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Download: GeForce 398.86 hotfix driver
Nvidia released a GeForce 398.8 hotfix driver. It fixes Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
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#5571799 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:12 PM
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.
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.
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#5571806 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:41 PM
Well, as long as I'm a PC gamer, I don't think I will ever recover from my OCD. I blame Nvidia drivers.
I didn't say stop though.
Well, as long as I'm a PC gamer, I don't think I will ever recover from my OCD. I blame Nvidia drivers.
I didn't say stop though.
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#5571808 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:55 PM
from the geforce forums:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a-id/4693 well a link wouldn't have hurt anybody, so here it is...
I'm just installing it now, but I have my doubts about it, it may be a beta kind of trial and error fix, since both the drivers download page and Mr. Guzman here are silent about it.
Edit:
Yep, juuust as I suspected... 398.86 really "fixes" Windowed G-Sync, but only as much as killing dwm.exe does it. Meaning the driver can now properly engage G-Sync on its' own even after a reboot, however it will still have stuttering/microlag, however you want to call it. So Windowed G-Sync is tecnically fixed, but practically it's not.
To elaborate, windowed G-Sync causes a weird frame time inconsistency issue, which causes perceivable microlag every few seconds, or even more often, depending on the game (not actual fps drops!!). This is NOT happening when running games in exclusive fullscreen mode, however quite a few games don't truly support fullscreen anymore. They don't have to however, since G-Sync officially supports windowed mode, thus we're not obliged to play in exclusive fullscreen anyways... which boils down to this feature still being broken.
Games Total War: Warhammer II (Campaign map benchmark) and War Thunder (Tank battle benchmark) can both be used to reproduce the above behavior.
Curious if anyone can confirm.
from the geforce forums:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a-id/4693 well a link wouldn't have hurt anybody, so here it is...
I'm just installing it now, but I have my doubts about it, it may be a beta kind of trial and error fix, since both the drivers download page and Mr. Guzman here are silent about it.
Edit:
Yep, juuust as I suspected... 398.86 really "fixes" Windowed G-Sync, but only as much as killing dwm.exe does it. Meaning the driver can now properly engage G-Sync on its' own even after a reboot, however it will still have stuttering/microlag, however you want to call it. So Windowed G-Sync is tecnically fixed, but practically it's not.
To elaborate, windowed G-Sync causes a weird frame time inconsistency issue, which causes perceivable microlag every few seconds, or even more often, depending on the game (not actual fps drops!!). This is NOT happening when running games in exclusive fullscreen mode, however quite a few games don't truly support fullscreen anymore. They don't have to however, since G-Sync officially supports windowed mode, thus we're not obliged to play in exclusive fullscreen anyways... which boils down to this feature still being broken.
Games Total War: Warhammer II (Campaign map benchmark) and War Thunder (Tank battle benchmark) can both be used to reproduce the above behavior.
Curious if anyone can confirm.
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#5571818 Posted on: 08/07/2018 09:48 PM
What the hell is "microlag"? People should really stop trying to explain themselves with new words.
What the hell is "microlag"? People should really stop trying to explain themselves with new words.
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Are Nvidia trying to copy Intel's old tick > tock release with their drivers now?
WHQL > HOTFIX > WHQL > HOTFIX
Maybe their release model needs to change. AMD seem to be releasing more consistent drivers, plus adding in a ton of features and at least their UI looks like it was made in 2018 and not 2001.
Current control panel is vintage edition
Also I think it's more like tick - tick - tick - tick...