From Primegrid news post
Numerous participants have had tasks fail due the Nvidia's buggy 364.xx driver. If you're using this driver, I recommend reverting to an earlier version of the driver with a major version number lower than 364.
If you're currently running an older version of the driver, I strongly recommend that you do not "upgrade" to 364.xx. I've also heard reports of this driver "bricking" GPUs, and that goes way, way beyond merely having some BOINC tasks fail.
This has also been reported at Poem@home.
Driver versions below are reported to cause issues.
364.xx driver versions that are known to be problematic:
364.16
364.47
364.51
364.72
364.74 ??? (might be a typo of 364.47)
364.96
Problems seem to center on the openCL drivers but who cares if it crashes boinc units when it might destroy your GPU. My advice is if you have it installed downgrade to 362 drivers pronto.
nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
#1 nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
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#2 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
Currently running 364.72
Hardware:
Main CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz, MSI Z87-G45 mobo, 24 GB DDR3, GTX 770 2GB EVGA, Windows 10
Tablet: NVIDIA Shield Tablet, Stock
Phone: LG G8, Stock
Main CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz, MSI Z87-G45 mobo, 24 GB DDR3, GTX 770 2GB EVGA, Windows 10
Tablet: NVIDIA Shield Tablet, Stock
Phone: LG G8, Stock
#3 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
Roll back to 362.xxx
download link 362.00 WHQL
download link 362.00 WHQL
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#4 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
Thanks for the link - I'll roll it back when I get home.
I've been reading up on this issue and it seems there is a difference of opinion on how widespread the problem is - but better safe than sorry (http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-driv ... sues-gpus/)
I've been reading up on this issue and it seems there is a difference of opinion on how widespread the problem is - but better safe than sorry (http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-driv ... sues-gpus/)
Hardware:
Main CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz, MSI Z87-G45 mobo, 24 GB DDR3, GTX 770 2GB EVGA, Windows 10
Tablet: NVIDIA Shield Tablet, Stock
Phone: LG G8, Stock
Main CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4 GHz, MSI Z87-G45 mobo, 24 GB DDR3, GTX 770 2GB EVGA, Windows 10
Tablet: NVIDIA Shield Tablet, Stock
Phone: LG G8, Stock
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#5 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
Don't use nVidia when you want to be safe, crunch with an AMD APU or SOC or an Intel GPU-crunching capable CPU.leecarver wrote:better safe than sorry (http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-driv ... sues-gpus/)
The advantage of such crunching comes with the yearly power bill....
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#6 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
A GTX 980 delivers 4612 SP GFLOPS using 165 watts or 27.95 GFLOPS/watt. How do the AMD APUs perform?
But...you can have my Tahiti GPUs when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
But...you can have my Tahiti GPUs when you pry them from my cold dead hands.
#7 Re: nVidia drivers 364.xx reported to destroy cards
I second that, need to try and get some replacments for my dead tahiti's. And the only replacement for a Tahiti is ...... another Tahiti. Simples :)
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