I’ve always favoured Nvidia over AMD for one thing: their drivers and general software, which has always felt more intrinsically useful to me. Updated more often to support games more regularly, helping make Nvidia the best choice for the average PC gamer. For the last while though, Nvidia’s driver’s haven’t been great – though they do generally work.
Every now and then though, one of those drivers messes things up. That’s what’s happened with the latest set numbered 375.86. As a warning, you may not want to install them.
Here’s what they’re meant to do: “Provides the optimal experience for Tom Clancy’s The Division Survival DLC, Battlefield 1, Steep: Open Beta, and Civilization VI.”
Unfortunately for many, the drivers have resulted in jittering and screen flashing in many games, including Battlefield 1 and Infinite Warfare. Some users have suggested it’s made games unplayable for them. The reason, it seems, is that it’s locking the memory clocks of some Pascal cards to 810Mhz instead of the much higher clocks they should be at.
Many 1080 owners are reporting that their games are running at low double digit framerates, obviously something that shouldn’t be happening with the company’s current premier card.
Nvidia is aware of the issues, and has updated their forums to note the currently reported problems:
- Battlefield 1 displays flicker after 11/15 patch w/ multi-GPU enabled (reproduced on competitor cards as well)
- Battlefield 1 menu text becomes jittery after 11/15 patch w/ multi-GPU (reproduced on competitor cards as well)
- Some GTX 1080/1070/1060 GPUs video memory stuck at 810Mhz
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare SLI flicker w/ render resolution above 100 (working with game developer)
While some report that rolling back drivers to earlier versions has fixed the issue, others are still stuck with low framerates. It’s worth noting that many Pascal owners are reporting no significant issues – but it’s probably wise to avoid the drivers for now.
Last Updated: November 16, 2016
Ottokie
November 16, 2016 at 12:31
#TEAMGREEN!
*looks at title* lalalalalalalalalala
Viper_ZA
November 16, 2016 at 12:35
Okay, so in short it’s more of a multi GPU driver issue, ye?
Geoffrey Tim
November 16, 2016 at 12:45
Not necessarily; many single card people affected as well.
Lord Chaos
November 16, 2016 at 12:35
Would be ever so embarrassing if some of the cards get perma-locked to that frequency.
Team Red for life!
Alien Emperor Trevor
November 16, 2016 at 12:40
That’s not a bug, it’s a feature. They’re trying to get into the console market.
Viper_ZA
November 16, 2016 at 12:41
Fortunately, they are too expensive for that xD
Lord Chaos
November 16, 2016 at 12:43
They’re testing the market to see if it takes, like Apple does.
Andre Fourie
November 16, 2016 at 12:44
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e9ba5d6c3251c9cf9a06d6bff8597c1550e6c27272f47e7c358c2b7ef8973f17.jpg
Ottokie
November 16, 2016 at 12:45
Trying to see that glorious 480p?
😛
Andre Fourie
November 16, 2016 at 12:46
I’m trying to obliterate his soul.
Ottokie
November 16, 2016 at 12:53
With a very high pug? xD
Andre Fourie
November 16, 2016 at 13:02
Well, yes.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 16, 2016 at 13:19
He has no soul, Rince ate it
Andre Fourie
November 16, 2016 at 13:20
No wonder.
Admiral Chief Argonian
November 16, 2016 at 13:19
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Andre Fourie
November 16, 2016 at 12:41
“…for one thing; their drivers….” , “NVidia;s drivers” .
Magoo
November 16, 2016 at 12:55
Enough with this madness!
Lord Chaos
November 16, 2016 at 12:56
Never!! 😛
Keeps them on their toes.
Galbedir
November 16, 2016 at 12:46
And so the turn tables…meanwhile my Rx480 OC 8gb is performing exquisitely, with regular driver updates. Glad I went with AMD.
Deceased
November 16, 2016 at 13:28
Once you go Red, NVidia is dead?
Kromas Ryder
November 16, 2016 at 12:58
My viewpoint in Nvidia and their drivers are the complete opposite.Sure they have loads of updates but ever since they blew up my pc way back in the day I find it hard to trust their drivers. AMD may not have the best driver update schedule but their track record for stable drivers in my opinion is way better (apart from the last two years or so)
Kromas Ryder
November 16, 2016 at 12:59
Also Mass Effect runs Frostbite and Frostbite is AMD optimized … yay! 😛
Deceased
November 16, 2016 at 13:30
Was wondering why I’m getting 56fps at 4K with my FuryX – could honestly not believe it 🙂
LION
November 16, 2016 at 16:31
Get card, use max next 3 versions of drivers amd be happy. Never have seen miracle works with newer drivers. Driver for win10 perdirmance boost doesnt count
Matthew Figueira
November 16, 2016 at 16:39
INSTALLING IT AS WE SPEAK! 😛
Andre Gabriel Coetzee
November 16, 2016 at 17:25
Great, been struggling with stuttering on my GTX 1070 since I got it, and instead of a proper fix being issued, they screw this driver up on top of that. Dammit, I should`ve waited till next year and stuck with AMD. :O
Antonymity
November 17, 2016 at 14:33
It destroyed Hitman for me. I had incredibly bad graphical flickering and I honestly thought it was the game itself. I left a report and updated frequently, finally coming to the conclusion that the driver was the problem: http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=189569&page=10&p=2230119#post2230119
mileshigh77
November 25, 2016 at 13:01
Which version did you revert to? I have the same problem. http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=194219
Antonymity
November 25, 2016 at 13:30
375.70
mileshigh77
November 26, 2016 at 01:08
damn didn’t even notice xD thanks a lot I’ll rollback to that one now and give it a try
Antonymity
November 25, 2016 at 13:30
haha, it was me who was replying to you in that thread also 😛