Hi I just had a vga driver update from the original drivers that were installed when I first got the pc almost 2 years ago. I feel these new drivers are not as good, game performance is lower. I'd like to uninstall them and put back the old ones. I want to do it manually: uninstall them and install. My question is, exactly which files do I need to uninstall from the apps and features list? I have 6 nvidia related items, plus the control panel: frameview SDK geforce experience graphic driver HD audio driver physx system software USBC driver Which ones I uninstall?
I would uninstall GFE, then find driver version you want and make sure you use "clean install" option. That should be it but GFE might try and update itself or driver (I don't use GFE).
Use Display Driver Uninstaller to completely remove the driver from the system, for a clean installation it is best to use nvcleanstall or simply unzip the driver using 7zip or winrar, and delete unnecessary folders for a clean installation. And if you are experiencing poor performance with the new drivers, you are probably experiencing a placebo.
From your profile, you have a GTX 760 2GB. In my opinion Framvieew SDK, Geforce Experience, HD Audio driver and USBC are useless, wasting space and resource. And also disable HD Audio driver and USBC driver in device manger.
I'd uninstall Frameview first, then PhysX, then USB-C, GeForce Experience, HD audio, and finally graphics. It's possible uninstalling the graphics driver from the app/feature list might take all of that out automatically and I'd try that first. From there, I'd use NVIDIA's clean-up tool: https://developer.nvidia.com/cleanup-tool And finally, I'd install a new driver as-is from NVIDIA (no slim/clean version), and select the Clean option. I don't know what Frameview SDK does, but the rest of that should be covered by the graphics driver.
Which version is installed now? In case the very latest one causes issues, you probably need to go back by a few releases only (months but not years). And in case it's an auto-update it might be outdated today already, so you can also try an even newer one (I usually try "running ahead" instead of running back, so I am biased to try a fresh beta first before rolling backwards).
