Warning: NVIDIA GeForce 375.86 WHQL Drivers Have Issues

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/16/2016 10:36 AM | source: | 55 comment(s)

A quick warning, if you download the latest GeForce 375.86 WHQL then be advised that you may run into issues. At this point we advise you to leave them for what they are and wait for a new driver set / hotfix.

Shortly after the driver had been released yesterday our forums started to flood with bad user experiences on this driver. Reports that where games normally did 60 FPS the now are doing 25 FPS. Also many people have locked down-clocked 810 MHz memory clock frequencies and flickering issues. If you do not have any issues then there is no reason to remove them. But the reports on wrong memory clock frequencies are worrisome enough for me to post this on the front-page as a warning.

At this point the driver seems bugged by a large amount, so if you have not installed it just yet .. you'd better wait until a fix or replacement driver is released. Have a read in our forums to see what is going on.

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tyxeros
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#5359364 Posted on: 11/16/2016 10:48 AM

I got yesterday my new GTX 1080, upgrade from GT740, i installed the new drivers, and bang.. crappy performance on a brand new card. (Why do you hate me universe???)
I installed Afterburner and noticed that mem clocks was low and not going on proper speed. I played with older drivers to fix it.

Evele
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#5359366 Posted on: 11/16/2016 10:53 AM

Good thing they're WHQL certified.

chronek
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#5359370 Posted on: 11/16/2016 11:05 AM

NVidia prepare to release 1080 Ti so it is normal for them to deliberately downgrading performance for other cards

Steppzor
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#5359381 Posted on: 11/16/2016 11:37 AM

No issues here either. BF1 seems a lot smoother. DX12 still borked tho..

Minotaur
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#5359382 Posted on: 11/16/2016 11:39 AM

Major slow down here in 7 Days to Die. Monitored clocks on my 780Ti and all looks fine.

Are Power Limits now working? I've got 106% set in MSI AB and it overclock's to 1180 from 1124 now.
Back to 375.76 and it stays at 1124, unless I pick an OC profile of course.

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