There is a new Nvidia driver as of today...

I went first. I updated to the new WHQL 372.54 last night for the anniversary version of Windows 10 and it broke NvidiaProfileInspector.

It would CTD every time I ran it to re-import the FSX profile.

After hunting around for 10 minutes on the internet I found a very recent update -

https://ci.appveyor....build/artifacts

...this latest update (not found in the usual place) fixed the issue.

New driver is fine with FSX Gold (Boxed) DX10 Fixer on Win 10 Pro.

Regards,

Mark


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This always comes up, but do Nvidia driver updates EVER really improve FSX? I have used the drivers that shipped with my GTX 780 two years ago with no problems. No updates - no problems. I have never understood how something digital like a driver could over time gradually deteriorate or "wear out" like a car tire. They either work or don't. Comments?
 
expat said:
This always comes up, but do Nvidia driver updates EVER really improve FSX? I have used the drivers that shipped with my GTX 780 two years ago with no problems. No updates - no problems. I have never understood how something digital like a driver could over time gradually deteriorate or "wear out" like a car tire. They either work or don't. Comments?
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If a driver has an issue that it addressed in an updated driver, then yes. I chased Nvidia drivers years ago when I was flying the IL2 Sturmovik: Pacific Fighters sim. I did find that newer drivers, up to a point, helped my Nv6800 in terms of visuals and performance. FSX, being mostly CPU bound, usually sees little or no improvement with constantly updating drivers. Just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
 
expat said:
This always comes up, but do Nvidia driver updates EVER really improve FSX? I have used the drivers that shipped with my GTX 780 two years ago with no problems. No updates - no problems. I have never understood how something digital like a driver could over time gradually deteriorate or "wear out" like a car tire. They either work or don't. Comments?
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I have to agree expat. I normally check the list of "fixes or updates" to see what has changed or been corrected but there is never any reference to any version of Flight Simulator and I'm hard pressed to ever see any difference from one driver to the next. When someone says they have noticed a difference in one form or another I honestly think it's the placebo effect at play more than anything. It's a new driver and so the expectation is that it has to be better and things will look and work better, when in actuality, it's no different than the previous one. . .they just want it to be better and so "it is. . .to them".
 
I don't under stand the rush to get them either. Maybe one day NVIDIA will say ... Hey you FSX'ers... this one is for you !

I'm still on Windows 7, NVIDIA: GeForce 350.12 WHQL and I'm flying just fine.
 
Nvidia drivers....

Just curious...is there ANY possibility that some part of these updates are Security Responses to malware, viruses....? More than once I've

downloaded a texture or aircraft file and had to restore much of FSX Of course, we might ask why the graphics software provider wouldn't actually

tell us that there were security problems.....

qar02
 
FlameOut said:
I don't under stand the rush to get them either. Maybe one day NVIDIA will say ... Hey you FSX'ers... this one is for you !

I'm still on Windows 7, NVIDIA: GeForce 350.12 WHQL and I'm flying just fine.
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The only promise I've ever seen that referenced Flight Simulator use was several years ago when supposedly NVidia was teaming up with Lockheed Martin to make specific changes for their Prepar3D Simulator. I haven't heard anything concrete on that and unless it's being done "hush'hush" I haven't seen or heard anything positive in that area since. NVidia does gaming (and of course all serious Flight Simmers know this is no "game"). . .that's their bread and butter so to speak. I suppose it's possible that every so often something they do in that realm might make a slight difference in someones flight simulator, but I honestly don't think much ever really changes enough to warrant chasing after the next great update from NVidia.
 
Btw. I dont think than now the new drivers has ANY influence for FSX users. It's (finished) 2007 engine oriented to CPU in the mostly and it's good option only for good placebo :biggrin-new: .
But for sure the better way to do update of drivers for .... the other games/applications.


It could be have any influence for P3D users possibly (GPU engine).
Win 10 for FSX? No thank You, it's not good idea. Only for my bussines laptop. :wavey:
 
Threads like these helped during my last driver update a couple of years ago and I started getting BSOD. Researched and used the Display Driver Uninstaller as I couldn't roll back. I was in the "updates are good" crowd, but after that pain I decided to walk over to the "ain't broke, don't fix" group regarding driver updates on my my now old GTX card. I just hope I'm not missing something as I play 90% flight sims (FSX, DCS, F-BMS), but do mess around with the Arma series.
 
The reason I install the driver updates is because of the other newer flight sims I use.
the newer Sturmovik from 777Studio and Rise of Flight as well as the DCS World sim.
These latest drivers seem to have more to do with the new VR hardware like Occulus and similar.
I will keep installing them as long as they don't break FSX or the Inspector.

I don't expect them to make a difference to FSX performance - just want to make sure they do no harm to it before I install them
 
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