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    Nvidia GeForce Driver 431.18 Hotfix

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by specialist7, Jun 21, 2019.

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    Nvidia GeForce Driver 431.18 Hotfix
    GeForce Hotfix display driver version 431.18 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 430.86. This Hotfix driver addresses the following:
    • Fixes BSOD after waking ASUS GL703GS/Asus GL502VML notebook from hibernation
    • Shadow of the Tomb Raider may experience a game crash or TDR when launching game on Pascal GPU
    • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Benchmark quits when running with ray tracing is enabled
    • Grand Theft Auto V may experience flickering when MSAA is used
    This driver also includes the fixes that were released as part of the GeForce Hotfix 430.97 display driver.
    • Forza Horizon 4: Game may crash when driving through tunnels
    • Code 43 error when installing driver 430.64 on Windows 10 May 2019 Update system with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU

    Download:
    Windows 10 64-bit Standard Driver: - Click Here
    Windows 10 64-bit DCH Driver: - Click Here

    Display Driver Uninstaller: (clean out old drivers)
    https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

    Don't want telemetry or other bloat on your drivers?
    NVSlimmer or NVCleanstall

    Any Issues? Post here:
    https://forums.geforce.com/default/...force-hotfix-driver-431-18-released-6-21-19-/

    As always... Have fun! :eek::D:p
     
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    specialist7, Jun 21, 2019
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    Whoa. Guess I've been living under a rock since I had never heard of these apps before! Been manually removing telemetry using this method I had bookmarked all this time.

    Looking at the screenshots of both those apps I can't figure out what the difference between them is though. They look like they do the exact same thing, except NVCleanstall has descriptions and maybe downloads only the needed components rather than needing the entire package loaded like NVSlimmer? Am I correct in this assessment or is there a bigger difference between them?
     
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    I've used them both to see what they do and if they're worth it.

    NVSlimmer you download the drivers then load them, check off what you want and you can repackage/install them just like that.

    NVCleanstall has a little bit more description, you can have it directly download the drivers (hotfixes tend to not be on the list) or you load the driver and pick what options you want and install from there, it will automatically repackage it temporarily and install then when you're done it deletes the temporary install files.

    Again both are not needed as you can do them manually or if you're lazy like me then just have it do it for you. :oops:
     
    specialist7, Jun 22, 2019
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