Around a year ago I couldn't update my Nvidia driver for like 6 months or my PC wouldn't boot... I'm willing to guarantee this isn't the first vibe coded driver.
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Yeah they had tons of driver issues early last year, pretty sure they were vibe coding drivers at least that far back
When the v580 drivers dropped last year I had a similar experience. Think I also pushed updates for 4 months or so.
I went from 535 to latest (590?) last week and it isn't great. What's the sweet spot, 570?
I'm on 580 right now. It got usable after a few months. If 590 is out, I have to say I'm really hesitant to bump up to that. Might just hold off on updates for a while.
Thankfully I have snapper on all my systems so rollbacks are easy.
How does snapper compare to timeshift? Ease of use. Been using ts since I got back into linux and have used it quite a few times already
I don't really know the difference, I've only ever used Snapper. It comes preconfigured on SuSE Tumbleweed, and I've set it up manually on those machines I have that don't run Tumbleweed.
I like Snapper because once set up it basically just does its thing on its own, and it's super easy to use. I can access the snapshots from the boot menu so if something goes awry I can just boot into a previous system configuration.
If you already use Timeshift and you're happy with it I don't really see why you'd switch.
I just get curious when I see an app I didn't know about that is similar to one I use. Other than access from the boot menu it sounds just like ts. I may check it out on one of my test laptops to see how different it is
thanks
VR has been broken for at least this long, you can't use vrr with 144hz, the list goes on at least with linux. Been hoping AMD matches them for hardware next gen (and gets hdr on linux)
AMD has HDR on Linux, just use Display Port. It is not AMDs fault that the Hdmi group bans proper Hdmi support in open source drivers.
Yeah, amds fault or not my tv only has HDMI and dealing with adapters seems like a pain. I did read something recently though that someone has developed third party support for it so maybe soon it can be added by the user
car crash noise
That.. doesn't happen because of a crappy driver release. Announcing they may "be tight on product" for 2026 will though.
I don't think client gfx will really impact their share price either. If there was a delay with server/dc products them maybe.
It can but it would require headlines like "70% of all nividia users find their computers unusable permanently due to a faulty automated update."
THAT Would cause a solid drop in stock value
I genuinely wish that would be the case but client portfolio performance rarely has any bearing on it.
I guess I don't have a comprehensive understanding of the proportion of affected users but I don't think Intel suffered at all for the raptor lake failures, even though it affected workstations and notebooks (though I could be mistaken).
We had such issues way before Ai driven development. It might be, but not all problems and bugs are caused by usage of Ai.
I love how any time there's bugs in software people just assume it's AI.
Trust me, they're perfectly capable of being incompetent au natural.
Yes, but with LLM's they can be incompetent faster and with more efficiency.
A more accurate inaccurate inaccuracy
How fucking hard can it be to write a functional driver for the device you built yourself?
Like, very very very hard? The kind of hard that can't be vive coded?
Considering the amount of legacy soft- and hardware the drivers have to interact with as well as all the fixes specific Programms need, its a complete nightmare to write these drivers. Especially since they pivoted from raw processing power to a mich more software supported system.
What I can't excuse is the abysmal amount of quality control the seem to be doing.
not trying to defend anyone but graphics drivers (particularly in windows) are black magic fuckery. It's no easy task, Intel Arc has been a very public example of how difficult this can be with their first foray into serious dgfx.
If I'm not mistaken most of the driver is fixes for games doing weird shit with graphics api.
Revenue goes through the ceiling, which means costs must go down?
Be it AI or lack of quality checks.
Keep going nvidia. Take that tiny teensie little prick you call a ceo and pop that bubble. I fuckin dare you.
Classic Nvidia
What about paying a vibe coded currency/bank note to purchase a vibe coded hardware. Sounds fun
50 series driver situation all over again lol, just stay on 566.36 i guess?
I'm pretty sure there is a later stable one than that. I've been on 591.44 for a while without issues. 566.36 doesn't have Preset K on DLSS right?
No idea, I helped some friends who have nvidia cards that's how I memorized the driver version lol
Fair enough. And 566.36 is a great driver, it's very fast and stable but to anyone who uses DLSS I think Preset K is too valuable.
Good. Replace developers with AI and find out.
I only use the studio drivers, more reliable and I've never had an issue when using them (so far)