Nvidia Driver Updates

[jiyeon]

Hi, so since getting my new PC, I've been into GeForce Experience to keep up to date with drivers, and a thing I've noticed is that drivers are usually optimising for one game?

I remember one time there was a driver specifically optimising for a game but I can't remember which. This time it seems like it's doing the same unless I can't read to save my life.

 

 

Is it necessary to update every single time there's a new update or is it not worth the hassle? I'm using 398 at the moment.

[Crunchy Dragon]

I usually update for the sake of having it updated.

 

I seem to recall that as well, I remember Battlefield 1 optimizations, and a bunch of others.

391.01 for example:

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Provides the optimal gaming experience for Final Fantasy XV, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and World of Tanks 1.0.

It looks like they're doing multiple optimizations per driver now.

[Cereal5]

I was on 398.(I think 54) up until yesterday. The reason is, there’s usually only one game advertised as being supported, but the driver likely has improvements in many games. You can read the patch notes for further details. The advertised game is simply to let everyone know that NVIDIA now has a driver that supports the latest game. 

[jiyeon]

Just now, Cereal5 said:

I was on 398.(I think 54) up until yesterday. The reason is, there’s usually only one game advertised as being supported, but the driver likely has improvements in many games. You can read the patch notes for further details. The advertised game is simply to let everyone know that NVIDIA now has a driver that supports the latest game. 

 

3 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I seem to recall that as well, I remember Battlefield 1 optimizations, and a bunch of others.

391.01 for example:

 

Yeah, I read the patch notes for 399 just now, there's a bunch of games listed such as Shadow of The Tomb Raider (another one of these?), Call of Duty Black Ops 4, and Asseto Corsa.

This is the reason why I feel going full updated is kind of pointless if you don't play the listed games.

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, seoz said:

Yeah, I read the patch notes for 399 just now, there's a bunch of games listed such as Shadow of The Tomb Raider (another one of these?), Call of Duty Black Ops 4, and Asseto Corsa.

This is the reason why I feel going full updated is kind of pointless if you don't play the listed games.

That's fair.

 

I still play PUBG, and I need all the optimizations I can for it. I've had random problems in the past where if my drivers were out of date, things wouldn't work.

[Cereal5]

2 minutes ago, seoz said:

 

 

Yeah, I read the patch notes for 399 just now, there's a bunch of games listed such as Shadow of The Tomb Raider (another one of these?), Call of Duty Black Ops 4, and Asseto Corsa.

This is the reason why I feel going full updated is kind of pointless if you don't play the listed games.

Well you’d be right. And I played Black Ops 4 just fine without the driver. I might have gotten slightly better framerates with it but like I said, it worked fine

[jiyeon]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I still play PUBG, and I need all the optimizations I can for it. I've had random problems in the past where if my drivers were out of date, things wouldn't work.

That's basically PUBG in a nutshell, is it not?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Just now, seoz said:

That's basically PUBG in a nutshell, is it not?

Correct. I also have a GTX 780, and PUBG struggles with older hardware in general from what I've heard and read.