970.
Honestly I find little reason to bother with an upgrade. I bought a new case and the improved airflow brought temps down so much i was amazed.
>>332972278
>Running current drivers
>Everything is fine
Wew
>>332975902
I'm gonna consider it. I'm not replacing the current card, I just want to be able to play some of the higher end games at a leisure.
>>332972278
>Source: wccftech and reddit
lmao
>>332975956
Who is this lovely Russian woman?
>still downloading gpu drivers
lol
There is literally no reason to download new ones. They ruin older cards, heat up new ones, and fuck up performance. You guys are fucking saps. Let me guess, you let windows auto update to?
>>332976221
Hey NOW, AMD CRIMSON seems to be good news.
>>332975374
Some games like Mount & Blade are fun but, minimalistic in the sounds and music department. Not to mention your hearing this shit for 100+hours
Civ 5 or Xcom could be played waiting for turns. Or you could be catching up on your fav show or documentary subject of interest.
max chill factor. When i have a day off from work this is what i day dream doing
>>332976136
Nvidia marketers at damage control.
>>332976183
But there ain't any woman.
>use nvidia cards for over 10 years
>never once have any kind of serious driver issue, let alone the card overheating for any reason
I am starting to think this meme is based on lies cooked up by jelly AMDfags
>People STILL aren't clean installing to remove the forever busted 364.47 driver
When will these idiots learn? You HAVE to clean install if you ever installed 364.47, it's WHQL flag is ignored by Windows 10 and will never be removed when using express install.
>>332972738
Force your fans on. 970s straight up don't run their fans until it gets over 70.
>>332976429
>d-d-damage control
wccftech is Indian Clickbait on par with Kotaku. If they were posted for any reason other than negative nvidia news, you'd be greentexted to death on par with posting reddit links.
But nope, they're okay for AMD shills.
>>332975274
That's kind of what I thought. Is there a possible work around? My 144hz main monitor is plugged in via DVI, and the 60hz secondary monitor is hooked up via HDMI, if that matters.
>>332976475
This.
I once used a Radeon just to play the elite graphics of Grand Theft Auto III (at the time) and it shit the bed hard. I've used nvidia ever since and literally never once had a problem. Maybe one driver issue that I can remember that wasn't immediately corrected by rollback.
These guys are either lying or fucking up badly. Maybe they put their hair inside their computers every time they go to the barber or something.
>>332976475
Ditto expect there was a 2 year break in there where I had a 7970 as my main card.
I've used almost every reported "GPU killer" driver and never had a single issue. That actually goes both ways as my secondary rendering PC is using the 7970 and used the supposed fan locking Crimson driver that kills cards and was also just fine.
I'm seriously expecting this shit is entirely user stupidity caused.
>>332976716
you cant run 144hz over dvi bro..holy fucking facepalm..requires hdmi 2.0
you actually bought a 144hz monitor and plugged it in with the oldest possible connection you could find?
>>332976883
Fuck off.
>>332976585
how do i do that fammy?
>>332976883
>you cant run 144hz over dvi bro..holy fucking facepalm..requires hdmi 2.0
What are the talking about? DVI can absolutely support 144hz, in fact it's the only connector some 144hz monitors had before HDMI 2.0 was a thing.
>>332976883
>you cant run 144hz over dvi bro
Well I am. And it seems to work perfectly fine, except for when my 2nd monitor is plugged in.
>>332975393
Troll or not, this is pretty accurate.
>>332976980
Every time your GPU fans go off, just turn on a heat gun and put it on your graphics card until they come back on again. A blowdryer also works.
>>332972278
>WHEN AMD HAS BETTER DRIVERS
Already does on Linux, but those drivers are Linux-exclusive. Only problem is their development has been slow and they still don't support as many features but they continue to improve and they're nice stable and non-bricking.
Actually there was a cool bit of news today that Compute Shader support has landed. That means that now the only thing standing between the new drivers and full OpenGL 4.5 support is the KHR robustness stuff that really is only used for webgl.
>>332976883
144hz monitors existed before HDMI 2.0 existed. Know what display connector they used? DVI.
>>332976475
>use nvidia cards for over 10 years
ahaha, look, another nvidia shill
>what is 2xx generation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuX27PX8ZAg
>what is 9xxx generation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqmn0sDWOYk
>what is 8xxx generation?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7R5Rh_73Dw
and 5xx generation was shit too
>>332976980
You can do most of the fan control from the bios (like you should), but drivers and updated service packages allow you to do the same.
>>332977009
Do you need 144HZ over DVI if your monitor supports DP or HDMI? It seems like a waste of a pure digital signal to carry such little data over a super high bandwidth cord.
>>332976980
Download any kind of OC program. EVGA PrecisionX is on Steam. Just open up the fan profile and set it on literally anything. I just put it on Quiet and it's fine.
>>332976883
you were saying?
>>332975393
>i don't want to ruin my reputation
>Implying you have anything like a life outside of 4chan
>not wanting to ruin your reputation on a weeb site
Holy fuck, get a load of this guy
>>332976980
>>332977098
This is what I do and it works every time.
>>332977149
Holy shit you're retarded, you actually believe baking to reflow poor wave soldering was a common thing
ANOTHER GPU killing driver?
What the fuck?
>>332977149
2900XT was a turd and you know it. 3870 was only competitive on the mid range. 4870 and 5870 were fantastic. 6970 wasn't really worth it. Turning out the 7970 and 290X are fantastic too as they age.
>installed the new driver just half an hour ago
What happens if I start a gaym
I was having problems with the newest drivers until I used DDU to wipe the drivers clean and do a new install
>>332977363
It's actually all the same driver, technically. You see the first shit driver 364.47 is improperly installed on Windows 10 due to Microsofts love for total control over driver installs on W10 ignoring the WHQL flag.
If you ever used 364.47, you have to either use a driver cleaner or do a "Clean Install" in the nvidia setup when using a different driver or else some the busted driver component stay alongside the new driver.
People constantly use express install, and as such these reports will continue to happen forever until the retards stop clicking express.
>>332977460
>>332977460
Depends who you ask. AMD users will take a break from subway panhandling to go to the free library so they can get on a computer and tell you that your PC will burst into flames.
nvidia users will tell you that the gaym will play.
>>332977358
>you actually believe baking to reflow poor wave soldering was a common thing
It was so uncommon, look, nothing interesting there
http://www.aliexpress.com/popular/nvidia-reballing-kit.html
>>332977562
See
>>332977660
Exactly as was said, if you DDU the old driver, everything is fine.
>>332977223
I want a 144hz monitor.
How do you even enjoy life at anything less than 90hz...? I feel so insignificant.
>>332977943
They're not expensive, just get one.
They only get expensive when you want AHVA 1440p versions.
Everything is fine over here.
>>332972278
>allegedly
And just like that there is no need to bother reading the articles.
>>332978221
>Even opening wccftech
Why is /v/ so stupid? They are the Kotaku of hardware, STOP GIVING THEM CLICKS.
>>332975843
They've actually gotten decent right now. They've redone the whole CCC so it doesn't take 15 minutes to open and generally improved italthough just starting it up once made me BSOD.
>>332977460
if nvidia user
>restart
>safe mode
>delete the newest driver
>boot windows
>goto nvidia site
>download driver 362.00 stable edition
>install
>pray everything works
if amd user
>pray?
>the fuck do i know i have nvidia
>>332975940
then WTF burned my cards?
>>332977943
it feels good but most games rarely can hit or support 144fps with ultra settings on one card unless put settings to medium.
>>332977562
> driver devs so retarded you have to use another program to remove drivers before installing the new ones
Why has this been considered okay routine practice ?
>>332978282
That was going to be my second point, but somebody would start shill defending them, so I couldn't be assed.
It's clickbait of the tech world. It's immediately dismissed. The key is to make articles that make you covered legally. Hence words "allegedly".
>>332978419
Did you OC?
Feels nice to have joined the Radeon R9 390 Master Race
>>332978414
Pedo Nvidia user sure know his thing.
I have a GTX 960, have been using the latest drivers for a week now, no issues so far.
>>332978152
Except for the fact you have only 6GB of RAM, like what the fuck man?
>shitters like this dont get permabanned
>every fucking week they are shitposting nonstop crying about muh nvidia
>enabling auto updates
It's not even nvidia or amd related, you have to be a special retard to update constantly once you reach a stable release. What the fuck do you want an update for ?
>Bought EVGA 970 sc acx 2.0
>It dies within 3 months
>RMA it, get a new one
>Has a shitload of coil whine
>RMA it
third times a charm, but I've never had problems with it overheating, I just override the fans to about 35-40 in MSI afterburner, and it usually stays under 60c
>>332975810
>>332978152
>>332978628
How much you wanna bet it's Kepler only
I'm using 364.51 and I don't have any problems.
>>332978746
>It's ok when Nvidia is burning my video card
>I will replace it with a new Nvidia card
>>332977460
This most likely
Pascal's coming out soon, so Nvidia will be working to burn up the remaining Maxwell cards
>>332976883
>http://wccftech.com/nvidias-latest-game-ready-driver-allegedly-killing-gpus-plagued-issues/
HDMI 2.0? You joking m8? HDMI is a shit connection and no one uses it that isn't retarded. Use display port or DVI.
>>332978735
used to be 8gb. it's really old ddr3 and one of the sticks died long ago.
>>332978796
Very high chances. Nvidia is known to blow up their older card series so that people buy new cards.
And here I am still running 355.98, guess I wont be updating in a while then.
haha that huge market share must be a headache for nvidia
>>332978989
>that genius let's burn all the old cards so ppl buy our new ones
tell me that's just dust
You all do realize most of the people running into these issues are the fucktards overclocking that don't know what they're doing right? Ever since after burner and precision became common knowledge all of a sudden 'OMG DRIVER RUINED MY GPU!' and this is on both sides of the fence.
364.72 is fine if you're not an idiot ruining your hardware.
>>332979380
that's definitely smoke
>>332979508
Dully noted, Liriel.
>>332979508
I've had a monster overclock on my card since day 1 with no problems
>le overclocking ruins your hardware maymay
As long as you know what you're doing there's zero issues with overclocking
>>332978447
>umemaro3d at 144hz
i think i just took a shit.
>GTX 400 series came out
>Nvidia drivers conveniently blew up GTX 8000 and GTX 9000 cards
>GTX 500 series came out
>Nvidia drivers conveniently blew up GTX 4xx cards
>GTX 600 series came out
>Nvidia drivers gimped the surviving GTX 5xx cards
>GTX 700 series came out
>Nvidia drivers gimped the GTX 600 cards and blew up cards
>GTX 900 series came out
>Nvidia drivers gimped the GTX 700 series and blew up cards
>Pascal to be release soon
>Nvidia drivers, the Sword of Damocles is awaiting
Is this the 4th driver in a row with issues? Holy shit Nvidia needs to get their shit together, at this rate they might have worse driver support than AMD.
>>332980107
The entire 364 driver is fucked
>>332974709
I have the original reference HD6950 unlocked to HD6970 and it only gets up to around 68C under furmark with a moderate fan speed increase.
Yeah clean that shit out bro
>>332978475
Only slightly like 5%
And i forced fans on high when gaming
I see nvidia is prepping their users to upgrade to pascal a bit early
VRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>332981356
>980s
>not 980tis
>less than 1tb ssd
lel poorfag
So... Does this mean I'm safe?
>>332982154
.5g of ram
what sorcery is windows 8
>>332975810
>>332978152
>>332979508
>>332981356
>Nvidia fags installing Windows botnet
Had my AMD card die to the crimson 16.1. Ironic that the hotfix actually made the hardware hotter.
>>332982653
Nice try Nvidia shill
>>332982702
Why would you think I'm a shill, shill?
>EDIT: YES, MOST USERS WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE PROBLEMS. It wouldn't have gotten out of beta if it was a majority issue right? but do you want to risk your system being in that 1%?
obviously OP is the 1% shilling this hard or just AMDrone
>>332975204
This desu senpai
Every advantage AMDs competitors have over them is synthetic and misrepresents that actual performance of their products
AMD CPUs perform poorly because of the outdated coding standards that have barely improved since the mid 2000s which rely heavily on the performance of 1 or 2 cores.
AMD's GPUs suffer from Nvidia pushing code that is specifically inefficient on AMD GPUs. GCN has proved its worth. Nvidia had to revamp their entire architecture to remain competitive against GCN which has existed since 2010
Have virtually no problem at ALL, what are you people talking about?
>>332981356
>He paid for a 5960X
How it feel for not able to overclock?
>>332985021
But you can overclock it
>>332978294
Lucky you. Mine crashes when I touch certain menus.
>Clean install the 'fixed' drivers a while ago
>Still produces a black screen and needs nuking from Safe Mode
They can fuck off if I'm updating my drivers before they've fixed their shit.
>>332985206
No shit
The only thing you should take into consideration when buying a GPU is how many other people will use it. GPU support comes from both the manufacturer and game developers but game devs are always going to cast the widest net possible and target the most common GPUs.
