Nvidia 496.49 available

[Greggy_D 936]

7 minutes ago, cowpatz said:

After all, that is why Nvidia goes to the trouble of updating them!

And security updates.

[W2DR 1,860]

There is nothing on my computer that would be helped by new drivers. I'm just an old guy with old stuff. Not everyone needs the newest-and-the-bestest. Even Nvidia agrees with me  https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34/~/how-often-to-update-graphics-card-display-drivers .

[spilok 1,134]

4 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Ah right, that will make a difference perhaps but I’m not a fan of installing beta software.

If you’re getting more stutters with 11 why stay with it?

Deleting shaders is good but I’ve never deleted the cfg. I’m happy with my older drivers and W10. I’ll stay put for now.

What I meant was I noticed more stutters and pauses with the OLD drivers when I switched to Windows 11.  With the new Windows 11 drivers, the stutters and pauses have disappeared. NOTE the sentence BEFORE the statement that I got more stutters with Windows 11.

Also the new 496.49 drivers are not Beta drivers.  They are WHQL drivers.

Edited October 29, 2021 by spilok

[David Vega 348]

Here's another flight sim community pattern that can be seen in almost every new driver update: 

1. One or a few say the new driver is out and that it's the best thing since sliced bread. Thank you for the notice, good for you it's working great. 
2. A few others say they installed it but didn't see any improvements. Some others even argue with these people. 
3. Others say the 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it" thing. Don't know why the need to say this every time, but some do.  

I'm glad it's working great for those that see a change. 

[spilok 1,134]

1 minute ago, David Vega said:

Here's another flight sim community pattern that can be seen in almost every new driver update: 

1. One or a few say the new driver is out and that it's the best thing since sliced bread. Thank you for the notice, good for you it's working great. 
2. A few others say they installed it but didn't see any improvements. Some others even argue with these people. 
3. Others say the 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it" thing. Don't know why the need to say this every time, but some do.  

I'm glad it's working great for those that see a change. 

I agree...I was very hesitant to even post the fact that I was having a positive experience with the new driver. That's the nature of this forum when it comes to new drivers.  I should have learned that it's dependent upon the individual's system and many other things.

Stan

[Ray Proudfoot 8,954]

37 minutes ago, spilok said:

What I meant was I noticed more stutters and pauses with the OLD drivers when I switched to Windows 11.  With the new Windows 11 drivers, the stutters and pauses have disappeared. NOTE the sentence BEFORE the statement that I got more stutters with Windows 11.

Also the new 496.49 drivers are not Beta drivers.  They are WHQL drivers.

Understood. I wasn’t referring to Nvidia drivers being beta. I was talking about Windows 11.

[spilok 1,134]

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Understood. I wasn’t referring to Nvidia drivers being beta. I was talking about Windows 11.

Seems we have "a failure to communicate" today (Quite a famous line from Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Neuman).  Maybe tomorrow will be better. 

Stan

[Ray Proudfoot 8,954]

31 minutes ago, spilok said:

Seems we have "a failure to communicate" today (Quite a famous line from Cool Hand Luke starring Paul Neuman).  Maybe tomorrow will be better. 

Stan

“Tomorrow is another day”. Another famous line. 😁 It already is here. Time for shut eye.

[lownslo 592]

For the "if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it" folks, there is this Nvidia Security Bulletin issued a couple days ago.

[W2DR 1,860]

On 10/29/2021 at 4:35 PM, David Vega said:

Others say the 'if it isn't broken, don't fix it" thing. Don't know why the need to say this every time, but some do.

I say it every time because it's true. Here's a direct quote from NVIDIA  "The general rule of thumb for graphic card display drivers is "if it ain't broken, don't fix it"."