Nvidia's new Game Ready drivers are crashing systems, but there's a fix
08.03.2016
The latest big-budget gamestravaganza (Ubisoft’s The Division) released late last night, which normally means it’s time for everyone’s favorite PC gaming activity: Driver updates. But wait! Don’t touch that dial GeForce Experience!
If you 1) Use Windows 10 and 2) Are running a multi-monitor setup, keep reading.
After the drivers went live, threads quickly started cropping up on Reddit and Neogaf complaining that updating to the latest Nvidia 364.47 drivers triggered Blue Screen of Death issues, black screens, and all sorts of other craziness on multi-monitor Windows 10systems.
Nvidia’s managed to reproduce the issue on its end, writing :
And later:
Perhaps better advice is: Don’t install the damn drivers. I’m running the previous release and The Division is working just fine. If you’re one of the groups at risk, just wait until this whole mess gets sorted out and install the next version. Save yourself from a potential headache.
Hayden Dingman