Hey everyone! I'm having a tough time with my NVIDIA drivers causing problems while gaming on my Predator Helios Neo 16, which has an i9 processor. It seems like my drivers are either outdated or corrupted, and I've tried a bunch of fixes, including disabling NVIDIA audio, using DDU, underclocking my GPU, taking ownership of nvlddmkm.sys for full user control, and reinstalling both the latest and some older Game Ready drivers. Despite all this, games like League of Legends and Modded Minecraft keep crashing. League gives me errors about the graphics driver restarting, while Minecraft tells me my drivers are out of date, even though I don't have any recording software running. I'm really at a loss here. Are there any reliable older NVIDIA drivers that might solve these issues? Otherwise, I'm stuck just playing Roblox!
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What driver version are you currently using? I've found that 591.xx has timeout issues. You might want to roll back to 581.xx Game Ready drivers or try the 591.xx Studio Drivers, which are generally more stable since they're released monthly. Check out some forums for more details!
Try downclocking your GPU memory by 20MHz and your core clock by 10MHz in small increments whenever you face a BSOD. Also, make sure to disable Windows Game Mode and try some known stable drivers like version 577. I had a similar issue, but after adjusting my settings, the BSODs stopped happening!
It might help to search for "nvlddmkm" in forums. There have been several discussions on that file, and you might find a workaround that works for you.
Didn't expect a reply from Mangle! Thank you too!