Brutal Framerate drop with new NVidia drivers 331.65

KamamuraKamamura Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183736Members, Reinforced - Gold
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Gone from 100+ FPS in training, empty to 50-60. Any sneaky changes in NS2 code, or is it the driver? DX11, 64bit Win7, Geforce GTX 670. Anyone else experincing this?
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  • joshhhjoshhh Milwaukee, WI Join Date: 2011-06-21 Member: 105717Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester
    Go go gadget driver rollback!
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  • ZalamaelZalamael Join Date: 2013-08-18 Member: 186949Members
    Updated mine, but I use the DX9 gubbins, not really noticed any change.
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  • RedDogRedDog Las Vegas Join Date: 2013-02-22 Member: 183267Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Gold, WC 2013 - Shadow
    I'm about to update, will let you know what I find:

    GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    This product has been detected as your primary device

    Current Driver Version: 327.23
    Latest Driver Version: 331.65
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  • Ghosthree3Ghosthree3 Join Date: 2010-02-13 Member: 70557Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    Oh...you haven't updated in a while :P
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  • KamamuraKamamura Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183736Members, Reinforced - Gold
    Well, strange as it may sound, the problem just went away. I now have normal, previously experienced FPS, without doing anything. Weird.
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  • AsranielAsraniel Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 724Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Retired Community Developer
    Perhaps you where unlucky and your OS decided to do something fun at the same time, like virus scan or installing updates.
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  • KamamuraKamamura Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183736Members, Reinforced - Gold
    Yes, a background process consuming resources cannot be ruled out, even malware is possible. I do scans, but Windows environment is such a jungle, one can never be completely sure with all the rootkits and stuff.
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  • DC_DarklingDC_Darkling Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18068Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver
    RedDog wrote: »
    I'm about to update, will let you know what I find:

    GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    This product has been detected as your primary device

    Current Driver Version: 327.23
    Latest Driver Version: 331.65

    Same versions for me but then with a 570gtx.

    'soon' but the epic 'my framerate dropped' posts made me wait. :D
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  • GISPGISP Battle Gorge Denmark Join Date: 2004-03-20 Member: 27460Members, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Squad Five Gold, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Gold, Subnautica Playtester, Forum staff
    DX11 is still considered in "beta mode".
    And if i recall correctly, the new Nvidia drivers are optimised for some AAA title.
    Anyways, expect improvements as allways :)
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  • HeatSurgeHeatSurge Some Guy Join Date: 2012-09-15 Member: 159438Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    edited November 2013
    Peeps in le knöw at le guru3d forum mentioned le new drivèrs are actually based on an older branch than le previous (bêta) ones. Nvidia delivers maximum lælz. Apparently it's not the first time it's happened either.

    That being said, it sounds like your vidcard might have crashed and downclocked to "safe clocks" which is fixed by a restart only. Who knows. I play in dEhEx9 and haven't noticed any real changes in the latest driver. GTX 480. None expected really, pretty much 99.9999999% of their advertised "up to bla bla gain" usually begins happening in octa-sli in 99.999998% of situations, with a 69.9001% confidence intervål.
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