138 PCWorld APRIL 2020HERE’S HOW GRAPHICS CARD PROBLEM FIX
graphics card testing process. DDU’s saved
our bacon dozens of times when we’ve
encountered driver bugs.
Display Driver Uninstaller performs
invasive surgery, so the creators warn that
you’ll want to create a system restore point
before you begin—there’s a button to do so
right in the software. For best results, you’ll
also want to run it in Safe Mode. When
DDU’s done working its magic, try installing
your graphics card drivers yet again.HOW TO GO BACK
TO OLD DRIVERS
If you’re still running into
troubles, well, you’re out of
luck. Check your driver’s release
notes to see if you’re
encountering a known issue. If
not, you can hop into forums to
try and find help, or you can
uninstall the problematic
software and reinstall a previous
driver version that you know worked. You
can find Nvidia’s driver archives here (go.
pcworld.com/nrch).
AMD doesn’t maintain a central archive,
but if you head to its driver page (go.pcworld.
com/drpg) and search for your graphics card,
you’ll get a list of the latest available drivers.
Scroll past those, and at the very bottom of
the new releases, you’ll see a tiny blue
Previous Drivers link, as shown below. Click
that to summon past versions.
Good luck. If
you’d rather
splurge on new
hardware than
fiddle with software
problems, be sure
to check out our
guide to the best
graphics cards for
PC gaming (go.
pcworld.com/
Where to find older drivers for your Radeon graphics card. gmcr).