I’ll do that from now on. 
Usually too lazy. Did it once and lost those settings then I didn’t research again what the “best options” for MSFS are — so I can’t even remember what I have there now. Seems to be multiple conflicting suggestions anyway.
Anyone got a definitive best practice for those settings (most important ones at least) we could use please? 
(RTX2070 if it matters) 
Tbf default is pretty good with only vsinc of any real concern
I thought the low latency “something” one was important?
Not really that important, just don’t set it ultra if you plan on making recordings. At least that’s what I find but everyone can test for themselves
default + a usefull fps-max-limit … nothing else is necessary 
I suspect all 3rd party tools that screw around with system files. Unless NVIDIA/AMD tell you that you need to use one, you don’t need to use one. It’s as simple as that.
I’m using PCs for almost 30 years now and I never understood people’s need to muck around with their systems so much. Let me tell you something: I installed Windows 7 when it came out, back in 2009. I used it on the same computer for 6 years without any reinstalls. When Windows 10 came out in 2015 I simply installed that over the old Windows 7 installation with no problems whatsoever. I used that setup for 3 more years without reinstalling Windows until I bought a new computer. I only moved the whole thing from a regular HDD to a SSD by cloning the drive at one point. Still the same installation. And in all that time I simply installed new drivers over the old ones with no 3rd party cleaning tools. Zero problems! On a Windows installation that was 9 years old!
Of course, in all that time I swapped out the graphics card for more performance with newer games. All I had to do (and I’m not even sure I needed to) was uninstall the old driver via Window’s add/remove programs feature and install a freshly downloaded one.
Oh … and the new computer? Well, that’s been running for 4 and a half years on the first Windows installation that it came with as well now. And I put in a new graphics card a few months ago. Same procedure. No cleaner. No problems. No performance issues, no stability issues. I run MSFS on High to Ultra settings with 40-60 FPS. No CTDs.
I guarantee you that regular drivers aren’t the reason for CTDs. The reasons are 3rd party tools, overclocking their system and messing around with BIOS and system settings based on heresay that usually only come with a placebo effect but a ton of problems as well.
Since I don’t do any of that, I have no problems.
There’s certainly a lot in this however you should always keep your PC up to date or one day it will simply refuse to boot and not everyone knows how to revive a dead PC.
The real trick to tinkering is understanding what you are changing and not just because some random blogger says so. Also monitoring the effects on not just MSFS but your whole system for both stability and possible side affects. e.g. turning off HT/SMT will affect other programs, video recording etc.
Of course I always ran and still run the latest Windows updates during all that time. Keeping a system up-to-date has nothing to do with reinstalling Windows hundreds of times. 
Of course I use my computer for a ton of other stuff as well. I currently have more than 30 other games installed (among them Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2, Forza Horizon 5). And I use my computer for video and photo editing with Premiere, Photoshop and Lightroom too. Zero issues with all of them either.
But again, I don’t tinker and I doubt that gaining 0.412 % of performance in one application is worth compromising the stability of the whole thing and all the time invested in trying to make sure there are no side effects.
Largely I’d agree. I don’t do overclocking or GPU driver removal (I just let GE Experience do that ‘clean’ upgrade) & I’ve seen no issues.
I was having a few CTD’s for a while and I generally keep windows (11) up to date religiously too, but I did the windows file checker recently (when I was having CTD’s’) and found a few problems that got fixed, and I’ve not had a CTD since.
The windows system file checker tool is discribed here
I think CTD’s can happen for a variety of reasons though, so I’d be careful labelling specifics, but certainly using your system outside of it’s speed specs would also be a prime suspect.
I run SFC scannow at least monthly and even on my perfectly working PC it often finds something.
I was surprised as my Win 11 pro was a fresh system install in Jan this year, religiously updated, and issues found. I’m aiming to incorporate the system check every month now maybe.
A shout to whoever it was that recommended it, I’ve been a Windows user for 30 years but Id not heard of the tool before reading about it on here.
Recommended usage
Looks like new Nvidia Driver just dropped. Driver Version: 517.40
Only see the Studio version for now
Thread closed as it’s OBE (Overtaken By Events) and was starting to get Off-Topic posts. As of date of closure, the latest discussion is below on the eve of Sim Update 10 Release.
In the future the current nvidia driver can be found here.