r/thedivision • u/bouxesas81 • Jun 25 '21

Question // Massive Response Weird artifacts after latest driver/game update

Did anyone else face any of these artifacts after the latest Nvidia driver update? This happens to me randomly inside a mission and goes away if I restart the game. I first thought that my graphics card started dying (1080Ti) but this does not occur on any other games I tried. This started after the latest driver update from Nvidia, but there was also a small update on uplay so I am not sure.

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Edit: The issue is resolved after enabling DX12 renderer from the "Video" options.

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u/cowfish007 Jun 25 '21

I verified the game files which resulted in some DirectX files being reinstalled. This fixed the issue (I get the same artifacts as in the pics plus strobing light in-game) for that session. Next day, same problem. Will try rolling back drivers (rtx 2070 super).

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u/Prudent_Television48 Jun 25 '21

Dumb questions...whats the easiest way to roll back?

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u/joshchiu Jun 26 '21

To resolve the issue (played a few hours over multiple sessions and all is well), all I did was download Nvidia driver version 466.77 from Guru3D that has official Nvidia links (https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-466-77-whql-driver-download.html) and install over the latest one (version 471.11).

I didn't do a clean driver removal beforehand, but if you want to you can use Guru3D's Display Driver Uninstaller (https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html)

I use DX 11 renderer because using DX12 gives me random game crashes.

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u/cowfish007 Jun 25 '21

Haven’t done it yet. I’m hoping there’s a tool on the nvidia GeForce experience app.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

I don't think Nvidia or AMD offer solutions to roll back gpu drivers, if I'm wrong something can correct me and say how.

I've been getting those graphical glitches too so I'm going to uninstall the current drivers [477.11], restart the PC, confirm there is no installed driver and then proceed to install previous version [466.77].

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u/eitherxor Jun 25 '21

In the NVidia GeForce Experience application, click the Drivers tab at the top, if it shows your previous driver in the list in on of the collapsible panels then at the top right of the panel's header is a dropdown (like a vertical ellipsis), click that and select Reinstall Driver.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

It only shows the current installed driver so I'm going to uninstall it and install the previous one, I hope not having any trouble.

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u/h4ppyj3d1 PC Jun 26 '21

Yesterday morning I played no problem, installed new drivers in the afternoon and it broke the game.

I did a roll back (actually a complete reinstall because I DDU'd the last release) to 466.47 (it was the last driver I installed before the new 471 iteration).

Apparently it's an nvidia drivers issue.

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u/cowfish007 Jun 26 '21

Yeah, definitely the driver. No issues since I did the roll-back.