Tuesday, March 10th 2020

NVIDIA Releases GeForce 442.59 WHQL Game Ready Drivers

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btarunr
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NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce software. Version 442.59 WHQL of the software comes game-ready for "Call of Duty: Warzone," which went live earlier today. The drivers also fix a handful of issues. For starters, it fixes game crashes with "NBA 2K20." A blue screen crash when plugging in a VR headset to a notebook. The Windows 7 version of the drivers come with a check for Windows SHA2 patches during installation. Without these patches, the installer won't continue. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 442.59 Game Ready
The change-log follows.

Game Ready
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
Fixed Issues in this Release
  • [NBA 2K20]: The game crashes with some flashing. [200568482]
  • [Notebook][VR]: Blue-screen crash occurs when connecting a VR headset to the notebook. [2879605/2867038]
  • [Windows 7]: Implemented a check in the installer to verify that the Microsoft SHA2 support patches are installed on the user system. If the patches are not installed, then the driver installation will not continue. This is to prevent potential issues during or after the driver install. [200592190].

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11 Comments on NVIDIA Releases GeForce 442.59 WHQL Game Ready Drivers

#1
P4-630
Open Issues in Version 442.59 WHQL

Windows 7 Issues
  • [Call of Duty - Warzone]: ShadowPlay and Screenshot capture does not work with Windows 7 (200593494)
  • [World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth][DirectX 12]: The game crashes when switched from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 mode. [200574934]
Windows 10 Issues
  • [Call of Duty - Warzone]: Freestyle does not work. (200593020)
  • [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
  • [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are unselectable. [2810884]
  • [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan][G-SYNC]: When playing the game in Vulkan mode with G-SYNC enabled, flickering occurs after switching the game between full-screen and windowed mode.[200578641] To work around, either disable G-SYNC or play using an API other than Vulkan.
us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/442.59/442.59-win10-win8-win7-release-notes.pdf
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#2
EarthDog
@btarunr - Moving forwrd, is it possible to list the open issue as well as fixed? That would be valuable information for those looking. :)
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#3
Cheeseball
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Windows 7 Issues
[Call of Duty - Warzone]: ShadowPlay and Screenshot capture does not work with Windows 7 (200593494)
[World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth][DirectX 12]: The game crashes when switched from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 mode. [200574934]

Windows 10 Issues
[Call of Duty - Warzone]: Freestyle does not work. (200593020)
[Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
[Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are unselectable. [2810884]
[Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan][G-SYNC]: When playing the game in Vulkan mode with G-SYNC enabled, flickering occurs after switching the game between full-screen and windowed mode.[200578641]

To work around, either disable G-SYNC or play using an API other than Vulkan.
The last issue with Siege is minor. If you don't switch between fullscreen and windowed-mode (in the Settings, not doing ALT-TAB) all the time, you're fine.

I think Freestyle not working in Warzone is intended. I don't think you would have enough time to do any photo ops in battle royale/plunder mode anyways. :laugh:
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#4
Unregistered
I wonder if CoD MW WZ is going to have new maps or the same regurgitated maps they have in the game that they've had since 2006
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#5
Cheeseball
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jmcslobI wonder if CoD MW WZ is going to have new maps or the same regurgitated maps they have in the game that they've had since 2006


None of the old maps are integrated from the looks of it.

But I would want Nuketown (BLOPS) or Shipment (COD4) somewhere though. Those are iconic.
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#6
EarthDog
I didn't buy the game, so I have a couple more hours to wait to DL. Is it patch Tuesday for PUBG? :p
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#7
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EarthDogI didn't buy the game, so I have a couple more hours to wait to DL. Is it patch Tuesday for PUBG? :p
Might as well wait a few days.. The servers are going to be bogged down until Monday or Tuesday.
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#8
Cheeseball
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EarthDogI didn't buy the game, so I have a couple more hours to wait to DL. Is it patch Tuesday for PUBG? :p
I'm in the office so I won't be able to play until later even though the release is in a few minutes (2:41 PM EST).

Apparently it seems to be anticipated because I saw some random students carrying their ASUS ROG laptops and MSI GE laptops around the campus. It's unusual since the common devices are Surfaces and iPad Pros.

EDIT: God damn it I was right LOL. Port ranges from 27000 onwards are seeing more access than normal. :laugh: Go back home/to your dorms if you're going to play assholes!
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#9
Paganstomp
Please note: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cannot be played on Windows 8 as the operating system does not support DX12.

Be sure to also check out tips for Updating Video Card Drivers on a PC.

So when did Windows 7 get DX12 then? Hmmmm... <----- Mar 2019.

Currently messing around with this. Of course, I got this downloading on Xbox One.

According to the specs:
  • Requires DirectX 12 compatible system
  • OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950
  • RAM: 8GB RAM
  • HDD: 175GB HD space
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#10
lexluthermiester
btarunr[Windows 7]: Implemented a check in the installer to verify that the Microsoft SHA2 support patches are installed on the user system. If the patches are not installed, then the driver installation will not continue. This is to prevent potential issues during or after the driver install. [200592190].
About time they fixed this one.
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#11
Mescalamba
P4-630Open Issues in Version 442.59 WHQL

Windows 10 Issues
  • [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
At this point I wonder if Forza is simply poorly made, there isnt single release since I dont know when that doesnt have some bug tied to it.. Doubt that just nVidia fault.
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