[modcrash.com] Nvidia 320.18 WHQL Display Driver is Damaging GPUs

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Lifer
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LOL almost everyone says same thing in first little while after new driver gets leaked.

I will wait for it to be official and wait a few days to see what real responses will be.
 
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JimmiG

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Gikaseixas said:
If they're aren't able to pinpoint the issue then there's good chances for the problem occurs on the next driver release??
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If they aren't able to reproduce the issue with their massive QA resources plus additional cards and systems sent in by volunteers, it probably means the issue is so rare (if it even exists) that you don't have to worry about it. This thread makes it seem like the driver fries 9 out of 10 GPUs...
Many have had their GTX 6xx cards for over a year now, often overclocked to the limit. Eventually something has to give...
 
Grooveriding

Grooveriding

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One of my Titans died and I had to RMA it, just finished installing the replacement today. I have no idea if it was related to this driver or not though. I didn't get artifacts in BF3 or any other game.

The card just died over the course of a week by steadily not being able to hold lower and lower clock speeds without crashing, eventually leading to constant TDRs even sitting on the desktop.

I am using those 320.29s now and everything is fine. My other original card has no issue. In the past when nvidia released drivers that destroyed cards it was something more obvious, the first time was a set that caused the fan to stop spinning on cards. Then there were the drivers that killed GTX 590s, although that seemed to more be the GTX 590 was just a crappy card with low-budget power delivery circuitry that would blow out under load. So they added a throttle to the drivers for the GTX 590 to keep power consumption lower.
 
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bystander36

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I don't know what the odds are there would be a problem, but I have avoided the drivers none the less. I'm using the beta drivers just before.
 
nitromullet

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320.39 didn't fix my BF3 artifacting issues. 314.22 with a modified .inf is the only driver that works for me so far.
 
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Worthington

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Whelp, just got my 780 step-up. Upgraded driver and getting crazy artifacts in BF3. Haven't tried anything else yet. Guess i'll be rolling back.
 
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shipinabottle

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I had updated to this driver with my msi video card. Got random freezing problems. Thought a bunch of things died on me, but, it was just the driver. The one on the msi website is nvidia 306.97. Old, but, it works fine for the video card. DLing the driver that's on the card's manufacturer's website ensures compatibility.
 
Whitestar127

Whitestar127

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toyota said:
fixed some crap

broke some other crap
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Heheh, that's usually the way it goes. :)

Anyway, the only issue I have had with the new drivers is flickering on water textures in Trackmania 2. Not sure if that's the driver or the game though. Admittedly I have only played Just Cause 2 (no issues) in addition to TM2, so haven't tested it a lot.
 
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Mem

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shipinabottle said:
I had updated to this driver with my msi video card. Got random freezing problems. Thought a bunch of things died on me, but, it was just the driver. The one on the msi website is nvidia 306.97. Old, but, it works fine for the video card. DLing the driver that's on the card's manufacturer's website ensures compatibility.
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Try the Nvidia 314.22s,they are great on my Msi 560Ti card,320.18s are the crappest set I've ever used(I know said that already ;) ) .
 
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sushiwarrior

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320.39 (according to SKYMTL who was told by Nvidia) is identical to 320.18, it just adds support for the GTX760. So it's a new device ID, and that's it.
 
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Whitestar127

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Then why does it say: "The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since version 320.18"?
 
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sushiwarrior

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Whitestar127 said:
Then why does it say: "The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved since version 320.18"?
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Sky explains it here.

Placebo effect. There are literally zero improvements from these. Frame delivery remains the same, as do average frame rates.

The ONLY thing that's different in these drivers is the addition of support for the GTX 760. This comes directly from NVIDIA.
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Please remember the release notes for NVIDIA cards relate to major driver iterations rather than minor ones.

For example, when they say "15% improvement for Bioshock" that means a 15% improvement from 319.xx to 320.xx, NOT 320.15 to 320.39.
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