FPS Issue

Hey Heat Miser. 

Which version are you using now?

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Originally Posted by Heat Miser 

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Originally Posted by TwoCables 

Hey Heat Miser. 

Which version are you using now?

I don't know, how do I find out?

Oh.  In the NVIDIA Control Panel, click "System Information" on the bottom-left corner of the window.  In the thing that comes up, there's a white area with some information.  The first thing listed is the driver version.

My guess is that if you're using a 300-series driver, then you may need to switch to a 28x.xx or 29x.xx driver.  The 300 series are the first ones to begin including support for all of the GeForce 600 Series GPUs, and I think that this makes these drivers a little worse for some us GeForce 500 Series owners.  Not all of us, but just some of us.

However, this reminds me of what happens to me in Crysis 2:  every single time I play, I have to Alt+Tab out and back in before I actually begin playing because otherwise I don't get liquid-smooth performance.

If you want to switch to a different driver version, then I can show you a very good way to do it.

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Originally Posted by Heat Miser 

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Originally Posted by TwoCables 

Oh.  In the NVIDIA Control Panel, click "System Information" on the bottom-left corner of the window.  In the thing that comes up, there's a white area with some information.  The first thing listed is the driver version.

My guess is that if you're using a 300-series driver, then you may need to switch to a 28x.xx or 29x.xx driver.  The 300 series are the first ones to begin including support for all of the GeForce 600 Series GPUs, and I think that this makes these drivers a little worse for some us GeForce 500 Series owners.  Not all of us, but just some of us.

However, this reminds me of what happens to me in Crysis 2:  every single time I play, I have to Alt+Tab out and back in before I actually begin playing because otherwise I don't get liquid-smooth performance.

If you want to switch to a different driver version, then I can show you a very good way to do it.

Oh, I am using 290.53. Thats what I have to do for Diablo 3, I alt+tab out and play a youtube video and pause it and go back in becuase it isnt liquid-smooth like u said, its choppy as hell. Is the way mention above to begin installing the drivers and unistalling the current drivers not a good way?

I guess it's an ok way, but this method feels more thorough or something:

1. Uninstall the driver from the Programs and Features Control Panel
2. After it's finished reboot into Safe Mode.  Note:  the only way I can get into Safe Mode with my P8P67 is by configuring msconfig for it first.
3. Once in Safe Mode, open Driver Sweeper (it can be downloaded from here)
4. Select "NVIDIA - Display"
5. Click "Clean"
6. Reboot when it asks you if you want to (it's time to go back to normal Windows mode)
7. Install the driver you want to switch to (and use the "Clean Install" option of course just for good measure - and deselect things you don't need, like perhaps the HD Audio Driver and Stereoscopic 3D)

If it keeps requiring an Alt+Tab, then I dunno; I'd say that it may have to be considered normal.

For me though, I don't have to do anything when I Alt+Tab.  I just Alt+Tab out and then back in.  Actually, in Crysis 2 it doesn't even go "out".  It just switches to Windowed Mode and Alt+Tab brings me back to full screen.  So I think it's not necessary to do anything in between the two Alt+Tabs.

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Originally Posted by Heat Miser 

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Originally Posted by TwoCables 

I guess it's an ok way, but this method feels more thorough or something:

1. Uninstall the driver from the Programs and Features Control Panel
2. After it's finished reboot into Safe Mode.  Note:  the only way I can get into Safe Mode with my P8P67 is by configuring msconfig for it first.
3. Once in Safe Mode, open Driver Sweeper (it can be downloaded from here)
4. Select "NVIDIA - Display"
5. Click "Clean"
6. Reboot when it asks you if you want to (it's time to go back to normal Windows mode)
7. Install the driver you want to switch to (and use the "Clean Install" option of course just for good measure - and deselect things you don't need, like perhaps the HD Audio Driver and Stereoscopic 3D)

If it keeps requiring an Alt+Tab, then I dunno; I'd say that it may have to be considered normal.

For me though, I don't have to do anything when I Alt+Tab.  I just Alt+Tab out and then back in.  Actually, in Crysis 2 it doesn't even go "out".  It just switches to Windowed Mode and Alt+Tab brings me back to full screen.  So I think it's not necessary to do anything in between the two Alt+Tabs.

Ahh, I don't feel like doing all of those steps...lol , I'll just do what the above said, but should I not use the301.42 drivers like you said? And If I shouldn't, which drivers do you recommend? Also, if I still have issues, I will uninstall with the method you listed.

I dunno.  I mean, maybe your solution will be to try the latest driver version.  It's one of those Your Mileage May Vary things.  :/

I don't blame you for not wanting to go through those steps.  When I discovered that holding F8 doesn't get me into Safe Mode because of this motherboard, I began to no longer enjoy posting these steps for people with similar boards!

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Originally Posted by invena 

I used to use this method on my laptop before nvidia offered the clean install support in their installation package. Nowadays, I would only recommend using that method if one is encountering issues. There is no harm in using this method. Generally newer drivers are optimized for newer games (and newer GPUs as mentioned before). My personal recommendation is to try the newest drivers, and if you encounter issues to move to an older driver from there. I'm just giving you options here.

The "Clean Install" option doesn't do what Driver Sweeper does.  It's better than nothing, but Driver Sweeper is still far more thorough.  ;)

Anyway, I'm not saying there's harm in not using Driver Sweeper, but it is good peace of mind knowing that it's a clean and fresh start each time.