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1. #Can t update nvidia drivers windows 10 update
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#Can t update nvidia drivers windows 10 update

While Microsoft Update has generally been something good for Windows (and the Internet) by reducing the number of vulnerable machines, it has not been without its share of programs. For once Microsoft has proven itself to be ahead of the curve. I just didn't expect we'd see an example of it before Windows 10 was actually released though. It is exactly the sort of reason people argued against taking control out of users hands. This is exactly the sort of thing everyone predicted would happen with enforced automatic updating. This is a "we know what's best for you, so you don't have a choice anymore" model, and while it will be fine for *most* people, we've already seen that it can cause problems for *some*. You know they're looking at the Chrome model here, which was actually somewhat controversial when it launched. Patching an entire OS is not as simple as patching a browser. Patching automatically works fine as a default for home users, but there HAS to be a way to defer, roll-back, or opt-out of specific patches - especially anything that isn't security-related, like drivers.

My computer would have been near unusable had the latest updates been forced on me. I had to monitor their user forums to wait for a fix, and only then could I safely patch once it was confirmed by testers. Although Nvidia eventually did track it down and fix it, it took quite a few months to do so.

#Can t update nvidia drivers windows 10 driver

Hardware acceleration in Firefox, for instance, would cause the driver to glitch badly enough to require a reboot. I have a GTX 560 ti, and a couple of years ago, Nvideo released a driver that hosed that particular card with occasional lockups and general meltdowns. Why? Because id had expected Nvidia to put out a particular driver update in time for launch and Nvidia had gone with a different one instead. When id Software released Rage, it had horrible texture pop-in issues on most PCs with Nvidia cards. Sometimes the whole thing goes amusingly wrong. Automatically moving to the latest version is a mug's game. The sensible thing to do is to upgrade your drivers only every few months and only move to versions that are generally recognized as stable and whose known issues have well-tested workarounds. mkv playback, for instance (though a workaround was discovered fairly quickly). One recent driver update caused massive issues with.

More often, they cause issues with a range of older applications and games. The PC release of GTA5 (in most respects a solid release) is one example. In some cases, performance in those games will be pretty shocking if you don't move straight to the latest drivers. Nvidia put out a lot of driver updates tied specifically to newly released high-profile games. Always going to the most recent Nvidia drivers has been a risky proposition for years, on Win 7, Vista, XP etc.