Nvidea Drivers

[FatJay]

So i read on a forum that i should do this everytime a new driver comes out:

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1. Download Latest driver GeForce Experience
2. Uninstall all things nVidia, reboot
3. (Optional) Use ccleaner to remove all things nVidia from registry [or] one of the various utilities (one linked above) that automate the process.
4. Install new driver.

If you skip step 3, you will get away with it 90+% of the time. If you decide to skip, you can always redo and include step 3 

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Do i really need to this? Im not even sure what he means by uninstalling all things nvidea..

 

 

 

[Ironwhale2009]

12 minutes ago, FatJay said:

So i read on a forum that i should do this everytime a new driver comes out:

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1. Download Latest driver GeForce Experience
2. Uninstall all things nVidia, reboot
3. (Optional) Use ccleaner to remove all things nVidia from registry [or] one of the various utilities (one linked above) that automate the process.
4. Install new driver.

If you skip step 3, you will get away with it 90+% of the time. If you decide to skip, you can always redo and include step 3 

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Do i really need to this? Im not even sure what he means by uninstalling all things nvidea..

 

 

 

You could, it would be very long winded. Or you could just select perform clean installation when installing the drivers through geforce experience.

[Lathlaer]

Downloading geforce experience should never be a mandatory part of the routine. You can have it or you don't have to, personal preference though most people don't like it.

 

As for 3. -> what people mean actually is using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to clean previous drivers before you install new ones. 

 

Is it needed? Sometimes, when you have troubles. For me usually just doing a clean install is enough (double click on new drivers -> custom installation -> pick only nvidia drivers -> click "perform clean install").

 

Most people use DDU as a troubleshooting method though some are particular enough to use it as preventive measure.

 

 

[FatJay]

6 minutes ago, Lathlaer said:

Downloading geforce experience should never be a mandatory part of the routine. You can have it or you don't have to, personal preference though most people don't like it.

 

As for 3. -> what people mean actually is using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) to clean previous drivers before you install new ones. 

 

Is it needed? Sometimes, when you have troubles. For me usually just doing a clean install is enough (double click on new drivers -> custom installation -> pick only nvidia drivers -> click "perform clean install").

 

Most people use DDU as a troubleshooting method though some are particular enough to use it as preventive measure.

 

 

I always used fast instalation. (Translated from dutch it could be called something else in the US. So custom instalation is prefered for future drivers?

 

[Lathlaer]

3 minutes ago, FatJay said:

So custom instalation is prefered for future drivers?

Yes. The means of doing things from the cleanest to the "dirtiest":

 

1. DDU old drivers and clean installation of new

2. Perform a "clean installation" of new drivers without DDU

3. Use fast installation

 

It doesn't mean that doing the fast installation is going to break your system. Just the probability is higher. Plenty of people are doing it and are fine but when something breaks they need to go back and use the "cleaner" versions.

[tcari394]

I always:

 

1. Boot into safe mode and uninstall driver via DDU

2. Boot back into windows and install the newest driver without geforce experience bloatware

 

I have yet to have a driver issue since following this method.

[Ironwhale2009]

3 hours ago, Lathlaer said:

Yes. The means of doing things from the cleanest to the "dirtiest":

 

1. DDU old drivers and clean installation of new

2. Perform a "clean installation" of new drivers without DDU

3. Use fast installation

 

It doesn't mean that doing the fast installation is going to break your system. Just the probability is higher. Plenty of people are doing it and are fine but when something breaks they need to go back and use the "cleaner" versions.

2 hours ago, tcari394 said:

I always:

 

1. Boot into safe mode and uninstall driver via DDU

2. Boot back into windows and install the newest driver without geforce experience bloatware

 

I have yet to have a driver issue since following this method.

It is true, it is a bit annoying you need to sign into it and it is kind of bloatware-ish

but I enjoy the interface, and find the convenience of it auto downloading the drivers and notifying me of the newly available updates pretty sweet.

 

[pas008]

3 hours ago, tcari394 said:

I always:

 

1. Boot into safe mode and uninstall driver via DDU

2. Boot back into windows and install the newest driver without geforce experience bloatware

 

I have yet to have a driver issue since following this method.

I do this

but I read patch/driver notes first on new driver

[tcari394]

On 10/5/2018 at 12:25 PM, pas008 said:

I do this

but I read patch/driver notes first on new driver

Definitely.   I usually wait a full week or two before moving over to a new driver.  There is a great Reddit page that monitors and tests the newest drivers and it is beneficial to read the comments to see what types of issues people are having.