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Latest Nvidia Driver causing horrid screen flickering on certain games

crimsonheadGCN

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If you've installed 388.31 released on 11/14/17, rollback to the previous driver!!!

The latest driver introduced a horrid green screen flickering that will not go away unless you apply Borderless everytime you boot up the game. Rolling back the driver back to 387.92 will fix this issue and if you suffer from epilepsy, it's highly recommended you do so. So far the only game I found to have this bug is Tekken 7. This bug seems to affect Pascal GPU as I have a GTX 1060 and a Steam User reporting the same issue on a GTX 1070.

If you experience this bug as well, post your GPU and game that has the graphical bug.

Thread made on behalf of @Zombegoast from the adopt a user thread
 
Dolobill

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I've been playing Destiny 2 and The Evil Within 2 since this patch and have not noticed any issues.
 
Yaqoub

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I fixed it this way:

Launch Nvidia Control Panel, click on Change Resolution, scroll down and check the color configuration box, make sure color is set to 32-bit. Apply and voila.

This issue happens to me with SOME UE3 and 4 games. Totally gone now.

Hope it helps.
 
Beautiful Ninja

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I just tried out Tekken 7 on my GTX 1070 and it works fine on this newest driver. I also played Destiny 2 earlier with no issues.
 
Gestault

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I think this is more valid than a nitpick:

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...certain games.
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Plural. More than one. If you've only identified an issue in one game, don't describe it as being more than one game. Thank you for the information, otherwise. I'm not a huge fan of how common issues are alongside these game-ready updates.

Edit: So some aren't experiencing the issue even in Tekken on the theoretically affected hardware?
 
Yaqoub

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I've had this issue for the past 2 driver updates, only which I've solved last night with the method I mentioned above, & the only two games that I faced this problem with was Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (UE4) and lately Injustice 2 (UE3). I've heard people having this same problem with Tekken 7 (UE4) and PUBG as well (UE4).

Couldn't replicate it on other games running different engines. That's my theory anyway lol
 
molnizzle

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PC Gamer confirmed that this driver increases Destiny 2 performance by more than 30%.

I'll take my chances with it.
 
Celcius

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I installed the 388.31 driver the day it came out and ironically started back playing Tekken 7 after that Noctis DLC trailer came out. I haven't had a single issue and the game's been running great for me.

Here are my specs:
Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.8ghz | Noctua NH-D14 | Asus Maximus IX Hero | 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200mhz 14-14-14-34-2T | 1TB Samsung 960 Pro | EVGA GTX 780 Ti | Seasonic X750 | CaseLabs Merlin SM8 | X-Fi Titanium HD | Win 10 Pro 64-bit

I'm running on an ASUS VH236H at 1080p 60 hz.
 

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So is this thread title supposed to purposely be clickbait?

"Certain games" is actually Tekken 7 and only on the OP's computer, which suggests it's actually a problem with the OP's computer and not the drivers.
 
chromatic9

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Installed this yesterday and AC Origins and Space Engine are fine for me but will keep an eye out.
 
BadAss2961

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Unknown Soldier said:
So is this thread title supposed to purposely be clickbait?

"Certain games" is actually Tekken 7 and only on the OP's computer, which suggests it's actually a problem with the OP's computer and not the drivers.
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Reading the Geforce forums (and even one other person in this thread), OP's not the only one with this issue. But it's not widespread.

Doesn't look like the problem is exclusive to 388.31. Some reporting it have had it since the first set of 388 drivers -- whenever that was.
 
Zombegoast

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Unknown Soldier said:
"Certain games" is actually Tekken 7 and only on the OP's computer, which suggests it's actually a problem with the OP's computer and not the drivers.
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More like having to do with the Unreal Engine and drivers from Nvidia if you read post #6. Tekken 7 is the only game I've tested that have this issue while other didn't and rolling back the driver got rid of the problem.
 
low-G

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For whatever reason, problems like this crop up from driver to driver from hardware to hardware. Probably has to do with specific video card models and brands, or maybe it's an installation issue. This happens all the time.

I've tested VR, UE4 games, and others - so far no issues with these latest drivers.
 
BashNasty

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BadAss2961 said:
Whoa... Is that across the board of GPUs?

Not that I even need that jump with Destiny 2.
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For what it's worth the jump appears to only happen if you had the depth of field setting set to highest. Initially (on a 1080) the highest setting cost me an absurd 20fps; obviously I turned it down a notch. After downloading the driver update, I notice no improved performance in Destiny 2.
 
AlexBasch

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I'm still new to PC gaming so I gotta ask.

Played Nioh and Diablo earlier today and had no issues with my 1050Ti. Is it because drivers only support latter, better video cards like the 1060, 1070 ones and such?
 
Garou

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Just because you and some other user on the Steam-forums has this bug doesn't mean that you suddenly have to "warn" everyone as if some virus is going rampant. Blanket commands like "everyone roll-back!!!" are bullshit because somewhere someone has a problem with every driver in existence.

Generally some sort of PSA along the lines of "if this happens to you, maybe try this" might be more adequate.
 
Zombegoast

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Yaqoub said:
I've had this issue for the past 2 driver updates, only which I've solved last night with the method I mentioned above, & the only two games that I faced this problem with was Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite (UE4) and lately Injustice 2 (UE3). I've heard people having this same problem with Tekken 7 (UE4) and PUBG as well (UE4).

Couldn't replicate it on other games running different engines. That's my theory anyway lol
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Looking into Google search shows that green screen flickering happens on COD:WWII and on 900 series as well.

And Project Cars 2.
 
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BadAss2961

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Okay, so apparently this started with 388.13 (Oct 30th.) So if you've updated since then and have no issues, you should be fine.

There's also a simple solution in Nvidia Control Panel... Change color depth to 8bpc. The problem is that these drivers might default to 10 or 12bpc even though the user's monitor doesn't support it. That's it...

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Geforce thread (epilepsy warning)
 
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Dreams-Visions

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No problems here.

BadAss2961 said:
Okay, so apparently this started with 388.13 (Oct 30th.) So if you've updated since then and have no issues, you should be fine.

There's also a simple solution in Nvidia Control Panel... Change color depth to 8bpc. The problem is that these drivers might default to 10 or 12bpc even though the user's monitor doesn't support it. That's it...

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why would you want to set your dynamic range on a monitor to "limited"?
 

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Thanks for the heads up.

I've not updated my drivers since the ones to AC:Origins came out and those drivers are running great for me. Probably won't update them again until a new game I get requires them.
 
copelandmaster

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I updated to this driver earlier and uploaded some 8k gameplay of Tekken 7 to YT after the 8k resolution thread got me exited. Fullscreen Display settings. 8 bit color. Full range.



No problems yet. Sorry about your problems OP.
 
Griegous

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AlexBasch said:
I'm still new to PC gaming so I gotta ask.

Played Nioh and Diablo earlier today and had no issues with my 1050Ti. Is it because drivers only support latter, better video cards like the 1060, 1070 ones and such?
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No, drivers are universal. They support all cards. It is just that the problem mentioned seemingly only affects certain games for a small subset of users.
 
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