Download: GeForce 398.86 hotfix driver

#5571823 Posted on: 08/07/2018 10:04 PM

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Issue is easy to replicate. Install Gsync pendulum demo and observe it or the "show pattern" test. There's frame skipping.

#5571826 Posted on: 08/07/2018 10:49 PM

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The what problem now?

There was a bug. They fixed it and provided a way to get it without having to wait a long time for a driver to go through the WHQL nonsense. I'm not seeing any problem.
Idc anyway, I dont use gsync, just saying.

#5571833 Posted on: 08/07/2018 11:33 PM

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Current control panel is vintage edition

Also I think it's more like tick - tick - tick - tick...

LOL

It wouldn't hurt them to give us a new control panel though? AMD have given their customers a lot of cool features that years ago and still to this day we need other applications for.

Radeon Chill is a great example, and their radeon overlay is excellent and basically makes MSI AB and RTSS obsolete.

Though WATTMAN could do with some more work from what I have heard.

Unless Nvidia gives us a massive improvement in performance over my current GTX1080 (around 50%-60%+ @ 1440p) I will be waiting for the next AMD cards. Though I may be waiting a while

#5571858 Posted on: 08/08/2018 05:04 AM

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LOL

It wouldn't hurt them to give us a new control panel though? AMD have given their customers a lot of cool features that years ago and still to this day we need other applications for.

Radeon Chill is a great example, and their radeon overlay is excellent and basically makes MSI AB and RTSS obsolete.

Though WATTMAN could do with some more work from what I have heard.

Unless Nvidia gives us a massive improvement in performance over my current GTX1080 (around 50%-60%+ @ 1440p) I will be waiting for the next AMD cards. Though I may be waiting a while

Yep new Radeon Crimson / Adrenalin drivers, features and new UI were quite good, had a chance to use them for a while when I still had an R9 290.

Older Catalyst drivers had "vintage" control panel too but once Catalyst was replaced with Crimson UI was revamped.

I'd love to switch back to AMD, hope next gen of AMD cards do better versus NV than Vega did.
Vega seemed solid but there just wasn't enough incentive to choose Vega over a corresponding GeForce card. Plus not enough of an upgrade over my current GPU to warrant a purchase anyhow.

This G-SYNC fix was supposed to be included in the v398.82 WHQL driver but NVIDIA needed to test it more so they held it back and decided to release a hotfix instead. I'm fine with that as it is better than having to wait another 2-3 weeks for the next certified driver.

I really don't see how anyone can take issue with this; if you would rather wait until the next WHQL driver which will include that fix then that is, of course, your choice. For everyone else who has been waiting months for this fix then they have a driver they can install now instead of having to wait longer for the next driver.

Of course, but almost every WHQL being immediately followed by a hotfix (or sometimes two) is pretty hilarious.

#5571868 Posted on: 08/08/2018 06:33 AM

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Should I still update to the hotfix drivers or stick to latest WHQL if I don't use G-Sync at all?

#5571876 Posted on: 08/08/2018 07:32 AM

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Depend yourself. I don't own a G-Sync panel too & I'm using, but there's some issues like;

The issue of FSE on MPC-HC is not fixed yet.


: With Vulkan mode enabled, the game item slot glitches. - Not fixed!






Dota 2 new update which make it even worse.

#5571884 Posted on: 08/08/2018 08:32 AM

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I knew it.
There is no nVidia WHQL driver release with out a hotfix these days.
Since I don't have a g-sync setup it doesn't affect me anyway.

So what are you bets? Is there gonna be hotfix for a hotfix?

But seriously it makes me wonder how those bugs still slip through release cycle.
In case like this developer should add a test that covers this issue for future releases.



Actually it's very intuitive, and the guy was referring to micro-stuttering which is different from stuttering itself, hence he used term microlag.

I think having completely separate terms for these two situations would help avoid confusion, but I'm fine with term micro-stuttering as well.

#5571889 Posted on: 08/08/2018 08:49 AM

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I knew it.
There is no nVidia WHQL driver release with out a hotfix these days.
Since I don't have a g-sync setup it doesn't affect me anyway.

So what are you bets? Is there gonna be hotfix for a hotfix?

But seriously it makes me wonder how those bugs still slip through release cycle.
In case like this developer should add a test that covers this issue for future releases.
As long as they fix those bugs I'm happy.

#5571902 Posted on: 08/08/2018 10:46 AM

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LOL
and their radeon overlay is excellent and basically makes MSI AB and RTSS obsolete.


Yes good feature when it worked, very buggy. Coming for a AMD card myself i find the Nvidia control panel to be more stable.

#5571916 Posted on: 08/08/2018 12:46 PM

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There is no nVidia WHQL driver release with out a hotfix these days.
Since I don't have a g-sync setup it doesn't affect me anyway.

So what are you bets? Is there gonna be hotfix for a hotfix?
You propose that they'd stop releasing new drivers with bugfixes?

Actually it's very intuitive, and the guy was referring to micro-stuttering which is different from stuttering itself, hence he used term microlag.
What's intuitive? People tend to misuse the term "microstuttering" often enough for it to somewhat loose its meaning these days. And I have no idea how a lag can even be "micro".

#5571922 Posted on: 08/08/2018 01:25 PM

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You propose that they'd stop releasing new drivers with bugfixes?

I didn't propose anything, it was rather a joke.
If I would propose anything, I would suggest nVidia to improve theri Quality Assurance to make sure that generic bug like the one fixed in this hotfix, that is not tied to any specific game was caught as regression during the developent cycle and fixed before mayor release. Intead we have same generic bugs reappearing every few releases.


What's intuitive? People tend to misuse the term "microstuttering" often enough for it to somewhat loose its meaning these days. And I have no idea how a lag can even be "micro".
Yeah, we all know that you were born knowing everything and you visit guru3d forums to educate us all.
Please do explain then.

#5571924 Posted on: 08/08/2018 01:32 PM

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If I would propose anything, I would suggest nVidia to improve theri Quality Assurance to make sure that generic bug like the one fixed in this hotfix, that is not tied to any specific game was caught as regression during the developent cycle and fixed before mayor release.
So you do propose for them to stop releasing drivers with bugfixes then and instead of that wait for the next "major release" (whatever that means for a release which is 0.00001 version away from the hotfix).

Yeah, we all know that you were born knowing everything and you visit guru3d forums to educate us all.
Please do explain then.
Why would I explain something that other person is trying to say? It's his job, not mine. Note though that the term "microstuttering" was essentially tied to AFR rendering when it was introduced and what people talk about right now using this term is just usual stuttering in 99% of the cases. And I don't know what is "microlag", sorry.

#5571928 Posted on: 08/08/2018 01:42 PM

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Whilst hotfix drivers are some what of a meme, in development it is not uncommon for there to be patches, updates etc. I welcome hotfixes as they obviously fix bugs or security flaws etc

#5571976 Posted on: 08/08/2018 04:16 PM

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Good driver for me, all smooth now.

#5572062 Posted on: 08/08/2018 08:36 PM

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Sweet, I was planning on playing wow for awhile and you cant go exclusive full screen anymore.