New Nvidia Drivers: 364.72 - VR Updates / Enhancements for ED.

Brett C · Mar 29, 2016

Hi all,

This nvidia driver was released yesterday. Below is a quote from the GeForce Experience client....

GeForce Game Ready Driver
Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix possible makes it into the Game Ready driver. As a result, you can be sure you’ll have the best day-1 gaming experience for your favorite new titles.

Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is here! This Game Ready driver brings full support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, optimizations and enhancements for virtual reality games such as EVE: Valkyrie, Chronos, and Elite Dangerous, and the latest support for NVIDIA VRWorks. Make sure your PC is GeForce GTX VR Ready before stepping into the Rift!
The new driver also brings the latest support and enhancements for the upcoming HTC Vive headset.

Game Ready
Learn more about how to get the optimal experience for Quantum Break, Killer Instinct, Dark Souls III, and Paragon early-access

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/elite-dangerous

If you haven't updated yet, you can get the update from the GeForce Experience application on your desktop, or head over to the website to download the drivers: http://www.geforce.com/drivers

Thanks!

Fenris Wolf · Mar 29, 2016

I hope they've fixed the bug in the previous driver (v364.51) as it serious screwed up a lot of peoples computers, mine included.

Once updated the temperatures and voltages went nuts!

deathmagnet · Mar 29, 2016

Fenris Wolf said:
I hope they've fixed the bug in the previous driver (v364.51) as it serious screwed up a lot of peoples computers, mine included.

Once updated the temperatures and voltages went nuts!

Yes, I experienced this issue as well. I had to revert back to the previous driver to fix the problem

Monk · Mar 29, 2016

I'm cautiously waiting to update. After that last debacle, I'm thankful I don't look at my gaming computer every day, or else I could have had the same issues.

Also, it seems a lot of updates be it from games, platforms or drivers have been related to VR. For which I'm very excited about but the rational consumer in me says let early adopters endure the fumbling, tweaking, frustration and cost of a first-gen product rather that put my own time and money into that process.

So to all you intrepid Oculus owners, I salute you and I hope your enjoyment of VR leads to an even more seamless, comfortable and plug'n'play experience in the second gen.

Jon flint · Mar 29, 2016

Any point updating for non VR users? I tend not to update gfx drivers anymore unless somethings not working.

VR andysonofbob · Mar 29, 2016

Worked for me and a mate.

I did have some issues. I used driver remover and for some reason it thought my DK 2 was the main monitor. I had to disconnect the dk2.

Mate didn't use driver remover and had zero issues.

SushiCW · Mar 29, 2016

Jon flint said:
Any point updating for non VR users? I tend not to update gfx drivers anymore unless somethings not working.

Same here. I'm curious if it makes a difference for us non-VR users.

CrazedHatter · Mar 29, 2016

Yeah... but what did it break? ;-)

Alec Turner · Mar 29, 2016

Some people still reporting BSOD with 364.72 over on the nvidia forum ...

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...lay-driver-feedback-thread-released-3-28-16-/

Personally I'm going nowhere near it as I don't have an Occulus and things are running really nicely with 362.00.

nick_j_bacon · Mar 29, 2016

Update this even. Massive performance hit on the DK2. FPS dropped from 60-75 to >35. Judder much worse even on min settings.

777Driver · Mar 29, 2016

nick_j_bacon said:
Update this even. Massive performance hit on the DK2. FPS dropped from 60-75 to >35. Judder much worse even on min settings.

Running these drivers, silky smooth performance. No issues on Ultra with the DK2 and 980TI

nick_j_bacon · Mar 29, 2016

this is very weird. GPUs running at approx 35% each and yet getting serious gfx lags even in web browser. Maybe it ain't the drivers......

nick_j_bacon · Mar 30, 2016

well having paid attention to what i am doing rather than faffing about it's all running smoothly. Don't even have to switch from triple monitor to single monitor anymore. Very impressed

Rhombus · Mar 31, 2016

One question: I usually install the drivers and related packages only, not but the GeForce Experience application. Is there any negative impact not using GeForce Experience and making the game settings by myself? Does Nvidia deliver specific optimizations for e.g. shader or memory management, which I can't profit from without having GeForce Experience?

Thanks,
Rhombus

shadragon · Apr 13, 2016

Rhombus said:
One question: I usually install the drivers and related packages only, not but the GeForce Experience application. Is there any negative impact not using GeForce Experience and making the game settings by myself? Does Nvidia deliver specific optimizations for e.g. shader or memory management, which I can't profit from without having GeForce Experience?

Thanks,
Rhombus

(My personal opinion) The GE Force "Experience" for me has been disappointing. Setting up the drivers alone without the support program has worked for me and kept things simple. I have full control over E: D graphics through the E: D settings page. For me it just works.

Deimos-GOW · Apr 14, 2016

Geforce experience does have other useful tools, it downloads and installs driver updates, gives some useful system information, Shadowplay (for streaming/recording games) and if you have a tablet or phone you can use gamestream to stream games to those devices with some free software called moonlight (a free version of Shield that works on android devices). If you are savvy enough you can even setup streaming over the internet.