NVIDIA driver crashes and recovers during both general use and video

Hi,

I am running Windows 10 with the Insider Program. It's the 64 bit version.
I have the latest (just checked) NVIDIA driver for my GTX 560 Ti.

In the last few days I've experienced a problem in which the graphics driver crashes and then recovers after a few seconds. When it crashes, the screen goes black, as if there's no signal. Then it goes back on, but if I was playing a video when it crashed, the media player (MPC-HC) needs to be restarted, otherwise playback cannot be resumed.

It also happens during general use, ie web browsing and such, though it certainly is more frequent when playing back videos. I'd say 80% of the crashes occur during video playback. And when that happens, in addition to the black screen, the GPU's fan goes full power until the driver is restored.

Since NVIDIA hasn't released a new Windows 10 driver since July, is it safe to say that it's a hardware and not a software issue?

I have the same problem with a GT610. I am using the drivers released on 7 Nov 2015, 359.00. Last working driver for me on win 10 was 347.88. but windows update keeps replacing them with the latest buggy drivers. I have wrote to nvidia and microsoft using their feedback apps but its never fixed. This IS a driver bug as 347.88 works perfectly.

A driver from November 7? What? I just checked with Geforce Experience and it says my driver from July is the latest!

EDIT: Manually checked NVIDIA's website and indeed there is a driver from November (11...) for my card. Not sure what's up with Geforce Experience... Will update tomorrow (it's past 12 AM here...).

Always get latest driver directly from nVidia, not Windows Update! If you discover that a new driver doesn't work well and you return to an old driver, you can hide any driver update to stop it installing and replacing your working driver.

PS: Thank you for the info. I hadn't realized nVidia released a newer driver. I'll install it ASAP.

I wasn't using Windows Update to update my card, I was using NVIDIA's own Geforce Experience, which is why I was very surprised to find out there was a newer driver. I've installed it earlier today and just watched a full 42 minute episode without any crashes! :) Will mark as Solved for now...

Wait 2 days then try.

banger said:

Wait 2 days then try.

Damn, it's back. It just happened 3 times in a row as I was just using Firefox and playing some music. The screen didn't go black though, it was an instant recovery.

EDIT: It keeps happening, and now the screen goes black as before... It's very frequent now, like twice a minute or so.
My GPU temps are fine at around 55C when idle.

What else can I try?

it just might be relaxing up and blowing up soonish. how old is the card itself? you can also try and test (if not yet done) DDU to remove all the drivers in safemode and then just get the newest drivers for it