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Possible help for those with performance issues (Nvidia driver 531.79)

Diablo IV

I hadn't seen this suggested yet, and I just wanted to put this out there in case it helps anyone else. If you're using an Nvidia video card and you're running into crashes and/or performance issues (e.g. lag, low FPS, stuttering, etc.) in Diablo 4, you may want to try using Nvidia drivers version 531.79

You can find them here: https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/204771/en-us/

I know it's entirely anecdotal, but — in addition to myself using these drivers — I've had some friends who rolled back to this version and told me the game was running significantly better, and they were no longer getting FPS drops/stuttering, and no longer had to restart their game every ~30min or so (possibly due to the VRAM issue?). One of them is running a 20 series card, and the other 40 series.

If you're out of ideas and you're okay trying another version of drivers -- and haven't tried out this version yet -- you may want to give it a shot!

Posted Jul 4, 2023, 4:32 AM UTC · edited

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DaddySanctus•

I'm actually using 531.41 which was released sometime back in March. I've had exceptionally smooth gameplay and FPS outside of a week or so when I think the servers were a little janky.

Literally 0 crashes in any beta or full release that I've played.

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zeiandren•

Feels like the game has pretty minor graphics issues, seems like all the stutter and lag and stuff is all awful netcode buffering stuff. Feels like the game renders correctly but is always hitching on the backend

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HudBlanco•

Even with everything on low or off, frame rate capped at 60, my GTX 1660 gets the 6Gb of VRAM full and crashes after an hour of play.

I'll try that tonight. Just like Obi-Wan, this is my only hope.

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TheMadGhostUK•

Had this. Drop your Texture quality to high. Something about the Ultra Textures eats memory and causes a leak. Game works perfectly fine after doing this.

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Wakkachaka•

I have a 1650 super and run this game with everything on ultra except textures at high. Generally constantly 60 fps 1080p. Only time it slows down is during cinematics and what not. Here and there when I tele to town and back there's a bit of a stutter when I first arrive, but it goes away in like 3 seconds..

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Bruzur•

I wonder why a driver from May 2nd would be more stable.

Wasn’t the “Game Ready” driver for Diablo sometime at the end of May?

In any case, I guess it’s not completely unheard of for games to run fine, if not better on previous builds.

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AmazingAd4344•

confirmation bias.

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DarthRiznat•

Turn off Nvidia broadcast. That's what causes the crashes really.

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