I recently updated the drivers for my NVIDIA GeForce video card to version 364.72 (or other version in the 364.xx series), and I'm now experiencing issues such as the following:
- Games or other graphically intensive applications crash or hang
- I get BSODs that are associated with the graphics driver, e.g.
nvlddmkm.sys
ordxgkrnl.sys
- Graphical glitches such as missing or misplaced text or icons, display corruption, or a black screen occur
- The graphics driver crashes regularly, with the message "Display driver [...] has stopped responding and has recovered."
- The fan on my graphics card spins up to high speed, or the card makes excessive noise
Reinstalling the graphics driver did not help. What's going on?
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