Nvidia WHQL Drivers - 306.23 - NOT Recommended at this time

FredB

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Sep 13, 2012 12:08

Nvidia has released new WHQL drivers today. They are NOT recommended, as they cause rendering to be continual. This is an NVIDIA issue that they need to fix.

For those of you using BETA Nvidia drivers, DO NOT...rollback to 301.42. Using BETA drivers is not recommended for the faint of heart.

Please, read the release notes on the Nvidia site, as some information there is IMPORTANT (like the need to UPDATE some Dell Laptop software BEFORE applying the new drivers).

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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 14:16

Hi,
I installed the new drivers on my machine...but as I ran PD10 Ultra...buffer rendering..on every clip (it was fast but annoying) so I rolled back my driver to 301.?? version.
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FredB

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Sep 13, 2012 14:21

Yes, I see what you mention, but this does NOT appear to slow my machine..not sure WHY it is needed, but appears to be new with these drivers. Maybe it is a feature that is just starting to work, now that Nvidia has fixed the drivers??

I did notice that little green dots show up at each location I drag to, so I have to look at the PD10 instructions to see what this is. I wonder why this is needed..evidently Nvidia or CL thinks it is necessary?


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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 15:29

Hmmm -

New driver installed but no issues so far... no buffering, instant rendering, green dots - everything is "normal" here.

GPU: NVIDIA GTX 260 (still)
Driver: 9.18.13.623

Not a clue about the whys & wherefores.

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FredB

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 15, 2008 21:14 Messages: 1317 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 15:34

ynotfish;
Some new features are NOT available/supported on GTX 2xx GPU version (per Nvidia Release Notes). That MIGHT explain the difference?? Do you see the green markers when you drag the slider across the timeline?

Still not sure I characterize this as a bug or failure.

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jonas_1_jonas

Newbie Joined: Oct 04, 2011 20:26 Messages: 32 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 15:52

This is a big fail for Nvidia and Cyberlink. Editing with the latest drivers is terrible. Always rendering during editing. OMG

Time to change to a different editing program? PowerDirector no more supported by Nvidia drivers? This is a real joke.

I have an GTX 670 and I get 0% GPU usage with latest drivers. Only the 301.42 works.

blasiusxx

Contributor Joined: Mar 12, 2011 09:44 Messages: 330 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:07

Same issue here with Geforce GTX670M. and this official drivers. Buffered Rendering all the time in the preview handler. And for my GPU this is the only one official driver. The other beta Drivers from Nvidia have the same problem.

You cant work with PD10 now and this Drivers.

FredB

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 15, 2008 21:14 Messages: 1317 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:09

OK, I am convinced SOMETHING is going wrong!!

I had to rollback (using device properties) to the previous WHQL driver (301.42) to stop the constant rendering!! Something is definitely going on!!

jonas_1_jonas

Newbie Joined: Oct 04, 2011 20:26 Messages: 32 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:30

I found the problem, working 100% now .

On Nvidia Control Panel, uncheck CUDA - GPU, and restart PowerDirector.

Simple has that .

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FredB

Senior Contributor Joined: Sep 15, 2008 21:14 Messages: 1317 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:32

I will report this to Nvidia. I have notified the Forum Moderator of this thread...now we just have to await a fix from ONE of them!!

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blasiusxx

Contributor Joined: Mar 12, 2011 09:44 Messages: 330 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:43

Jonas, but when you deactivate this Features in the nvidia control panel, no one program like PD10 cant use the cuda feature. This could be only a temporaly solution. Because many users like me need the cuda support. Also in PD10.

jonas_1_jonas

Newbie Joined: Oct 04, 2011 20:26 Messages: 32 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 16:45

This fixed the rendering problem, but now I cant use Hardware acceleration during the encoding process .

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jonas_1_jonas

Newbie Joined: Oct 04, 2011 20:26 Messages: 32 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 17:09

I made some cheating on the new drivers .

I installed the 306.23 but I put inside Display.Driver folder the CUDA files of the 301.42 loool.

But Hardware acceleration during the encoding process don't work .

Now waiting if Nvidia releases an CUDA fix.

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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 17:22

Hi,
Well I re-installed 306 and made some tweaks...(not a geek type tho') tested still got the buffer render thingy) so I rolled back driver..I am going to wait for Nvidia fix ..if they do..
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jmone

Senior Contributor Location: Australia Joined: Nov 26, 2010 00:05 Messages: 706 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 20:01

I tested with the 306.02-desktop-win8-win7-winvista-64bit-english-beta and it too displays the "Rendering Issues" and it is potentially not limited to PD10. For me and my Test 1080/50p AVC project with the following options:
1) SVRT / CPU: Created the output but "producing movie" would continually pause during the production process with the "Rendering" window appearing
2) GPU: Did the pausing thing till "rendering" got to 100% the first time then PD hung. PD 64 Bit-Win10 64 Bit-32GB RAM-80TB HDD
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James1

Senior Contributor Location: Surrey, B.C., Canada Joined: Jun 10, 2010 16:20 Messages: 1783 Offline

Sep 13, 2012 20:49

Hi,
With the current 306.23 drivers I wonder if Nvidia is linked to 'Wal-Mart' and there "roll back" campaign?...LOL
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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Sep 14, 2012 00:55

I agree. The green "Rendering" issue is a guaranteed roll-back for me (GTX550Ti). In the past, nVidia's BETA drivers had this issue, but it disappeared when the WHQL drivers were released. Not this time

I also tried changing the hardware accelerator settings, but the performance was still poor. I also captured the ironic warning when I rechecked the Enable Hardware Decoding box. See if you agree with PD10's advice!


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Brygard

Newbie Joined: Jun 24, 2012 00:27 Messages: 49 Offline

Sep 14, 2012 03:49

Well looks like they finally saw our bug submit reports,one of the Nvidia reps responded to this problem.
Link: http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=4408856&postcount=134

Originally Posted by jetfx View Post
Mr.andyB are you guys aware of the problem with powerdirector 9,10 hardware acceleration not working at all.?? i have send a letters thru http://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?...f07694a40f8ac6 since im aware of this. and im know many other people send theirs to.

if possible could you give me some feedback about this please?

if you need pictures or detail info about the issue even video demonstrating the issue. if you want i can link you to many posts where people ask for a solution and describe the symptoms for this same issue. or just google "power director 10 green rendering bar"

help me please and thank you for your time
==============================
ANDYB response:
There is an open bug in our database and there are several people actively working on the problem.

I still suggest keep submitting the bug report with detail on the Nvidia official bug report link(Display Driver Feedback):
http://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=6e7ea6bb4a02641fa8f07694a40f8ac6

djmorgan

Senior Member Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Oz. Joined: Mar 09, 2007 07:07 Messages: 233 Offline

Sep 14, 2012 04:22

I've rolled back too and I have a 680!, will submit issue report to Nvidia, be good if they ever get their forum up and running again, although I don't really think they want it anymore.

Just really not good enough

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optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Sep 14, 2012 13:39

I still suggest keep submitting the bug report with detail on the Nvidia official bug report link(Display Driver Feedback):
http://surveys.nvidia.com/index.jsp?pi=6e7ea6bb4a02641fa8f07694a40f8ac6