New Nvidia drivers update = warps, stutters and freezes on CV1?

Yesterday afternoon I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers (honestly can't remember the version number, whichever one the auto update proposed) and while flying last night I was experiencing some pretty terrible warping...not sure "warping" is the right word, as that's more associated with what I experience in busy MP servers; it was more a matter of the picture freezing in my headset for a few seconds on the screen then randomly unfreezing, and a LOT of stuttering. Has anyone else experienced this after updating?

I'm trying to decide if this is a red herring on the Nvidia driver update, or something else I should be looking at? When I get home tonight I plan to roll back to the my old drivers and see if that alleviates the issue.

edit: Sorry I always forget there are multiple versions of DCS, this was in 1.5

Find out what driver version you are using and post it. When you roll back use DDU to clean out all your old driver files.

Find out what driver version you are using and post it. When you roll back use DDU to clean out all your old driver files.

Roger that, I will check when I get back home to my PC tonight. Thank you!

This is all the info for DDU...where to download and all removal instructions.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xRRx_3r8GgCpBAMuhT9n5kK6Zse_DYKWvjsW0rLcYQ0/edit

There is an issue with driver 388.13.

If using a program like Afterburner or Precision X for your GPU monitoring, if it is monitoring Power then there have been reports of major stuttering. If you are running , go in and disable power monitoring.

I read about it prior to installing these drivers, so went in and disabled power monitoring and so far working well for me.

Have a look at this thread over on the EVGA forums:

https://forums.evga.com/PSA-If-you-experience-constant-stuttering-with-the-latest-nvidia-driver-38813-read-this-m2727185.aspx

There is an issue with driver 388.13.

 

If using a program like Afterburner or Precision X for your GPU monitoring, if it is monitoring Power then there have been reports of major stuttering. If you are running , go in and disable power monitoring.

 

I read about it prior to installing these drivers, so went in and disabled power monitoring and so far working well for me.

 

Have a look at this thread over on the EVGA forums:

https://forums.evga.com/PSA-If-you-experience-constant-stuttering-with-the-latest-nvidia-driver-38813-read-this-m2727185.aspx

PERFECT!! Thank you for posting this, I run Afterburner upon Startup so this is most likely the culprit. Many thanks.

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PERFECT!! Thank you for posting this, I run Afterburner upon Startup so this is most likely the culprit. Many thanks.

 

 

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Let us know how it works out for you.

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Let us know how it works out for you.

Absolutely, will do.

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Didn't have a chance to look in to it tonight, was short on time. I won't have a chance to look into it until Wednesday night most likely...will report back then.

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Didn't have a chance to look in to it tonight, was short on time. I won't have a chance to look into it until Wednesday night most likely...will report back then.

 

Look forward to hearing your report, hope it helps ya!

rolling back to the driver from September has fixed the stutters for me.

definitely an issue with this driver...

my evga superclocked does not like it. and the mi-8 hates it.

usually my rig stutters when my cooling gets dirty. but a quick clean out didn't fix it.

rolling back to the driver from September has fixed the stutters for me.

 

definitely an issue with this driver...

 

my evga superclocked does not like it. and the mi-8 hates it.

 

usually my rig stutters when my cooling gets dirty. but a quick clean out didn't fix it.

Great, thank you - I am going to take a look tonight, first at dburne's solution and then at just rolling back (if the Power setting doesn't fix it). I haven't had a chance to mess with it just yet, been a busy week.

rolling back to the driver from September has fixed the stutters for me.

Which version is that? I'm running 382.53 and have no stutters whatsoever. My card is an EVGA GTX980.

385.41

but I would just stay away from 388.13.

Same issue, rolled back and no more problems

Tried the MSI Afterburner setting tweak for power and thought it was working, but the stutters/freezes came back with authority this morning.

I used DDU and rolled back to 385.xx from Guru3D and I've been running well ever since.

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Anyone else having the annoying issue of Windows 10 auto updating their video card drivers? This is my 3rd time rolling back to older Nvidia drivers but to have windows update them automatically. I have Device Installation settings set to "No", but after awhile it still auto updates.:mad:

I use O&O Shut up to disable the auto updating.

However, every now and then with a w10 update some settings get reverted and then it auto updates the drivers at the same time. It's an unfortunate obnoxious MS idea :(

New Nvidia drivers update = warps, stutters and freezes on CV1?

Anyone else having the annoying issue of Windows 10 auto updating their video card drivers? This is my 3rd time rolling back to older Nvidia drivers but to have windows update them automatically. I have Device Installation settings set to "No", but after awhile it still auto updates.

This is what was happening to me (when I started this thread).

Took me 3 days of Windows auto-updating to 388.xx, unbeknownst to me, from the 385.xx driver I had rolled back to in order to "fix" the issues of 388.xx.

I finally figured it out and have been all set ever since. I didn't think to post it in here because I thought it was something I had screwed up in my Windows settings (a one off thing, not a standard Windows issue).

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Yep, me too. Thanks for figuring this out. I didn’t realize that the creators update turned auto update back on. Rolled back the drivers and In a 30 minute, heavy UI quick mission it only did it twice. never does it at all on a monitor so I’m not sure if this is normal. Is it?

It is still crashing to desktop when my plane is destroyed. I’m thinking this is not normal. Ideas?

Yep, me too. Thanks for figuring this out. I didn’t realize that the creators update turned auto update back on. Rolled back the drivers and In a 30 minute, heavy UI quick mission it only did it twice. never does it at all on a monitor so I’m not sure if this is normal. Is it?

It is still crashing to desktop when my plane is destroyed. I’m thinking this is not normal. Ideas?

Try a clean and repair: