GeForce 280.26 driver causing FFXIV to crash

[Baldur]

The issue you had with the Direct X 11 ...did you get the update for your GPU from Nvidia or Microsoft?

I believe I got mine from NVIDIA. The NVIDIA Settings icon in the notifications toolbar displayed a message telling me that a new driver update is available. I opened the program, opened the Help tab, clicked on Updates and went from there. I can't tell you any further details because, after the rollback, the program won't open the Updates window anymore...

[Geesus]

Ok. I wish I knew what to say but I got nothing. Now for my card they worked but I'm pretty sure not tooo much was really done as well, my cards getting old. :-/ As for yours, did you try to contact Nvid to say hey wth?

Glad either way you knew how to get back in game but I wonder if anything nice may have been updated for your card?

[Baldur]

Ok. I wish I knew what to say but I got nothing. Now for my card they worked but I'm pretty sure not tooo much was really done as well, my cards getting old. :-/ As for yours, did you try to contact Nvid to say hey wth?

Glad either way you knew how to get back in game but I wonder if anything nice may have been updated for your card?

I didn't really notice a difference in performance after I installed the update, so I don't feel that I experienced any loss. Eventually I may download the update from the NVIDIA website and see if that makes a difference. I hope so, because I don't want to keep my card outdated forever, and I don't want to be forced to wait until the PS3 version releases for me to play Final Fantasy XIV without worry of crashes.

Edit: And no, I didn't contact NVIDIA. If I reinstall the update and I experience the same problems I had before the rollback, I might.

[Geesus]

Oh man.... having "outdated" forever is almost funny. After we bought these cards they were outdated 3-6 months later LOL! No I know what you mean and honestly, My card hadn't been updated in well at least a year so I don't "think" it will really matter but definitely give them a shout if the second try fails.

[Baldur]

Well, it seems official, driver update 280.26 is the problem.

I decided to reinstall the update and play Final Fantasy XIV to test it. I have noticed a small FPS increase, but the fan attached to my graphics card increased in speed just a few minutes after loggin (spelling?). I didn't play the game long enough to allow it to crash (because I didn't want to), and rollback again to the previous driver version. Afterwords my graphics card was able to breath a lot easier at the small cost of FPS. I played for a few hours with a party, doing levequests in multiple areas, and not a single crash was experienced. Final Fantasy XIV is back to being stable for me! :-D.

Thank you Maxwell! Without you I probably would have never thought of a rollback to a previous driver version, and I wouldn't be playing Final Fantasy XIV again (at most until the PS3 version is released).

Edit: Improved grammar.

[Zephir]

gtx 590 with new driver....less work on VGA and minor temperature..no issue.