Re: BF5 Patch, unavailable nvidia driver version, can't play game currently

I have geforce experience.  Nvidia has not released a newer driver for my type of card.  Apparently they release drivers for gaming cards but not professional graphics cards like I have last week.  So that does not help, but thank you for commenting.

Hi @siliconplains and welcome to Answers HQ!

I have not tried this personally but it's a known workaround for Frostbite Nvidia driver checks so it's probably either that or wait for Nvidia to update your professional production graphics card which can take ages.

• Go to: C:\windows\system32\
• Find nvapi64.dll and rename it to something like backupnvapi64.dll.

Alright, I just tried the file renaming.  The game loaded so slow then was unplayable.  With the previous setup it was fast.  It was like the game was using onboard graphics versus the card.  

If you have 2 gpu's you should look in the task manager - it should look like this:

you should be able to see, using this, what graphics card is being used.

You might be able to force the game to use your Nvidia card using this:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings%3F