NVIDIA Releases GeForce 546.29 WHQL Game Ready Drivers

btarunr · Dec 4, 2023

NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce software. Version 546.29 WHQL comes game-ready for "Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition," "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Season 1," "Throne and Liberty," "Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora," and "Fortnite Chapter 5." Besides these game-specific performance optimizations, the game addresses just the one bug with this release—an updated application profile for "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2."

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 546.29 WHQL

Game Ready

Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Season 1
THRONE AND LIBERTY
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Fortnite Chapter 5

Fixed

[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2] Updated application profile [4372908]

Known Issues

[Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted [4349586]
A new NVIDIA icon is created in the system tray each time a user switch takes place in Windows [4251314]
[Netflix] Display issues for videos when using Edge browser. Recommend using Windows Netflix application as workaround. [4388454]

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Onasi · Dec 4, 2023

Yeah, I’ll hold off for now. All the issues plaguing the 545 branch led to me going back to 537.58 and I see no point in updating until the word on the street is that the new version is relatively stable.

Dr. Dro · Dec 4, 2023

Onasi said:
Yeah, I’ll hold off for now. All the issues plaguing the 545 branch led to me going back to 537.58 and I see no point in updating until the word on the street is that the new version is relatively stable.

Issues such as? It's been pretty much rock solid on my 4080.

Onasi · Dec 4, 2023

On my ancient 1070 there were issues with color settings and wonky GSync behavior that going back solved. On 40-series from what I hear stuttering in certain games is fairly prevalent. In general, I like taking a quick look at the release thread for any new driver on the r/NVIDIA. Reddit may be a hive of scum and villainy, but they do a good job documenting any and all issues, even those not acknowledged by NV, confirmed and unconfirmed. They also have a decent list of drivers that are considered stable by the larger population of both the subreddit itself and NV forums. Since I don’t play the latest and greatest, I have no need for newest drivers and usually just update once a quarter or so to a latest “considered stable” driver.
As always, this is all a YMMV.

RayneYoruka · Dec 4, 2023

Dr. Dro said:
Issues such as? It's been pretty much rock solid on my 4080.

Same here, 2 rigs here with 3080s

GoldenX · Dec 4, 2023

I wish NVIDIA reported the Vulkan and D3D versions with the patch notes, so I could know what real fixes are included there, instead of just "X game is supported".

Dr. Dro · Dec 4, 2023

Onasi said:
On my ancient 1070 there were issues with color settings and wonky GSync behavior that going back solved. On 40-series from what I hear stuttering in certain games is fairly prevalent. In general, I like taking a quick look at the release thread for any new driver on the r/NVIDIA. Reddit may be a hive of scum and villainy, but they do a good job documenting any and all issues, even those not acknowledged by NV, confirmed and unconfirmed. They also have a decent list of drivers that are considered stable by the larger population of both the subreddit itself and NV forums. Since I don’t play the latest and greatest, I have no need for newest drivers and usually just update once a quarter or so to a latest “considered stable” driver.
As always, this is all a YMMV.

Mhm, nothing that has affected me thankfully. My 1070 Ti also hasn't been misbehaving from what I noticed so far.

If anything the latest driver fixed my LG G3 OLED not being detected as a G-Sync validated panel on my 4080 rig. They fixed it the same time they shipped the fix for the C3.

arni-gx · Dec 5, 2023

GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 546.31 is out.

This hotfix addresses the following issues:

[Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted [4349586]
Intermittent stutter may be observed when V-SYNC is enabled [4379096]

holy crap, just install 546.29 whql, right now, there is hotfix..... skip that hotfix, i think....

Dr. Dro · Dec 5, 2023

arni-gx said:
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 546.31 is out.

This hotfix addresses the following issues:

[Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted [4349586]

Intermittent stutter may be observed when V-SYNC is enabled [4379096]

holy crap, just install 546.29 whql, right now, there is hotfix..... skip that hotfix, i think....

Generally if you are not affected by any given problem specifically mentioned in the hotfix, it is safe to skip it

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NVIDIA Releases GeForce 546.29 WHQL Game Ready Drivers

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