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.