NVidia 516.40 Problem

[willy647 193]

I never understood why you people always want to update to the latest driver.. The updates are for new games / video cards. If the new driver does not bring anything specific for P3D, I just ignore it.

[BerndB 349]

40 minutes ago, willy647 said:

I never understood why you people always want to update to the latest driver.. The updates are for new games / video cards. If the new driver does not bring anything specific for P3D, I just ignore it.

Well, Willy, general speaking your right. It is not mandatory to update allways everything right after a new release is issued. But there is lot more changing in the background you would never be aware of which makes it usefull to update those important drivers at some point. For instance Microsoft just exspect the latest drivers for hardware are installed, and though you could have issues after a windows update which cause CTD because of security or access changes in the filesystem between windows and major hardware and their drivers, if they are not the latest etc. etc. 

Edited June 19, 2022 by BerndB

[d.tsakiris 417]

Plus, some driver versions actually have security vulnerabilities.

[lownslo 590]

Plus Plus... some of us people are beta testers and required to run the latest drivers.😁

[Alexandre6463 28]

Plus Pus Plus.. some people play other games that requires updates..

[willy647 193]

Ok, ok, ok, I get it 😄

[markoxley 0]

New Drivers have been released and they claim they have fixed the issue.

Be warned they are not fixed so stay well clear

[Greggy_D 935]

1 hour ago, markoxley said:

New Drivers have been released and they claim they have fixed the issue.

Nvidia doesn’t claim it’s fixed. The problem is listed under open issues:

[Prepar3D] Light sources display flashing black boxes.

[RobPol471 173]

49 minutes ago, Greggy_D said:

Nvidia doesn’t claim it’s fixed. The problem is listed under open issues:

[Prepar3D] Light sources display flashing black boxes.

I confirm. I went back to the ver,  512.95.

[Nocturnal 117]

Can confirm it's not fixed. Stay with older drivers. 😷

[Ray Proudfoot 8,905]

Some might be horrified but I’m still using 471.96 drivers. But I only use P3D v5, not MSFS. If P3D is your only sim it might be worth sticking with them.

[IanHarrison 521]

Ray,

Not horrified at all. Makes perfect sense, " if it ain't broke..........."

I update just to see if it makes any difference. I find the Studio drivers (for me) are the better ones. It's easy enough to go back if necessary.

[Ray Proudfoot 8,905]

@IanHarrison, I tried later drivers but got the dreaded DXGI error so reverted.

It’s different of course if you run MSFS where the latest are usually, but not always, the best.

[Danthepilot77 16]

I updated to the latest drivers (im using p3d 4.5) and experienced no issues

[BlueStar 323]

I just did 12 hours using 516.59 with no issues.  I'm using 5.3 with HF 2 (5.3.17.28160).