Nvidia Driver Instability: Stuck on 372.54

4K_shmoorK

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Hey all

Just wanted to open a thread to see if any user here or otherwise have been experiencing driver instability past 372.54? I've tried almost every, if not, all driver revisions since and have experienced all-around driver instability after installation.

General game crashes, crash to black screen (the absolute worst, got 2 since attempting to upgrade to 376.09 in Hitman), and inconsistent framerates.

Installation procedure is always:
1.) Download and clean install
2.) If unstable, wipe with DDU, restart, clean install
3.) Wipe with DDU, go back to 372.54

Not sure if anyone is experiencing similar phenomena. I wouldn't consider my self an advanced user but I would consider myself fairly tech savvy. Haven't really found any definitive answers out there, noticed I also got hit with the 800MHz memory bug on I think 375.63 rev drivers, or whatever revision had that bug before the hotfix.

Relevant specs:
4790K
Zotac 1080 Extreme
3440x1440@60Hz
W10 Anniversary

For me, it seemed most of my instability with later revisions started when the W10 anniversary update arrived, but I'm not positive about that.

Anyone have suggestions?