For those using NV 457.30 driver, please check something

User Support Hub Install, Performance & Graphics
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Please go to NV CPL and check what driver version it says you have installed and leave a post here.

So I recently went back to 457.30 driver. It had been working the best, but upgraded to the latest after SU3 before I realized it wasn’t a driver issue.

I then used DDU and uninstalled then installed 457.30 2 days ago. Today I open windows update and noticed that it had installed NVIDIA - Display - 27.21.14.5751 update. I then opened NV CPL and noticed the display driver version is now 457.51. Weird huh?

So I re-installed 457.30 then checked windows update and it is trying to download NVIDIA - Display - 27.21.14.5751 again. I paused it.

I have never noticed this before. I am curious as to what you guys see.

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My NV CPL says I am using the 461.72 driver.

GTX 1050TI GPU.

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457.30 here. Make sure when you use DDU, you select the option to disable automatic windows driver updates.

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Thanks. But is that the driver that YOU installed, or had you installed a different driver than 461.72?

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Thanks. I do. I even disable the ethernet adapter until the install is complete.

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No, it’s just what ever Windows installed. I haven’t downloaded anything directly from nVidia.
The Windows Device Mgr. says the driver version is: 27.21.14.6172

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Double check - Been on 457.30 for months with no automatic updates :slight_smile: I booted into Safe Mode, ran DDU, disabled automatic driver updates, cleaned nvidia drivers, then rebooted and installed 457.30.

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I’ve got v461.92, and today GeForce Experience says that now there’s a newer version ready to download and install. I’m going to try it and hope for the best.

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Yep. That’s how I do it. I even boot into safe mode twice and run DDU a second time because I read on Guru3d to do that. I figured it can’t hurt.

Thanks for your feed back sir.

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Hmm…

There appears to be considerable driver updating going on lately. I wonder if that’s connected with a lot of the performance issues many seem to be having since the last MSFS update…

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Is 457.30 considered to be some kind of “gold standard” for NVIDIA GPUs, today?

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I dunno, but I swear I was on 457.30 for at least 2 months. I am pretty peculiar about windows updates, that is why I look at the update history and had never noticed this before. The only thing I can think of is that 457.30 is so old, that it needs to go to 457.51 because of some other windows updates that have been installed.

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Yea kinda. Many seem to get the best results with it, especially in VR.

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Ah. Ok. Thanks. I don’t have VR. Anyone notice better performance with it on their non-VR flights?

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I don’t have VR either and it is the one I settled on. Just don’t expect it to fix the sim update 3 problems. The drivers don’t seem to play a part in it.

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Got it! Thanks. :+1:

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What the heck. I installed 457.3 two days ago and now it says 456.7.

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Mine still says 457.30, however I did do a clean install so maybe that helps. Any newer driver causes my Pimax Artisan to flicker when trying to fly anything, 457.30 is the only one that is stable for me.

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I’ve noticed performance improvements with this latest driver…but I’ve experienced two nasty hard display driver crashes in titles other than MSFS. So I went back to 457.30.
This is all in VR for me though…

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Weird ain’t it? I don’t know whats going on. A cursory Google search found nothing about it.

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