Latest NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers for Windows 10

DooGie said:

Could be it's Nvidia Container using up a lot of CPU cycles.

My system at idle.

I have just checked mine and I don't have these high CPU cycles even though I had installed the latest version 430.39 just yesterday. Does anyone know exactly the function of this process (NVIDIA container)?. I have already in many occasions scoured the internet in an attempt to find answer to my question, but to no avail.



Another thing I constantly notice is that if I disable NVIDIA Telemetry in "Services", NVDIA container keeps on running in "What's My Computer doing?". When Telemetry is enabled, the nvcontainer doesn't show anymore in "What's My Computer doing?". By syllogistic reasoning, I think it has to do with Telemetry, but no surefire way to prove that.

DooGie said:

Through a bit of searching I found out that if I disable Fast Startup the CPU usage of the Nvidia Container drops right down.
As for the Telemetry thing have a read of my post here Latest NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers for Windows 10 - Page 168 - Windows 10 Forums

Fast Startup is always enabled in my computer, as per following screenshot:



meaning that is not the case for me, but thanks for the reference with regard to Telemetry. What I will probably do is to use DDU to help me in keeping the strict minimum from the NVIDIA's latest driver without the extras. The only problem now is that the executable for the driver doesn't to want install (giving errors). While Using the GeForce experience after DDU even with custom install is like going back to square one. At least, that is my experience...

Here's a post I've just made in the Windows 7 Forums regarding the latest NVIDIA drivers.

Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7 - Page 171 - Windows 7 Help Forums

Not sure if it is related to the Windows 10 drivers but it looks like NVIDIA are starting to get 'sneakier' with their telemetry. As I said in that post, I haven't tried the latest drivers for Windows 10 (on my other SSD) yet. But, like my W7 SSD, I might not be updating the W10 NVIDIA drivers past 425.31.

CarlSD said:

Here's a post I've just made in the Windows 7 Forums regarding the latest NVIDIA drivers.

Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7 - Page 171 - Windows 7 Help Forums

Not sure if it is related to the Windows 10 drivers but it looks like NVIDIA are starting to get 'sneakier' with their telemetry. As I said in that post, I haven't tried the latest drivers for Windows 10 (on my other SSD) yet. But, like my W7 SSD, I might not be updating the W10 NVIDIA drivers past 425.31.

Telemetry is now provided by a new DLL called "_DisplayDriverRAS.dll", if you remove it from installation extracted folder, you will get an "installation aborted" error. If you remove the DLL itself after the installation, the Nvidia panel will stop working.

Here it's located under:
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\DisplayDriverRAS

CarlSD said:

Not sure if it is related to the Windows 10 drivers but it looks like NVIDIA are starting to get 'sneakier' with their telemetry.

That would explain why the executable file (downloaded driver) cannot be installed anymore. It will give an error when one tries. One has to use GeForce experience in order to be able to install it. Consequently, it is basically impossible to use DDU to strip the installed driver of the unnecessary items, since in the process of using this third-party app, one needs to use the executable to reinstall the driver.

I know for a fact that the executable file worked for the previous version.