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rtxn ,

Modern, performant computer graphics is an incredibly complex topic full of hacks, workarounds, and edge cases. It’s possible that an update to DirectX/OpenGL/Vulkan caused some edge case interaction between the application and the graphics pipeline to fail somewhere. Updating the GPU driver (mesa, nvidia, amdgpu, or whatever Windows equivalent) could mitigate that failure.

I remember having to update the Nvidia Windows driver when Cyberpunk 2077 was released to fix an issue related to transparent foliage (transparency is always a pain in the ass to deal with).

VindictiveJudge ,
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Other things that have been broken by one update and fixed by new drivers were shadows in Oblivion not rendering and Arkham Asylum crashing at a specific moment if physx was anabled.

Fiivemacs ,

Meanwhile I’ll go 6mos to a year before even thinking of updating my 1080ti and never once have issues.

ramble81 ,

hacks, workarounds, and edge cases

That’s always what I thought when they release a new driver for a specific game. I’m like “seriously? Do they check the executable or something?” Yes, yes they do.

HairyHarry ,

OS updates can do this.

totallynotaspy ,
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^This. I can tell every time my pc updates by the fact that nothing ever works correctly anymore.

Literally just downloaded video drivers yesterday due to this, and I have the vast majority of auto updates turned off for windows.... Every update moves me closer to switching Os entirely.

Hawke ,

Every update moves me closer to switching Os entirely.

Dooo eeeet.

Confused_Emus ,

One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble! Gooble gobble! One of us!

subignition ,
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You can pause Windows update for a little over a month at a time so that you're not surprised by any automatic restarts, FYI

Tywele ,

In all my life I’ve never had a surprise restart in Windows.

subignition ,
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Congratulations, maybe you're already using my trick then. Not sure what your comment was meant to add.

From Windows 10 on, the default is to automatically restart when you're not using it, which can be annoying if you've got a complex workspace going and then everything gets closed overnight

marcos ,

My guess is that your OS changed.

But I wouldn’t put some GPU manufacturers breaking your hardware on purpose completely out of the picture.

MagnyusG ,

speaking of which, what’s a good way to keep all my drivers updated? I feel like I’ve been slacking on that.

dinckelman ,

On Windows, a lot of motherboard vendors would ship their own update utility, however the issue is that in 9 out of 10 cases, that utility would also install some useless garbage on the side, and hog the resources, while not really doing anything. In other cases, Windows itself can provide you with updates, for the devices it recognizes

rtxn ,

On Linux? Update packages and reboot.

On Windows? I think Nvidia is updated by Windows Update, but you’ll have to manually download the online updater tool for AMD cards. There’s really no good method to automate it on Windows other than clicking on the pop-ups, which I find equally hilarious and embarrassing.

Longpork3 ,

Is your game completely offline, or does it have automatic updates pushed via steam or similar? If a background game update changed an api call or two in the way it handles graphics, its possible that your current graphics drivers dont support the new implementation.

An ideal system would do a version check for what is installed on your system and recommend a gfx driver update before pulling down such a game update, but our world is far from ideal.

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