Did you really need to force us into a Nvidia driver update?
Come on, what could possibly require 2042 at this stage to need a driver update first?
Forum Discussion
62 Replies
Hi @EA_Leeuw, I have bought the game on launch day and spent already over 50 hours with it (which is not that much, but this is the game's fault, obviously). This is far beyond the refund window. Furthermore, it's an issue, YOU (by that I mean EA/Dice) introduced without any plausible reason. The game was perfectly fine with driver version 512.95, even season 4. Nothing was wrong with it. And all my other games are working, too, without any issues. That's how GPU's work! NONE of my hundreds of other, mostly recent titles (like Hogwarts Legacy, Returnal or Destiny 2 Lightfall) are forcing me on a specific driver version. Never have, never will. They'll recommend, sometimes, but NEVER force! This is just unacceptale. Revert it asap, it is totally unnecessary!
@EA_Leeuwi literally downgraded my NVidia driver even further - i pushed it back to the October 2022 release, and the game works just fine. I have no idea what the OP is even talking about, the game DOES NOT FORCE you to update the drivers.
I'm going to keep pushing it back further and further until the game or EA app says - nope, wont work.
DM Me if you would like to see a screenshot of the October Driver release and the game running.- @KiRiASU see my reply to Leeuw - the game DOES NOT Force you to update.
I reverted my drivers back to the October 2022 release, and BF is running just fine. - @MackTKau also see my reply to Leeuw.
@AOD_CapStar362IT IS! I want to use driver version 512.95, because with drivers later than that, Destiny 2 and other games giving me graphical issues and performance degredation. October 2022 is 522 or 526, my driver is from May 2022. It doesn't start! So that is that...
- @KiRiASU ill keep rolling it back till it says "Nope" but the fact the game is not forcing me to the NEWEST driver, puts a giant hole in the entire argument of this post.
it DOES NOT FORCE YOU to update, the very fact, ive been daily DDU'ing my driver and manually installing OLDER DRIVERS and the game runs JUST FINE, says otherwise. - @KiRiASU if the game is forcing me to newer drivers, how is it for the last 5 days, ive been going each major driver revision BACKWARDS and playing for hours at a time.
please do answer me that one, because I can EASILY prove it wrong. - @KiRiASU in fact, sit tight, i just downloaded your specific driver.
im gonna put this down once and for all - ill even upload a YT Recording of it. so lets see who says what is right. the very next driver - the initial September release 517.48 - the game would not launch. but the fact that im running on 526.47 at this point, just to show it WILL run on slightly older drivers negates the entire argument presented.
How or why when i tried 526.47 and it launched the game is beyond me, maybe the check is badly written, because it clearly says 528.02 as a minimum. take that up with DICE - also, i found some driver notes that explain why your 512.95 no longer works - the driver itself has de-gradated software libraries that the latest patch for 2042 cannot work with, those were installed with 528.02 as fully compatible. however, the fact i can get 526.47 to work just fine, tells me those same libraries are in even slightly older drivers than the minimum requisite.
okay so it wont run your beloved 512.95 - then you have a choice to make - find the second best driver that works on all your games, or take a loss and accept the fact, you played much longer than the refund rules allow for.
or you can go to Console and not have to worry about drivers period, that is the very nature of PC's - NOTHING is universal. Something will ALWAYS have an issue with another thing.
So, yes - you are right, 512.95 does not work.
I am also right that it is not the NEWEST drivers,
either way
Featured Places
