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palkiller112's avatar
3 years ago

Bypass Nvidia Driver 528.2 or newer requirement

Hey i havent played Battlefield 2042 since release because it was going through rough times and it didnt have that much player base ...not sure if its better now...

In that break i decided to go back to older nvidia driver 516.94 specifically because newer or even latest drivers are causing grahpic problems in some games. Mainly in game like Rainbow Six (game i am playing like 99% of my gaming time) where i have problem with flickering sky or backround in general. Going back to 516.94 solved this problem for me

On this day i thought i am going to check BF 2042 if it is in better state because i really liked gameplay but it requires to update my GPU driver. And as i mentioned i made that choice to go backwards because of game i play 99% of my time so i am not willing to update my driver to play BF 2042 and ruin the enjoyment from my favourite game R6

Is there any workaround how to run Battlefield 2042 without updating GPU driver

8 Replies

  • @palkiller112 hey maN, version 531.18 is available , try this drive and check if it solves any gpu / graphics issues.

    cheers
  • lol i said newer or latest drivers are problem for me...and yes also this one

  • sk1lld's avatar
    sk1lld
    Legend
    3 years ago

    EA is recommending we not use the 531.18 drivers due to issues with them. So much for forced driver updates!

  • DigitalHype's avatar
    DigitalHype
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago

    I'm having success with 528.49. No crashes, and new enough that BF client doesn't complain.

  • Tried -bypassgpudrivercheck for advanced launch options but this doesn't work like it did with Diablo IV.

    Sad because I'm locked into old drivers due to Nvidia breaking DVI compatibility. So simply moving to new drivers is out of the question or my whole setup becomes paper waight. 

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