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Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Hi everyone, on the Nvidia site is a new driver version 332.21 available. As the title reads, is is worth speed wise upgrading from version 331.82? Aloha, Uli |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
You can be the first to try. Let us know what you discover. |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Oh well, that's why i asked: I'm on a very slow internet connection right now and the drivers are a relatively big package. I'll have to wait 'til Sunday, when i have a fast connection again. Aloha, Uli |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
I had a heck of a time upgrading the kitty farm to 331.82 last week. On most rigs, things went OK. I had one rig that never had XP SP2 installed, so I had to do that first. But on the 3 oldest rigs, after loading the new drivers, they would not restart XP. I had to get into safe mode and reinstall the drivers there, then things seemed to sort themselves out. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 |
I updated the Win 8.1 machine last night, no change as far as I can tell. I think I have isolated my 'Flickering Screen/Black Screen After Installing Geforce.com Display Drivers on Windows 8' though. For me, it seems to only happen if I choose the Clean Install option. The New Driver never even attempts to install, the Win 8 screens just go black and it dies as soon as the installer removes the older driver. If I don't choose the Clean Install Option everything works as expected. I'm debating on whether I should write nVidia a memo... |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Did you wait long enough? My Win 7 rig took foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever to install. I do NOT like the way it tries to update the video driver on the fly. I much prefer the way XP does it. Load the driver, then reboot to finish the actual changeover. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
I updated the Win 8.1 machine last night, no change as far as I can tell. I think I have isolated my 'Flickering Screen/Black Screen After Installing Geforce.com Display Drivers on Windows 8' though. For me, it seems to only happen if I choose the Clean Install option. The New Driver never even attempts to install, the Win 8 screens just go black and it dies as soon as the installer removes the older driver. If I don't choose the Clean Install Option everything works as expected. I'm debating on whether I should write nVidia a memo... If you wait long enough, it can come back again. I have that too - using an HDMI monitor (don't know if that's significant). I have VNC access to the machine in question, so I can verify that the installation is proceeding behind the black screen - or not, as the case may be. Windows is usually asking for permission to install an unsigned USB driver, or something silly like that. |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 |
30 minutes and numerous reboots should be long enough to stare at Black Flashing Screens. The Screens aren't Flashing, they are turning On and Off. That can't be good to have your monitors turn on and off every second or two. It even screws up the Monitors attached to the AMD card...total meltdown. People have been fighting this for over a year and nVidia's explanation never did address the problem. I think I'll let them stew as angry people continue to harass them. |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
These monthly driver updates are mostly for gamers, no difference in crunching. When I update video drivers I find my analog monitor will stay on for most of the update wile a digital one may go black for some time. |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 |
Flickering Screen/Black Screen After Installing Geforce.com Display Drivers on Windows 8 The first time I tried installing 331.82 with 'Clean Install' Windows 8.1 refused to boot after the second restart. I couldn't even get to the screen to choose Safe Boot. I had to remove the nVidia card to even get 8.1 to boot. Windows then spent a few minutes 'Updating' before finally booting. Previous times I was able to get to the Safe Screen. Whatever is happening, it appears to be instigated by merely choosing a 'Clean Install'...in my case. I've never had any problems installing the AMD Drivers in Windows 8.x. Like I said, I've been fighting this for a year and have tried everything an Advanced User could try. nVidia just blames M$... |
jason_gee Send message Joined: 24 Nov 06 Posts: 7489 Credit: 91,093,184 RAC: 0 |
Hmmm, interesting situation there. historically I've certainly had positive experiences with nVidia bug reporting mechanisms, when I provide the comprehensive info requested and any follow-up. The 'blame game' isn't usually their style, and not sure I read that into the request for more information. Fingers crossed that it isn't an MS induced situation, since those can be notoriously difficult to debug... "Living by the wisdom of computer science doesn't sound so bad after all. And unlike most advice, it's backed up by proofs." -- Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human decisions. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
I much prefer the way XP does it. Load the driver, then reboot to finish the actual changeover. I have found in the past that whilst Vista and Win7 appear not to need a reebot, I have had instances where Boinc cant find the GPU till rebooted. I did my 7 yesterday, took a while but rebooted them all after install and no problems so far. |
j tramer Send message Joined: 6 Oct 03 Posts: 242 Credit: 5,412,368 RAC: 0 |
I am running windows 7 64 bit ultimate....no problems here...running great |
juan BFP Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 9786 Credit: 572,710,851 RAC: 3,799 |
I am running windows 7 64 bit ultimate....no problems here...running great +1 in diferent GPU/CPU configurations including one XP/32. |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
Me too NP; two updates on Win 8.1 machines. |
TBar Send message Joined: 22 May 99 Posts: 5204 Credit: 840,779,836 RAC: 2,768 |
Hmmm, interesting situation there. historically I've certainly had positive experiences with nVidia bug reporting mechanisms, when I provide the comprehensive info requested and any follow-up. The 'blame game' isn't usually their style, and not sure I read that into the request for more information. Fingers crossed that it isn't an MS induced situation, since those can be notoriously difficult to debug... I broke down and registered. The post hasn't received a reply yet, https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/648176/geforce-drivers/monitor-display-blank-screen-issue-after-driver-update/post/4086436/#4086436 Hopefully they won't ask me to ship my PC to California... |
Ulrich Metzner Send message Joined: 3 Jul 02 Posts: 1256 Credit: 13,565,513 RAC: 13 |
Finally upgraded my two crunchers running Win 8.1 64 bit and Win XP prof. 32 bit without problems. I don't see a positive or negative impact on crunching, so it is not urgent to upgrade. Aloha, Uli |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
I just checked. My GT 440 is still running on 320.18 (Win 7). Will updating it help with crunching? In my other rig, the GT 630 is running 310.70 (XP Pro). Same question. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
JarrettH Send message Joined: 14 Nov 02 Posts: 97 Credit: 25,385,250 RAC: 95 |
This driver has also been long awaited to bring stability back to Fermi GPUs after a slew of problems since 314.22. That's what they are referring to :P - [Fermi-class GPU]: Browser freezes and crashes. [1358403] |
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