Following a number of reports from Firestorm viewer users, I installed the 516.40 driver update on Win11. I have tested with the viewer I work on (Firestorm viewer) and the upstream official Second Life viewer from Linden Lab. Both exhibit the same issues Screen capture - 760b0faf6c2a6a88e9352204…

I’m having the same issue. Did not happen until after I updated my drivers today. [image] Gyazo Easily capture screenshots, GIFs, and replays that are ready to share. Download the free app for windows and mac.

Same issue here… just updated drivers to 516.40 for GeForce My rig: Screenshot - 6e86cf290445637b33b6150010ba2539 - Gyazo

I am getting the exact same result, and this is not just the firestorm viewer, the Black Dragon viewer is having the same issue… https://i.gyazo.com/99440c5a5f11ffd86e306e51a846222d.png

Im having problems with newest driver when i play wolfenstein 2 new colossus ,my frame rates dropoed from 144 to 20fps for no reason

yes having the same issue with Firestorm after updating to this version, rolling back to previous version all works as it should.

Same issue with the latest Game Ready drivers and Windows 11.

same issue! here drivers 516.40 WHQL / windows 11 firestorm viewer and official viewer. (Latest version).

Same sepcs and same issue. Had to rollback to 512.95, this fixed the issue.

same issue here, driver update causing visual artifacts such as lighting circles on my avatar (looks pretty cool, heh) latest firestorm viewerx64 6.5.3.65658 & latest Official SL viewer (Open GL), same issues on both. screen capture Firestorm-Releasex64 6.5.3.65658 - CandyflossFifi - Google Chr…

Same driver version, exact same issues. Running Windows 11 22H2. Additional issue: avatars flickering in and out of view, even when closeby. Firestorm 6.5.3 (65658) Mar 1 2022 10:01:35 (64bit / SSE2) (Firestorm-Releasex64) with Havok support Release Notes CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X 24-Co…

Driver 516.40 Causing visual artifacts on Windows and Linux for Second Life viewers (OpenGL)

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angelofdreams2007 June 20, 2022, 3:13pm 17

same issues here

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