Render times

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I find that very disturbing . Indeed since switching to gpu rendering my 3ds max and computer restarts became very frequent.
do you think that will ever change? Or there might be a tool that checks drivers and tells me live when there is a problem?

Not to my knowledge.
NVidia would know better, i am sure: every renderer which uses their GPUs has similar issues, so i am not sure it can be worked around entirely from this side.
EDIT: this came out wrong. i am not saying it's NVidia's fault. I remember it being much the same with AMD cards, OCL and their drivers.

Let me stress this isn't anything else than semi-informed opinion, so please take with two pinches of salt: i stand ready to be corrected.

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I updated my GPU to the latest driver and I no longer see the driver error message. Are there any issues with the latest drivers? I haven't experienced any, yet.

Bobby, the truth is it's pick and mix.
Something not directly part of the video card may object with one version or the other (motherboard and CPU have drivers too!), or one specific GPU type from one OEM maker may have objections about something else.
The best bet is to stick with those which give one the fewer problems, until something forces you to upgrade (either from our or their side).