The AchieVer Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Nvidia driver 430.39 causes high CPU usage on Windows for some users Nvidia recently released version 430.39 of its graphics driver for Windows with support for Microsoft’s May 2019 Update, improvements and tons of general bug fixes. The new release for Nvidia GeForce graphics driver also added support for new CPUs, new G-Sync compatible monitors and more. While the update comes with notable improvements, some users are reporting that Nvidia driver 430.39 causes high CPU usage and the culprit is the nvcontainer process. In the comments section of Reddit, a few users have noted that Nvidia display container (Display.NvContainer) is constantly using the CPU of their PCs. “Nvidia display container LS is now constantly hogging 10% CPU usage even at idle without anything running. Restarting the system gets rid of it for a while but it comes back,” a Reddit user noted. “Same exact issue here, mine runs 15-20% and is constantly using my CPU fan, went back to the previous driver until NVIDIA fixes it,” another supported the reports of the problem. Another user writes that NVContainer will start consuming a bit of CPU even after a system reboot. “You’ll see if you restart your computer and wait a little the NVcontainer will start using 15-20% of CPU and eat power usage. Definitely a pretty significant bug in this release,” the user writes. The higher CPU usage for NVDisplay.Container.exe Fortunately, Nvidia has already acknowledged the problem and the company is working on a fix. In a forum post, Nvidia employee stated that the company was able to reproduce the said bug and is preparing a fix to address the glitch. “Thank you. We have been able to reproduce the bug consistently now and are currently testing a fix,” the employee wrote. At the moment, Nvidia hasn’t published any workaround to deal with the problem. But you can always rollback to the previous version of the graphics driver and stick with it until Nvidia fixes this bug. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Poster's note: Workaround and fix here... nvdisplay.container.exe causing high CPU load The most recent Nvidia graphics driver, version 430.39, may cause high CPU usage on some systems it is installed on. Nvidia released the graphics driver 430.39 last week; the new WHQL driver adds support for the Windows 10 May 2019 Update, comes with new or updated game profiles, and includes a new feature to merge two portrait monitors into a third landscape monitor. Reports suggest that the new graphics driver is causing high CPU load issues on some systems it is installed on. A thread on the official Geforce forum highlights the issue and suggests that the issue dates back to as early as mid 2018. The most recent issue has something to do with Telemetry collecting, apparently. The high CPU load is caused by NVIDIA Container, or nvdisplay.container.exe which may slow down the system because of the high load. The process appears to be responsible for other high load situations. Nvdisplay.container.exe was used initially by Nvidia to power the Control Panel. You can verify that the process is the cause by opening the Windows Task Manager with the shortcut Ctrl-Shift-Esc. You may need to switch to the Details tab to locate the process in the listing. It is a good idea to sort by CPU usage with a click on the header. Günter Born suggests that nvdisplay.container.exe is used for collecting Telemetry data. Our colleagues at Deskmodder provide additional information: the Nvidia driver creates the new folder DisplayDriverRAS which is used by nvdisplay.container.exe for additional Telemetry collecting. Workarounds A fix is available; users who can may also want to consider uninstalling the Nvidia graphics driver 430.39 completely, e.g. using Display Driver Uninstaller, and installing the previous driver again; this should resolve the issue temporarily as well. The actual fix requires elevated privileges. Here is what you need to do: Use Explorer to open C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Display.NvContainer\plugins\LocalSystem\ Locate the folder DisplayDriverRAS and delete it, e.g. by right-clicking on it and selecting Delete. Navigate to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\. Delete the folder DisplayDriverRAS. Kill the nvdisplay.container.exe process (or processes) in the Windows Task Manager. Restart the computer. Doing so should not interfere with functionality. The process nvdisplay.container.exe still runs after the restart, but the high CPU load should be a thing of the past. Source: nvdisplay.container.exe causing high CPU load (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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