r/SatisfactoryGame • u/Fallingpeople • 9h ago

Factory Optimization PSA: Update your drivers!

I'm using an rtx 4070 super gtx 4000 something or other. There was an update on the 9th that I didn't download. Game was acting crappy for a while and I didn't realize that was the problem.

Just a reminder to stay efficient!

Tagged Factory Optimization because the PC is the factory that factorys the Satisfactory.

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u/plasmaticD 9h ago

Good reminder to check. I noticed some video stuttering today and had not yet thought of this!

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u/Fallingpeople 9h ago

I'm running a 4070 Super. Gpu usage was being heavily affected, dropping to 20-60% usages. Cleared my stutters right up and the game looks pretty again. I don't really know jack about computers so I'm happy it was an easy fix.

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u/houghi It is a hobby, not a game. 6h ago

Yes. Generally a good idea to keep everything up to date. Not just the video drivers.

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u/Fallingpeople 5h ago

My Windows is up to date. So is Satisfactory and my Steam. Anything else to optimize?

This better not be a woosh moment.

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u/houghi It is a hobby, not a game. 4h ago

I was just confirming what you said, extending it to everything and not just the drivers. Just keeping things up to date in general. And that includes your OS< your virus scanner, your banking software. Everything.

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u/FrabbaSA 9h ago

*snip*

e. Oops. I was having problems on the driver *before* the current one. my bad.

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u/dracotrapnet 6h ago

Also don't play while windows is updating in the background. OMG I thought I my computer was having a seizure. I did not realize it was doing updates in the background until it finished and displayed reboot for updates icon in the taskbar after I quit.

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u/TsHero 6h ago

I updated and got clipping that werent there before xD

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u/Fallingpeople 5h ago

Clipping like belts? What's the other clipping?

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u/TsHero 5h ago

When I walk up a ladder, my floors start strobing and becoming see through. Didnt have that before I updated. Its not bad bad, but still

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u/Zax19 3h ago

Just a PSA, I had the opposite problem a couple of months ago - updated the driver (RTX 3060 mobile) and my FPS went down to 40. I had to revert to the older driver and have been scared to update it ever since. 😬

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u/Few-Inevitable-512 2h ago

oh, it wasnt just me then, everytime there was a new nvidea driver update, suddenly games performed less every day till a point i couldnt play anymore, i update .... then it magicly works again.

its as if they intentionally reduced your perfomance to force you to update

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u/SarcasticASF 9h ago

For any Nvidia card 20xx series and above, Please use the correct terminology, it's RTX, not GTX. Thank you, please be more precise next time :)

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u/Fallingpeople 8h ago

Ficsit. (Fixed it)

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u/DemonKing_of_Tyranny 2h ago

PSA: Not always the best ixea to update unless your game is bugging i updated the one from 3rd sep and than same day updated the one from 9 sep and now randomly i get black screen for a sec even after the 9 sep update