NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers

442.19 WHQL (February 3rd, 2020)

Game Ready

The new Game Ready Driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Zombie Army: Dead War 4. In addition, this release also provides optimal support for Apex Legends Season 4 and Metro Exodus: Sam's Story.

Maximum Framerate

In the last Game Ready Driver, we introduced a new Maximum Framerate Setting into the NVIDIA Control Panel which allowed gamers to set the max framerate a 3D application or game can render. With the latest Game Ready Driver, we've incorporated community feedback asking for the limits to be extended. As a result, framerate limits can be as low as 20fps and can be raised as high as 1000fps.

New Features and Other Changes

• NVIDIA Control Panel>3D Settings>Maximum Frame Rate control
  Extended the slider values to minimum=20, maximum=1000.
• Added Virtual Reality - Variable Rate Super Sampling (VRSS) setting to the NVIDIA Control Panel ->Manage 3D Settings page.
  VRSS improves image quality by applying super sampling selectively on the central region of a frame.This feature is available for VR applications profiled for VRSS. See this Game Ready Driver article for the latest list of profiled VR apps.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine]: The game may crash when a user reaches a specific cut scene. [2726931]
• [Maxwell GPUs][OpenCL]: SETI@Home shows driver TDR occuring on Maxwell GPUs using OpenCL. [2739609]
• [Call of Duty Modern Warfare]: Streaming of gameplay using OBS will randomly stop. [2743477]
• [Battleye][Low-Latency Mode]: Launching Battleye with NVIDIA Low Latency Mode set to Ultra may cause DWM to reset. [2775906]
• [SLI+G-SYNC Stutter]: User may experience minor stuttering when using NVIDIA SLI in combination with G-SYNC. [2778783]
• [Doom (2016)]: The game crashes when launched on GeForce 600/700 series (Kepler) GPUs [2791124]
• [NVENC]: Memory leak occurs. [2805384]
• [Multiple Apps][SLI][G-SYNC]: Stuttering and drop in frame rate occurs during gameplay with SLI and G-SYNC enabled [200566678]

Windows 7 Issues

• [World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth][DirectX 12]: The game crashes when switched from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 mode. [200574934]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Mortal Kombat]: The game may randomly crash to the desktop without error [2813996]
• [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are unselectable. [2810884]
• [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Vulkan][HDR]:Corrupted flickering occurs when in-game HDR is enabled. [200585136]
  To work around, either disable HDR or use DirectX 12 mode.
• [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.

441.87 WHQL (January 6th, 2020)

Game Ready for Wolfenstein: Youngblood with Ray Tracing
The new Game Ready Driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Wolfenstein: Youngblood including the introduction of ray tracing. In addition, this release also provides optimal support for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Bright Memory: Infinite, and the latest version of Quake II RTX.

Maximum Framerate
In response to overwhelming demand from the community, we have introduced a new Maximum Framerate Setting into the NVIDIA Control Panel. Use the maximum frame rate setting to set the max framerate a 3D application or game can render. This feature is particularly helpful when trying to save power, reduce system latency or paired with your NVIDIA G-SYNC display to stay within variable refresh rate range.

Image Sharpening Improvements
Leveraging gamer feedback over the last few months, we have been continually improving the new image sharpening feature. With this latest version, you have the ability to toggle GPU scaling independent of whether image sharpening is enabled or disabled.

Variable Rate Super Sampling
We introduced a new VRSS feature…
Variable Rate Super Sampling (VRSS) is a new technique to improve image quality in VR games which uses NVIDIA Variable Rate Shading (VRS) to dynamically apply up to 8x super sampling to the center of the VR display when GPU headroom is available. In doing so, VRSS can improve image quality at the focal point of the eye while always maintaining the 90 FPS needed to deliver a smooth VR experience.

Share Freestyle Filters
Gamers can now import and export Freestyle/Ansel filters and take advantage of a new split screen filter to help showcase their improvements!

New Features and Other Changes

• Added Max Frame Rate control to the NVIDIA Control Panel ->Manage 3D Settings page.: Lets you set the maximum 3D game or application frame rate that the GPU will render.
• Updated Image Sharpening controls in the NVIDIA Control Panel->Manage 3D Settings page: Image Sharpening and GPU Upscaling can now be enabled separately.
• Custom display modes are available when GPU Upscaling is enabled.
• Added Virtual Reality - Variable Rate Super Sampling (VRSS) setting to the NVIDIA Control Panel ->Manage 3D Settings page.
• VRSS improves image quality by applying super sampling selectively on the central region of a frame.This feature is available for VR applications profiled for VRSS.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: Improved image sharpening for Red Redemption 2 in Vulkan mode. [2781732]
• [Strange Brigade - Vulkan][SLI][G-SYNC]: G-SYNC is not working properly when the Vulkan version of the game is played in SLI mode. [200439997]

441.66 WHQL (December 10th, 2019)

Game Ready

• MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
• Detroit: Become Human.

New G-SYNC Compatible Monitors

• MSI MAG251RX
• ViewSonic XG270

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Resolve]: The application may crash during timeline playback when using Blackmagic RAW CODEC media. [2753421]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: Game starts to stutter after racing a few laps [2750611]
• [Fallout 76][G-SYNC]: The game frame rate drops with G-SYNC enabled. [200466962]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]: There is no 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound option in the Windows Sound Properties.[2752540]
• [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB][NVIDIA Control Panel]:The NVIDIA Control Panel reports an incorrect GPU framebuffer size.

Windows 7 Issues

• [World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth][DirectX 12]: The game crashes when switched from DirectX 11 to DirectX 12 mode. [200574934]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Sniper Elite 4][Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Frame rate is not capped at the display refresh rate with V-Sync enabled in DirectX 12 mode. [2719115]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

441.41 WHQL (November 26th, 2019)

Game Ready

• Halo: Reach
• Optimal support for Quake II RTX v1.2

New Features and Other Changes

• Image Sharpening is now supported on OpenGL and Vulkan applications.
  Image Sharpening (set from the NVIDIA Control Panel->Manage 3D Settings page) increases the level of sharpness, detail, or clarity of images in games and applications.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: The benchmark may crash while running in Vulkan mode with SLI enabled and using Ultra graphics settings. [200565367]
• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: Stalling occurs on some systems with 4-core and 6-core CPUs. [2752394]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: The game may crash when launched in DirectX 12 mode. [200566997]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: "Low streaming bandwidth" error may occur after extended gameplay. [2750515]

Windows 10 Issues

• [V-Sync]: V-Sync does not work. [2719115]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: Game starts to stutter after racing a few laps [2750611]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

441.34 Hotfix (November 20th, 2019)

 This Hotfix driver addresses the following:

• [Red Dead Redemption 2] Vulkan: Stalling on some systems with 4-core and 6-core CPUs
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider] Game may crash when launched in DX12 mode.

441.20 WHQL (November 12th, 2019)

Game Ready

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Stormland

New G-SYNC Compatible Monitors

• Acer XB273U
• Acer XV273U
• ASUS VG259Q monitors.

Application SLI Profiles

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

New Features and Other Changes

• Added support for CUDA 10.2

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan][Maxwell GPUs]: Geometry corruption occurs on some Maxwell GPUs. [2744709]
• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: G-SYNC disengages when disabling V-Sync on the game. [2740479]
• [The Surge 2] VULKAN_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST when using driver version 440.97. [2739146]
• [Quake 3 Arena]: Colors in the game become washed out when set to 16-bit color. [2738607]
• [HDR]: HDR black levels are grey on LG OLED55C9. [2738708]
• [CS:GO]: The game experiences performance drops in certain CPU-limited cases. [2682973]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Red dead redemption 2][Vulkan]: The benchmark may crash while running in Vulkan mode with SLI enabled and using Ultra graphics settings. [200565367]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: "Low streaming bandwidth" error may occur after extended gameplay. [2750515]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: Game starts to stutter after racing a few laps [2750611]
• [Gears 5]: Random stability issues may occur. [2630220]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

441.12 WHQL (November 4th, 2019)

Game Ready

• The new Game Ready Driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Red Dead Redemption 2.
• This new driver also includes the latest optimizations for Need for Speed Heat and Borderlands 3.

New G-SYNC Compatible Monitors

The list of G-SYNC Compatible displays increases to over 55 options with the addition of the LG
B9, C9, and E9 4K OLED TVs. Make sure to update your firmware first for the best experience.

Application Performance Profiles

Added or updated the following performance profiles:

• Borderlands 3
• Red Dead Redemption 2

New Features and Other Changes

• Added security updates for driver components.
  See the NVIDIA Security Bulletin 4907 for details (bulletin content will be available after 11/06/19).
  See also the section "Driver Security" on page 14 for actions to take to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Adds support for new LG TV G-SYNC compatible monitor.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Super Robot Wars V]: The game crashes to a white screen. [2720588]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Battlefield V][G-SYNC][HDR]: When G-SYNC and HDR are enabled, the game cannot be maximized to full-screen after being minimized to the taskbar. [200558314]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

441.08 WHQL (October 29th, 2019)

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU
• Adds support for image-sharpening from NVIDIA Control Panel
• Adds support for G-SYNC compatibility with NVIDIA Ultra Low Latency Mode
• Adds support for 7 new G-SYNC compatible monitors
• Adds support for ReShade filters within GeForce Experience
• Adds support for windowed G-SYNC for OpenGL and Vulkan-based applications.

New Features and Other Changes

• Added Image Sharpening control to the NVIDIA Control Panel->Manage 3D Settings page.
  Increases the level of sharpness, detail, or clarity of images in games and applications.
• Added Ultra Low Latency G-SYNC+ V-Sync feature
  Provides tear-free, low-latency gaming using G-SYNC displays. To enable, set Low Latency Mode to Ultra, turn on V-Sync, and enable the G-SYNC display.
• Added support for HDMI 2.1 VRR.

Image Sharpening Feature

NVIDIA Control Panel Image sharpening controls, including GPU upscaling, are introduced in the
R440 driver. Currently, the following limitations apply.

• Scaling is not supported on MSHybrid systems.
• Vulkan / OpenGL applications are currently not supported for sharpening
• HDR displays driven by pre-Turing GPUs will not support scaling
• Scaling will not work with VR
• Scaling will not work with displays using YUV420 format.
• Scaling uses aspect ration scaling and will not use integer scaling
• Sharpening will not work with HDR displays
• GPU scaling engages when games are played only in full-screen mode, and not in windowed or borderless windowed mode.
• Some monitors, such as R2 and R3 monitors, have a 6-tap/64-phase scaler which scales better than that offered by Turing's 5-tap/32-phase scaler.
• To avoid accidentally triggering scaling by applications or DWM, first change to the desired (<native) resolution from the NVIDIA Control Panel and then launch the application
• Turing's 5-tap upscaler may not engage on certain monitors, based on the monitor's vblank timing.
• Turing's 5-tap upscaler may not engage if the input resolution is greater than 2560px in either the x or y dimension.
• Scaling is turned off automatically when switching display devices.
• "Restore Defaults" option in the control panel currently does not revert the upscaling resolution.

Windows 10 Issues

• [Super Robot Wars V]: The game crashes to a white screen. [2720588]
• [War Thunder]: The game may crash during gameplay. [2738521]
• [Battlefield V][G-SYNC][HDR]: When G-SYNC and HDR are enabled, the game cannot be maximized to full-screen after being minimized to the taskbar. [200558314]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes. NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

440.97 WHQL (October 22nd, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for Call of Duty: Modern
Warfare and The Outer Worlds.

Gaming Technology

Adds support for windowed G-SYNC for OpenGL and Vulkan-based applications.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Darwin Project
• The Outer Worlds (NVIDIA Turing GPUs only)

New Features and Other Changes

• G-SYNC is now supported on windowed OpenGL and Vulkan applications.
• Fixed flashes or frame drops in several Notebook models when running G-SYNC in the lower of the two system refresh rates.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [FIFA 19/FIFA 20]: The game may crash to the desktop. [2690624/2713659/200559659]
• [Apex Legends]: Random flickering occurs on the screen. [2709770]
• [Star Wars: Battlefront II]: Random crashes to the desktop occur. [200550245]
• [Growtopia][GeForce RTX]: The game crashes when launched. [2709649]
• [Tradesmen OS3DE]: Objects are missing in the game. [2691363]
• [World of Warcraft]: Flickering occurs on the character select screen. [2684628]
• [Cinema 4D]: Trailing ghosting effect appears when moving the brush tool. [2633267]
• [Shadow Of The Tomb Raider][DirectX 12]: The game crashes after hitting a TDR error.[200549489]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: Colored corruption appears in the game during gameplay. [200544234]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 970M]: GPU clock cannot be boosted beyond base clock speed. [2683147]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Battlefield V][G-SYNC][HDR]: When G-SYNC and HDR are enabled, the game cannot be maximized to full-screen after being minimized to the taskbar. [200558314]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.

436.48 WHQL (October 1st, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancyʹs Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Asgardʹs Wrath.

Gaming Technology

Adds support for the HTC VIVE Cosmos VR HMD.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [UBOAT]: The game crashes due to memory allocation issues when launching Sandbox mode from the main menu. [2694301]
• [Tom Clancyʹs The Division II]: The game may crash when played in DirectX 12 mode. [200406322]
• [Vulkan-based games]: Error message appears in the game when invoking GeForce Experience Freestyle or Ansel using the hot keys. [200549987]
• [Tradesmen OS3DE]: Some objects are missing in the game. [2691363]
• [Cinema4D]: Brushes produce a ghosting effect. [2633267]

Windows 10 Issues

• [PowerDVD]: Blu-ray disks might not play using PowerDVD. [200555216]
• [FIFA 19/FIFA 20]: The game may crash to the desktop. [2690624/2713659]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Random crashes to the desktop occur when the game is played in DirectX 12 mode. [200549489]
• [Star Wars: Battlefront II]: Random crashes to the desktop occur. [200550245]
• [Apex Legends]: Random flickering occur on the screen. [2709770]

436.30 WHQL (September 10th, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare PC Open Beta
• Gears 5
• Borderlands 3.

Gaming Technology

Adds support for six new G-SYNC compatible monitors.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Close to the Sun

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Fortnite][CS:Go]: Eliminated cases of stutter when Ultra low latency mode was enabled. [2682105]
• [Forza Motorsport 6/7]: The game may crash during gameplay. [2686338]
• [World of Warcraft]: The game may flicker at the character-selection screen. [2684628]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 970M]: The GPU clock speed on some notebooks is stuck at the base clock speed and does not boost. [2683147]
• [GeForce RTX 20 series][Forza Horizon 4][Gears of War 4][Gears 5]: Colored corruption may appear on some surfaces throughout the game. [200544234]
• [Firefox][G-SYNC]: When G-SYNC is enabled, flickering occurs with YouTube full-screen video playback on FireFox when hovering over the timeline. [200544130]
• [Control][DirectX 12][Pascal GPUs]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to nvlddmkm.sys when in-game software Ray Tracing is enabled. [200543646]

Windows 10 Issues

• [G-SYNC]: NVIDIA G-SYNC might not be enabled automatically for monitors newly approved as G-SYNC-Compatible upon updating the driver. [200544252]
  To work around, enable the monitor by opening the NVIDIA Control Panel->Display->Set Up G-SYNC page, then select the display and select Enable settings for the selected display.
• [SpaceEngine]: The game crashes when launched. [2684322]
• [UBOAT]: The game crashes due to memory allocation issues when launching Sandbox mode from the main menu. [2694301]
• [Tom Clancy's The Division II]: The game may crash when played in DirectX 12 mode. [200406322]
• [FIFA 19]: The game may crash to the desktop. [2690624]

Windows 7 Issues

• [Vulkan-based games]: Error message appears in the game when invoking GeForce Experience Freestyle or Ansel using the hot keys. [200549987]

436.15 WHQL (August 27th, 2019)

Game Ready
Provides increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for Control.

New Features and Other Changes

Added driver support for Video Codec SDK 9.1

• Added a new NVENCODE API to more detailed error reporting.
• Added support for CUStream in NVENCODE API to facilitate parallel execution of pre-/post-processing of video on CUDA and encoder tasks.
• Implemented bug-fixes and API enhancement to support H.264 MVC encoding.

Added driver support for Optical Flow SDK 1.1

• Added new algorithms to improve the quality of flow vectors for "SLOW" preset, especially for flat regions.
• Added a new API to retrieve the highest Optical Flow SDK version supported by the underlying driver.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Forza Motorsport 7]: There is corruption on the tracks in the game.
• System crash occurs while installing the drivers on a system with GPUs from mixed architectures; for example, Fermi and Pascal.

436.02 WHQL (August 20th, 2019)

This is the updated version of 436.02, with the fix for "GFE always gets installed".

Game Ready

Provides increased performance and the optimal gaming experience for Apex Legends, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Strange Brigade, and World War Z.

Gaming Technology

• Added Beta support for GPU Integer Scaling
  New control in the NVIDIA Control Panel->Display->Adjust desktop size and position page. Supported on NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later; Windows 10 April 2018 Update and later.
  Integer scaling is a new GPU scaling method which scales smaller-than-native-resolution-size source content by duplicating the pixels at the maximum possible integer factor on the horizontal and vertical directions.
  Not recommended for use with HDR.
• Added Beta support for Ultra-Low Latency Mode
  New control in the NVIDIA Control Panel->3D->Manage 3D Settings page.
  Offers improved latency for DirectX games. Currently not supported under SLI mode, DirectX 12, or on Microsoft Hybrid notebooks.
• Updated the NVIDIA Control Panel->3D Settings->Texture Filtering-Quality control to default to "High Quality" for Quadro products.
• Added support for new Freestyle Sharpen Filter
• Released as an update to NVCamera (for Freestyle and Ansel).
• Added GPU paravirtualization support for Microsoft Hybrid notebooks.
• Added support for 30-bit color.
• Added ability to update the NVIDIA VirtualLink PPC firmware from the NVIDIA Control Panel
• Added support for new G-SYNC compatible monitors.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• BattleTech
• Dakar18
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Fear the Night
• Heavy Rain
• Nelo
• Overkill's The Walking Dead
• PC Building Simulator
• Remnant: From the Ashes
• Starlink: Battle for Atlas
• Warhammer: Chaosbane

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: The game crashes with "DXGI DEVICE HUNG Error" while being launched. [200541075]
• [AutoCAD 2017][Maya]: White screen or blue-screen crash may occur. [2511117]
• Mouse cursor may not render correctly after exiting a game. [2645203]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel - Russian]: There is a typographical error in the Manage 3D Settings->DSR settings text. [2659281]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Tom Clancy's The Division II]: The game may crash when played in DirectX 12 mode. [2587043/200406322]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: There is corruption on the tracks in the game. [2682129]
• [Overwatch]: The games crashes with "Your rendering device has been lost" error. [2482278]
• [HDR][Integer Scaling]: Blue-screen crash or system hang may occur when changing the resolution while using integer scaling with HDR. [200542578/200542870]
• [Firefox][G-SYNC]: When G-SYNC is enabled, flickering occurs with YouTube full-screen video playback when hovering over the timeline. [200544130]
• System crash occurs while installing the drivers on a system with GPUs from mixed architectures; for example, Fermi and Pascal. [2676468]

431.68 Hotfix (July 26th, 2019)

This Hotfix driver addresses the following:

• Mouse cursor may render incorrectly after exiting a game

431.60 WHQL (July 23rd, 2019)

Game Ready

• Provides the optimal gaming experience for Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot, Madden NFL 20, and the first DLC for Metro Exodus.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GPUs.
• Adds support for new G-SYNC compatible monitors.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Madden NFL 20

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][Notebook]: The display flickers when using SLI. [2622166]
• [World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth]: Terrain and icons flicker randomly in the game. [2633205]
• HDR option is missing from the Windows Control Panel. [200534450]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]
• [Tom Clancy's The Division II]: The game may crash when played in DirectX 12 mode. [2587043/200406322]
• [Mortal Kombat 11]: Random white and green flickering occurs in the game.[2599980]
• Mouse cursor may not render correctly after exiting a game. [2645203]

431.36 WHQL (July 9th, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Strange Brigade, and Metro Exodus.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for three new G-SYNC compatible monitors.
• Adds support for GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and RTX 2070 SUPER GPUs.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• F1 2019

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [GeForce Experience]: FPS Counters appear in the Windows Start Menu for certain applications after upgrading to Windows 10 May 2019 Update. [2617230]
• [Notebook]: Fixed BSOD that occurred after waking ASUS GL703GS/ASUS GL502VML notebook from hibernation. [2612106/2540582]
• Code 43 error occurs when installing driver 430.64 on Windows 10 May 2019 Update system with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU. [2606672]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game may experience flickering when MSAA is used. [2583604]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: The game may crash when driving through tunnels. [200515120/200523430]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Pascal GPU]: The game may crash or experience a TDR when launched on Pascal GPU. [200519081]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Benchmark quits when running with ray tracing is enabled. [2599507]
• [Windows 10 version 1903]: The system does not write a dmp file after a blue-screen crash event. [2636104]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]
• [Tom Clancy's The Division II]: The game may crash when played in DirectX 12 mode. [2587043/200406322]
• [World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth]: Terrain and icons flicker randomly in the game. [2633205]
• [Mortal Kombat 11]: Random white and green flickering occurs in the game.[2599980]

431.18 Hotfix (June 24th, 2019)

• Fixes BSOD after waking ASUS GL703GS/Asus GL502VML notebook from hibernation
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider may experience a game crash or TDR when launching game on Pascal GPU 
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Benchmark quits when running with ray tracing is enabled
• Grand Theft Auto V may experience flickering when MSAA is used

430.97 Hotfix (May 31st, 2019)

This Hotfix driver addresses the following:

• Forza Horizon 4: Game may crash when driving through tunnels
• Code 43 error when installing driver 430.64 on Windows 10 May 2019 Update system with Intel Sandy Bridge CPU

430.86 WHQL (May 27th, 2019)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Quake II RTX and Assetto Corsa Competizione

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for three new G-SYNC compatible monitors
• Adds support for Oculus Rift S and HTC VIVE Pro Eye HMDs

Fixed Issues in this Release

• GeForce Experience Freestyle no longer detects World of Warships as a supported game.
• [Adobe Premier Pro]: The application may crash or experience TDR events on some systems.
• [GeForced RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: Slow performance in the game when using dual 4k output.

430.64 WHQL (May 9th, 2019)

Game Ready

• Provides the optimal gaming experience for RAGE 2, Total War: Three Kingdoms, and World War Z.

Application SLI Profiles

• Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
  • Imperator: Rome
  • Insurgency Sandstorm

Security Updates

• Version 430.64 adds security updates for driver components.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• Fixes higher CPU usage by NVDisplay.Container.exe introduced in 430.39 driver. [2577118]
• [3DMark Time Spy]: Flickering observed when benchmark is launched. [200511272]
• [BeamNG]: The application crashes when the game is launched. [2575392]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: The game freezes when launched in SLI mode. [2575536]
• [Hitman 2 DirectX 12]: The game crashes. [2584342]
• The desktop flickers when videos are played on the secondary monitor. [2552316 2565509]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]
• [Sniper Elite 4]: Random crashes occur when playing the game. [200485204]

430.53 Beta (April 30th, 2019)

• Fixes higher CPU usage by NVDisplay.Container.exe introduced in 430.39 driver
• 3DMark Time Spy: Flickering observed when benchmark is launched
• BeamNG: Application crashes when game is launched
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Freezes when launched in SLI mode 
• Desktop flickers when videos are played back on a secondary monitor

430.39 WHQL (April 23rd, 2019)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Mortal Kombat XI, Anthem, and Strange Brigade.
Gaming Technology

• Includes support for GeForce GTX 1650 desktop, and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 notebook GPUs.
  Adds support for seven new G-SYNC compatible monitors.
  Adds support for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (including Variable Rate Shading).

New Features

• Added support for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (includes Variable Rate Shading)
• Added support for the following products:
  • GeForce GTX 1650 desktop
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti notebook
  • GeForce GTX 1650 notebook

• Added support for seven new G-SYNC compatible monitors
• NVIDIA Control Panel -> Set Up Multiple Displays page
• Added controls for merging two portrait monitors into a third landscape monitor.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [madVR][HDR]: MadVR is not rendering videos in HDR mode using MPC player. [200505657]
• [Surround][G-SYNC][Pascal GPU]: G-SYNC does not engage when using Surround resolution. [200505986]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]
• Memory leaks occur when launching games. [2551904]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]

425.31 WHQL (April 11th, 2019)

Gaming Technology

Includes support for DirectX Raytracing (DXR) on GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (and higher) and GeForce GTX 1660 (and higher) GPUs.

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Anno 1800.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Anno 1800 - Not recommended

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
• [ARK Survival Evolved]: Fixed random crashes on GeForce RTX 20 series GPUs. [2453173]
• [Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu. [2404783]
• [The Witcher 3]: Blue-screen crash occurs randomly with Bad Pool error during gameplay. [2449346]
• [The Evil Within 2]: Artifacts appear when Texture Filtering is set to High Quality in the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2526817]
• [Fabfilter plugins]: Applications crash when using the Fabfilter plugin. [2532725]
• [ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS notebooks]: Fixed corrupted graphics in games on ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS notebooks. [2535373]
• [Titan X][GTA V][Stereo]: With Stereo enabled, OUT of Memory message appears when launching the application. [200317778]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Surround][G-SYNC][Pascal GPU]: G-SYNC does not engage when using Surround resolution. [200505986]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]
• The desktop on the primary monitor flickers when playing videos on the secondary monitor. [2552316]

419.67 WHQL (March 25th, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V: Firestorm, Anthem, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Gaming Technology

Includes support for G-SYNC compatible surround mode and two new G-SYNC compatible monitors.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Devil May Cry 5 - Not recommended
• Total War: Three Kingdoms - Not recommended

New Features

• Added support for Surround using GSYNC-Compatible displays on NVIDIA Turing GPUs
• Verified the following displays as GSYNC-Compatible.
  • ASUS VG278QR
  • ASUS VG258

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [DaVinci Resolve]: Performance drop occurs. [2532482]
• [Ghost Recon: Wildlands][Ansel]: The game experiences low performance and stuttering and then crashes when using Ansel. [2515076]
• [HDR][Far Cry:New Dawn DirectX 11]: Desktop brightness and color gets overexposed with ALT + TAB when Windows HDR is disabled and in-game HDR is enabled. [200495279]
• [Total War: Warhammer 2]: Poor performance when using antialiasing. [2506465]
• [Adobe]: Artifacts may appear in Adobe applications (fixed for single-GPU case). [2533911]
• [Apex Legends]: Screen gets corrupted when switching from windowed mode to full-screen mode when Windows HDR is enabled.[2523309]
• [GeForce Experience]: Parts of the screen are cut off when recording video with Shadowplay. [2517587]
• [Turing][Star Citizen]: The game flickers and then crashes to the desktop. [2518104]
• [GeForce GTX 980]: NVAPI calls take a large amount of CPU time. [2418933]
• [Titan RTX]: Graphics card rises about 20 degrees Celsius when running NVLINK command to enable TCC mode. [2504836]
• [GeForce RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: The game exhibits slow performance. [2511725]
• [GeForce RTX 2070]: With two monitors connected and active, the second monitor flickers. [2517103]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
• [SLI][HDR][Tom Clancy's The division II]: The game screen becomes unresponsive or goes blank when in-game HDR options are toggled. [200496967]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
• [Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu. [2404783]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

419.35 WHQL (March 5th, 2019)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Apex Legends, Devil May Cry 5, and Tom Clancy's The Division II.

Gaming Technology
Includes support for three new G-SYNC compatible monitors.

3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Devil May Cry 5 - Not Recommended
• Total War: Three Kingdoms - Fair

New Features

• Added support for CUDA 10.1
• NVIDIA Control Panel updated to version 8.1.951.0.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC enabled. [200482157]
• [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]
• [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]
• [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]
• [Turing][Star Citizen]: The game flickers and then crashes to the desktop. [2518104]
• [GeForce RTX 2080][PhysX][Assassin's Creed 4 - Black Flag]: Smoke dispersal appears accelerated. [2498928]
• Microsoft.Photos.exe randomly crashes. [200496899]
• NVDisplay.Container.exe causes high CPU usage. [200496099]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][HDR][Tom Clancy's The division II]: The game screen becomes unresponsive or goes blank when in-game HDR options are toggled. [200496967]
• [HDR][Far Cry:New Dawn DirectX 11]: Desktop brightness and color gets overexposed with ALT + TAB when Windows HDR is disabled and in-game HDR is enabled. [200495279]
  To work around, enable both the Windows HDR and the in-game HDR.
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

419.17 WHQL (February 22nd, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Anthem and DiRT Rally 2.0.

Gaming Technology

Includes support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Apex Legends
• Far Cry New Dawn

New Features

• NVIDIA Control Panel
  Updated to version 8.1.950. Added new Developer->Manage GPU Performance Counters controls.
• Video Codec SDK 9.0 (Released Feb 11, 2019)
  Included Features
  • Supports NVENC/NVDEC on NVIDIA Turing GPUs
    NVENC API has been updated to support HEVC B-frames on Turing GPUs.
  • NVENC API adds the capability to output the encoded bitstream, and motion vectors from Motion-Estimation-only mode to video memory. This avoids the overhead of copying the output from system to video memory for processing pipelines operating directly on video memory.
  • NVENC API now accepts CUArray as an input buffer. The SDK contains a sample application to demonstrate how to feed Vulkan surface to NVENC using Vulkan-CUDA interop.
• Optical Flow SDK 1.0 (Released Feb 11, 2019)
  This is a new API for Optical Flow and stereo disparity hardware engine, available on Turing GPUs.

Driver Security - Restricting Access to GPU Performance Counters

The NVIDIA graphics driver contains a vulnerability (CVE-2018-6260) that may allow
access to application data processed on the GPU through a side channel exposed by the
GPU performance counters. GPU performance counters are needed by developers in
order to use NVIDIA developer tools such as CUPTI, Nsight Graphics, and Nsight
Compute. In order to address CVE-2018-6260 the driver needs to be updated and
additional steps listed below are needed to disable access to non-admin users. For more
information about CVE-2018-6260 visit the NVIDIA Security Bulletin 4772.
Access to GPU performance counters should be disabled for non-admin users who do
not need to use NVIDIA developer tools.

Restricting access to GPU performance counters can be accomplished through the
NVIDIA Control Panel->Developer->Manage GPU Performance Counters page (NV Control
Panel v8.1.950). Refer to the Developer->Manage GPU Performance Counters section of the
NVIDIA Control Panel Help for instructions.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Doom Eternal / Doom 2016]: Decals render as black. [2515006]
• [Battlefield V]: Screen artifacts appear in the game when Texture Filtering is set to High Quality in the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2470649]
• Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]
• [Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]
• Windows 7x64/8.1x64: Fixes random application crash or TDR introduced in previous GeForce display driver 418.81. [2504448]

Windows 10 Issues

• [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC enabled. [200482157]
• [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]
• [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]
• [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

418.91 WHQL (February 13th, 2019)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience when using DLSS and Ray Tracing in Battlefield V and Metro Exodus.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Battlefield 1]: Lines appear in the terrain with NVIDIA Control Panel anisotropic filtering override enabled.[1969966]
• [GeForce RTX 20 series]: Event ID 14 error appears in event viewer logs when Digital Vibrance setting is changed. [2488424]

Windows 10 Issues

• [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC enabled. [200482157]
• [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]
• [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]
• [Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]
• [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

Windows 7 Issues

• Random TDR events occur. [2500396]
• [iRay][OptiX]: iRay GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]

418.81 WHQL (February 5th, 2019)

Gaming Technology
Includes support for new GeForce RTX laptops, and delivers the optimum performance in Futuremark's 3DMark Port Royal benchmark, which has just added a new feature test for NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS).

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Anthem
• Assetto Corsa Competizione - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
• Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
• Life is strange Season 2 - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
• NBA 2K19 - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
• Space Hulk Tactics - AFR enabled for Turing GPU

New Features
Implemented performance improvements on multiple titles, such as Witcher 3. when using G-SYNC and SLI on Pascal and Maxwell GPUs.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• Stream is not set to launch in HDR despite having HDR display attached to the PC and client.
• Share FPS overlay appears in the Twitter UWP app from the Microsoft Store.
• Flickering may occurs in games if G-SYNC is enabled.
• With G-SYNC enabled, after hot-pugging a G-SYNC display and then a G-SYNC Compatible display, the right half of the G-SYNC Compatible display may go blank.

417.71 WHQL (January 15th, 2019)

Product Support

• Added support for GeForce RTX 2060

New Features

• G-SYNC Compatible Support
  NVIDIA G-SYNC can now be used to activate the VRR features of G-SYNC Compatible displays. G-SYNC Compatible displays have been validated by NVIDIA to not show pulsing, flickering, or other artifacts during VRR gaming. See https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/g-sync-monitors/specs/ for the list of G-SYNC Compatible displays.
• G-SYNC on G-SYNC Compatible displays is supported only with NVIDIA Pascal and later GPU architectures.
• Only single displays are currently supported; multiple monitors can be connected but no more than one display should have G-SYNC enabled.

3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Not Recommended
• Darksiders 3 - Fair

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [GeForce GTX 1080]: GPU clock speed does not drop to idle when three monitors are enabled. [2474107]
• Black screen when resuming from monitor sleep on some DisplayPort monitors. [2457142]
• [Notebook]: Fixed lockup that occurred when resuming from sleep on MSI GT83 notebook [2456849]
• [GeForce GTX 1060 Notebook][Gu Jian Qi Tan 3]: The application hangs during launch. [200477252]
• Fixed black screen on BenQ XL2730 monitor at 144Hz refresh rate [2456730]
• [Windows 7][G-SYNC]: Game FPS drops when G-SYNC is used with V-Sync. [200473408]
• [SLI][3D Gaming][TU104][PG 180][Multiple apps][Win10RS5x64]Blocky Corruption when application is switched to certain resolutions [200465152]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Fixed occasional application crash in DirectX 12 mode. [200464716]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Shadow of the Tomb Raider][G-SYNC]: Flickering occurs in the game when launched with SLI, HDR, and G-SYNC enabled [200467122]
• [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [G-SYNC]: Random flickering occurs when connecting G-SYNC monitor + non-G-SYNC HDMI monitor with G-SYNC enabled. [2399845]

417.35 WHQL (December 12th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for the release of Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) in Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Insurgency Sandstorm - Not Recommended
• Atlas - Fair

Fixed Issues and Other Changes

• Updated GFE to 3.16.0.140.
• [SLI][TITAN Xp]: SLI is disabled by default after installing the driver. [200471881]
• [TITAN V][NVIDIA Control Panel]: The Workstation->Manage GPU Utilization page appears when it shouldn't. [200470813]
• [Rocket League]: The game launches to a white screen with audio in the background and then crashes. [2451530]
• [Battlefield V: Day0 97][Ansel]: After being moved all the way to the left, the Ansel field-of view (FoV) slider stops following the click-and-drag mouse movement. [2438857]
• [Hitman 2 Silent assassin]: There is flickering texture corruption in the game. [200472315]
• [Notebook][3D games]: Frame rate of 3D games may drop to under 30 fps on notebooks. [2456653]

Windows 10 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [G-Sync]: Random flickering occurs when connecting G-sync monitor + non-G-Sync HDMI monitor with G-Sync enabled. [2399845]

416.94 WHQL (November 13th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V, Fallout 76, and Hitman 2.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Fallout 76 - Fair
• Hitman 2 - Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [GeForce GTX 780]: Activity on the desktop lags. [2423588]

Windows 10 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Hitman 2][DirectX 11]: The game screen turns black after launching the game if Windows HDR is enabled. [2439490]
• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [GeForce GTX 780]: Activity on the desktop lags. [2423588]
• [SLI][HDR][Battlefield 1]: With HDR enabled, the display turns pink after changing the refresh rate from 144 Hz to 120 Hz using in-game settings. [200457196]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [G-Sync]: G-sync may not disengage after exiting games. [2418574]

416.34 WHQL (October 12th, 2018)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, SOULCALIBUR
VI, and GRIP.

Support

Added support for GeForce RTX 2070

Fixed Issues

• Games launch to a black screen when DSR is enabled. [2411501]
• Some games produce red/green/blue shimmering line when played in full-screen mode and with G-SYNC enabled. [2041443]
• [Windows Defender Application Guard][vGPU][Surround]: Surround cannot be enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel when running Edge Browser with Application Guard over vGPU. [200444614]
• [PUBG]: Issue with shadows may occur in the game. [2414749]
• When HDR is enabled, games show green corruption. [2400448]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Windows Defender Application Guard][vGPU][Surround]: Edge Browser with Application Guard cannot be opened when Surround is enabled. [200443580]
• [GeForce GTX 1060]AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [SLI][HDR][Battlefield 1]: With HDR enabled, the display turns pink after changing the refresh rate from 144 Hz to 120 Hz using in-game settings. [200457196]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [Far Cry 5]: Flickering occurs in the game. [2400207]

416.16 WHQL (October 4th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience with support for the Windows 10 October 2018 Update including the public release of DirectX Raytracing (DXR)

New Features

• Added support for Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Redstone 5)
• NVIDIA Control Panel (3D Settings)
  Added clarification that the Triple Buffering setting is intended for OpenGL only.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Basingstoke - AFR profile added;
• Battlefield V - AFR re-enabled;
• Divinity: Original Sin II - AFR profile added;
• Immortal: Unchained - AFR profile added;
• Jurassic World Evolution - AFR profile added;
• Phoenix Point - AFR profile added;
• Seven: The Days Long Gone - AFR profile added;

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Elder Scrolls: Online - Good
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Not recommended

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Pascal GPUs][Quake HD Remix]: Black square glitches appear when using the Quake HD Remix mod with soft shadows enabled. [2277990]
• [GeForce GTX 1060][Regime][Rainbow 6: Siege]: Temporal antialiasing causes a drop in performance. [2139724]
• [Titan Xp]: Driver error (nvlddmkm ) occurs on resume from S4. [200435536]
• [Turing GPU][[Netflix]: Playback resolution doesn't show 4K bit rates when using a USB-C-HDMI connection. [200449656]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Windows Defender Application Guard][vGPU][Surround]: Surround cannot be enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel when running Edge Browser with Application Guard over vGPU. [200444614]
• [Windows Defender Application Guard][vGPU][Surround]: Edge Browser with Application Guard cannot be opened when Surround is enabled. [200443580]
• [GeForce GTX 1060]: AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [Windows Media Player][Notebook][MSHybrid]: The application crashes when run on the integrated graphics after setting the NVIDIA GPU Graphics settings to High Performance. [200450782]

411.70 WHQL (September 27th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, and FIFA 19

Fixed Issues

• This driver improves the GeForce RTX 20 Series cards' power management when idle.
• [Turing GPU][Photoshop CC]: Corruption occurs in the application after increasing the image size. [200428197]
• [GeForce RTX 2080[PUBG]: Flickering occurs in the game. [200452381]
• [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti]: Video decoding performance has decreased. [2396479]

Windows 10 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1060]AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [Windows Media Player][Notebook][MSHybrid]: The application crashes when run on the integrated graphics after setting the NVIDIA GPU Graphics settings to High Performance. [200450782]
• [Final Fantasy XV benchmark]: The benchmark exits fails with a "Failed to initialize DLSS Library" error when running in DLSS mode. [200448245]
  To work around, a) Delete the file Program Files/NVIDIA Corporation/installer2.ngxcore/NGXCoreEtx.dll, b) Perform a Clean or Express installation of the NVIDIA driver.
  [Turing GPU][[Netflix]: Playback resolution doesn't show 4K bit rates when using a USB-C-HDMI connection. [200449656]

411.63 WHQL (September 19th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, and FIFA 19.

Gaming Technology

Includes support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards.

New Features

• Added support for CUDA 10.0
• NVIDIA RTX Technology
  NVIDIA RTX supports the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API on NVIDIA Volta and Turing GPUs.
  
  In order to get started with developing DirectX Raytracing applications accelerated by RTX, you'll need the following:
  • NVIDIA Volta or Turing GPU
  • Windows 10 RS4
  • Microsoft's DXR developer package, consisting of DXR-enabled D3D runtimes, HLSL compiler, and headers

• Vulkan 1.1
  • This driver release provides full support for the new Vulkan 1.1 API and passes the Vulkan Conformance Test Suite (CTS) version 1.1.1.2.
  • Includes interoperability with CUDA 10.0.
  • New extensions for Turing GPUs:
    • VK_NVX_raytracing (also available for Pascal GPUs with 8GB or more video memory, and Volta GPUs)
    • VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
    • VK_NV_corner_sampled_image
    • VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
    • VK_NV_mesh_shader
    • VK_NV_representative_fragment_test
    • VK_NV_scissor_exclusive
    • VK_NV_shader_image_footprint
    • VK_NV_shading_rate_image
  • See https://www.khronos.org/registry/vulkan/ for the full specification.

• Vulkan HDR for Windows
  This driver release supports the Vulkan VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace and VK_EXT_hdr_metadata extensions allowing applications to output HDR content to HDR displays via the Vulkan APIs.
• OpenGL extensions for Turing GPUs
  • GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
  • GL_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
  • GL_NV_mesh_shader
  • GL_NV_representative_fragment_test
  • GL_NV_scissor_exclusive
  • GL_NV_shading_rate_image
  • GL_NV_shader_texture_footprint
• See https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/index_gl.php for the full specification.

NVIDIA Control Panel

System Info shows Boost Clock values (instead of Base Clock) for Turing and later GPUs.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• HOB
• Lake Ridden
• NieR:Automata
• Northgard
• Pure Farming 2018
• Raid: World War II
• Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
• TT Isle of Man

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Elder Scrolls: Online - Good
• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - Not recommended

Discontinued Support

• 32-bit Operating Systems
  Beginning with Release 396, NVIDIA is no longer releasing Game Ready drivers for 32-bit operating systems for any GPU architecture.
• NVIDIA Fermi GPUs
  Beginning with Release 396, the NVIDIA Game Ready driver no longer supports NVIDIA GPUs based on the Fermi architecture.

Limitations in This Release

The following features are not currently supported or have limited support in this driver release:

• Turing GPU Driver Installation on Windows 10
  Drivers for Turing GPUs will not be installed on systems with Windows 10 RS2 or earlier. This includes Windows 10 Threshold 1, Threshold 2, Redstone 1, and Redstone 2 operating systems.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]
• [Monster Hunter World]: Low frame rate in the game. [2335958]
• [Tom Clancy's The Division]: Graphics corruption occurs when using NVIDIA Gameworks settings. [2005096]
• [Call of duty WW II ][1x3 Surround]: The center Surround display renders black screen. [200370257]
• [Planetside 2][G-SYNC]: G-SYNC does not work with the game. [2221050]
• [ARCHICAD][OpenGL]: The OpenGL driver crashes the application. [2093819]
• [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• [YouTube][Mosaic with Sync]: Secondary GPU doesn't render video content on full-screen YouTube video. [200402117]

Windows 10 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1060]AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [Windows Media Player][Notebook][MSHybrid]: The application crashes when run on the integrated graphics after setting the NVIDIA GPU Graphics settings to High Performance. [200450782]
• [Final Fantasy XV benchmark]: The benchmark exits fails with a "Failed to initialize DLSS Library" error when running in DLSS mode. [200448245]
  To work around: Delete the file Program Files/NVIDIA Corporation/installer2.ngxcore/NGXCoreEtx.dll,Perform a Clean or Express installation of the NVIDIA driver.
• ]Turing GPU][[Netflix]: Playback resolution doesn't show 4K bit rates when using a USB-C-HDMI connection. [200449656]
• [Turing GPU][Photoshop CC]: Corruption occurs after increasing image size. [200428197]

399.24 WHQL (September 10th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout open beta, and Assetto Corsa Competizione early access.

Fixed Issues

• [3D games]: Game performance drops in half when moving from 16 core/32 thread CPU to 32 core/64 thread CPU. [2334312]
• NVIDIA graphics driver may not install correctly on certain Core 2 Duo/Quad systems. [2312325]

Windows 10 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1060]AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]

399.07 WHQL (August 28th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V Open Beta, F1 2018, Immortal:Unchained, Pro Evolution Soccer 2019, Strange Brigade, and Switchblade.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles: 

• F1 2018
• Immortal: Unchained

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• F1 2018 - Good
• Strange Brigade - Not recommended

Fixed Issues in this Release

• Rainbow Six Siege: TAA at 100% causes screen to be blurry when not moving in after driver update.
• Notebook MSHybrid: Fixed diagonal tearing by using win7-blit model.
• GeForce GTX 1050/1070: OpenGL driver does not release the rendering context correctly.
• Oculus: Blue-screen crash occurs when using Oculus VR software.
• Geforce 600/700 series Kepler GPUs Doom (2016): Missing textures when using Vulkan API.
• LA Noire VR: Stability issues occur when running LA Noire VR.
• Call of Duty Black Ops 4: Stuttering and performance issues occur for some game configurations.
• G-SYNC: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update.

398.82 WHQL (August 1st, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and Monster Hunter: World.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
• World of Warcraft

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Monster Hunter World - Not recommended

Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:

• Monster Hunter World - Excellent

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Surround][G-SYNC]: In Surround mode, the G-SYNC link in the NVIDIA Control Panel is missing. [200425004]
• [Surround]: 1x3 Surround configuration cannot be set from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200415178]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][G-SYNC][World of Warcraft: Legion][HDR]: Severe color corruption appears in the game after launching with the Windows HDR setting enabled. [200418344]
• [SLI][Dark Souls Remastered]: Ghosting occurs in the game when using in-game temporal anti-aliasing. [2218297]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
• [Dead by Daylight][GeForce Experience]: NVIDIA Freestyle does not work with the game. [2116198]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][GameStream]: White dots may appear while Gamestreaming on overclocked GPU. [2194899]
• [Unreal Engine 4]: Resource creation leak occurs in the driver when running Unreal Engine 4 games. [2204854]
• [Wolfenstein II]: Graphical effects are missing in the game. [2248780]
• [G-Sync][Multiple Apps]: Applications don't run in IFlip when using the native resolution, preventing G-Sync from triggering. [200416974]
• [Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus]: Black textures appear in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. [200419742]
• [GeForce GTX 1080]: Dolby Vision no longer works after updating LG TV firmware to 4.70.x. [200420847]

Windows 10 Issues

• [G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]
• [Euro Truck Simulator 2][DirectX NVCamera]: Performance drop occurs after enabling Freestyle for the game. [200435356]
• [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750]The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]

398.36 WHQL (June 26th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew 2.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Dark Souls Remastered
• Hand of Fate 2
• Need for Speed Payback
• Super Mega Baseball 2

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Output Zero - Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4][DirectX12]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [Sterescopic 3D][NVIDIA Control Panel]: Switching the 3D display setting On and Off from the Windows display settings page has no effect on the NVIDIA Control Panel stereoscopic 3D settings page. [2045222]
• [G-SYNC]: G-SYNC may still be active after closing a game, causing the desktop to stutter. []
• [Surround]: Multiple games crash when launched in Surround mode. [2181329]
• [HDR]: With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flickering in the video. [200410646]
• [Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs with Driver_Power_State_Failure error upon bootup. [2168487]
• Black Screen appears when booting Windows after installing the 397.93 display driver. [200418217]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][G-SYNC][World of Warcraft: Legion][HDR]: Severe color corruption appears in the game after launching with the Windows HDR setting enabled. [200418344]
  This issue does not occur with the Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [Surround][G-SYNC]: In Surround mode, the G-SYNC link in the NVIDIA Control Panel is missing. [200425004]
• [Surround SLI][G-SYNC][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1 display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]
• [G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]
• [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410]
  The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750]
  The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]

398.11 WHQL (June 5th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Vampyr and Jurassic World Evolution.

New Features

Ensures the best possible gaming experience on HDR-capable G-SYNC displays.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Warhammer: Vermintide 2

3D Vision Profiles 

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Jurassic World Evolution - GOOD
• Railway Empire - Not Recommend
• Sea of Thieves - Not Recommend
• Vampyr - Not Recommend

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Hitman Pro: DirectX 12]: With SLI mode enabled, the game crashes if in-game HDR is ON and Windows HDR setting is OFF at lower resolutions. 
• [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay.

397.93 WHQL (May 24th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew Closed Beta and State of Decay 2.

New Features

• Added support for CUDA 9.2.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• DRG Initiative
• Star Wars: Battlefront II

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• The Crew 2 - Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 870M]: GPU acceleration is being used for Windows Explorer. [2003577]
• [SLI][Steam]: Steam must be closed to enable or disable SLI mode. [2091966]
• [Surround][Digital Vibrance]: Digital Vibrance setting is not persistent, and reverts to the default setting when rebooting with Surround mode enabled. [2097240]
• [Wolfenstein II]: The game may freeze in the Roosevelt area. [2114563]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When Windows HDR is enabled, some color formats are missing from the NVIDIA Control Panel->Display->Change Resolution page. [2117226]
• [Pascal GPU + Kepler GPU]: After installing the driver and rebooting the system, the driver may fail to load. [200394820]
• [Far Cry 5]: Green flickering occurs in the game when using HDR with non-native resolution. [200399992]

Changes in this Release

• Removed Experience Improvement Program from the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Hitman Pro: DirectX 12]: With SLI mode enabled, the game crashes if in-game HDR is ON and Windows HDR setting is OFF at lower resolutions. [200415553]
• [Surround SLI][G-Sync][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1 display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]
• [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410]
  The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]{Warhammer Vermintide 2][DirectX 12]: TDR errors may occur when changing resolutions in game. [200395335].
  To work around, use the DirectX 11 game option.
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 1060]: The external HDMI display blinks when playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser or Blu-ray video in full-screen mode with Windows HDR enabled. [200410646]
  The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 11 browser.
• [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750]
  The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
• [DOTA 2][Vulkan API]: With Vulkan mode enabled, the game item slot glitches. [1877720]
• [Dead by Daylight]: NVIDIA Freestyle does not work with the game. [2116198]
• [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
• [GeForce Experience][ShadowPlay]: The "In-Game Overlay" option cannot be enabled, nor does Shadowplay recording work. [200390642]
  The Microsoft Media Foundation library must be installed in order to use these features. Be sure to first install the Media Foundation package.
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flicker in the video. [200410646]
  To avoid this scenario, disable Windows HDR setting before launching the video.

Windows 7 Issues

• [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]

397.64 WHQL (May 9th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Destiny 2: Warmind, Conan Exiles, and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.

New Features

• Added support for Microsoft Surface Books.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance
• GRIP

Software Module Versions

• nView - 148.92
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.1
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.13.1.30
• CUDA - 9.1

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Grand Theft Auto V][NVIDIA Control Panel]: God rays become less intense after forcing MSAA using the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2098709]
• [Starcraft 2][Kepler GPUs]: Black screen appears when exiting the game. [2070566] 
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [Netflix]: Netflix playback may stutter intermittently. [2094867]
• [GeForce GTX 1060]: Windows Device Manager may report Code 43 error. [2109135]
• Event Error 14 appears in the Windows Event Viewer when booting into Windows.[2109510]
• GDI objects increase every time an application queries NVAPI. [2109232]
• [Windows 10]: Driver may get removed after the PC has been left idle for an extended period of time. [2110591]

397.31 WHQL (April 25th, 2018)

Discontinued Support

32-bit Operating Systems: Beginning with Release 396, NVIDIA is no longer releasing Game Ready drivers for 32-bit operating systems for any GPU architecture.
NVIDIA Fermi GPUs: Beginning with Release 396, the NVIDIA Game Ready driver no longer supports NVIDIA GPUs based on the Fermi architecture.

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for BattleTech and FrostPunk.

New Features

NVIDIA RTXTM Technology

Developer preview for NVIDIA RTX ray tracing technology for DirectX 12. NVIDIA RTX supports the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API on NVIDIA Volta GPUs.
In order to get started with developing DirectX Raytracing applications accelerated by RTX, you'll need the following:

• NVIDIA Volta GPU
• NVIDIA driver version 396 or higher
• Windows 10 RS4
• Microsoft's DXR developer package, consisting of DXR-enabled D3D runtimes, HLSL compiler, and headers

Vulkan 1.1

This driver release provides full support for the new Vulkan 1.1 API and passes the Vulkan Conformance Test Suite (CTS) version 1.1.0.3.

HD Audio

This driver adds new sample rates 32 kHz, 88.2 kHz, and 176.4 kHz to the HDMI device for all GPUs

Display Driver Standalone Installer

The standalone display driver installer now removes extracted files after installing the driver, leaving a smaller footprint on the hard drive.

Display Driver Libraries

Added new libraries (nvdlist.dll and nvdlistx.dll) to support Optimus and MSHybrid notebooks.

NVDECODE API

Added a new API that lets the client reconfigure the decoder resolution and other post processing parameters (such as the display resolution, cropping rectangle, and aspect ratio of the decoded frame) without having to destroy and recreate the decoder instance. This API is useful in scenarios where the decoder instance initialization time takes up a significant portion of the overall decode execution time; for example, in back-to-back decoding of multiple short clips of different resolutions.
The new API will be included in Video Codec SDK 8.2, which is expected to release in late Q2 2018.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Descenders
• Frostpunk
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
• Far Cry 5

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Descenders - Good
• EVE Valkyrie - Warzone - Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Doom]: The game crashes due to the driver reverting to OpenGL 1.1 when HDR is enabled. [2049623]
• [GeForce GTX 1060][Far Cry 5]: The game crashes after a few minutes of game play. [2096077]
• NvfbcPluginWindow temporarily prevents Windows from shutting down after launching a Steam game. [2068833]
• [Firefox]: Driver TDR error may occur when using Firefox. [2049523]
• [GeForce GTX 1060][Rise of Tomb Raider]: Flickering/corruption occurs when opening the in-game options UI. [200351146]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][SLI][Diablo III]: With V-Sync on and SLI enabled, the game freezes after switching windows (ALT+TAB) a few times. [1951584]

Windows 10 Issues

• [Microsoft Edge][HDR] With HDR turned ON, video playback in full-screen mode on an HDR display may cause corruption of the video and desktop. To recover, manually turn the monitor OFF and then back ON. A future driver
• [Far Cry 5]: Green flickering occurs in the game when using HDR with non-native resolution. To work around, either quit and then restart the game while in the desired resolution, or press [Alt+tab] away from and then back to the game, or press [Alt+Enter] to switch to windowed mode and then back to full-screen mode.
• [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]{Warhammer Vermintide 2][DirectX 12]: TDR errors may occur when changing resolutions in game. [200395335]. To work around, use the DirectX 11 game option.
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
• [GeForce Experience][ShadowPlay]: The "In-Game Overlay" option cannot be enabled, nor does Shadowplay recording work. [200390642]
  The Microsoft Media Foundation library must be installed in order to use these features. Be sure to first install the Media Foundation package.

391.24 WHQL (March 20th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Sea of Thieves.

New Features

NVIDIA Freestyle: Added new filters - Old Film and Tilt-Shift.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [HTC Vive][Oculus Rift]: The VR headset stops working after several launches of the application or after resume from system Hibernate mode. [200395208/2048746]
• [NVIDIA Freestyle]: NVIDIA Freestyle not enabled for supported games. [2068793]
• [Media Player Classic Home Cinema]: When launching a video, the system stutters momentarily. [2070328]
• [G-SYNC]: Alt-tabbing windowed games with G-SYNC enabled and V-Sync ON ingame causes stuttering and drop in frame rate. [2053877]
• [Firefox]: Driver TDR error may occur when using Firefox. [2049523]
• [Notebook][Surface Laptop]:Blue-screen crash may occur when installing the driver. [200392051]
• [Volta GPU]: The display flickers continuously after disabling and enabling the GPU using Device Manager, or when rebooting the system [200391003]
• [GeForce GTX 1060][Rise of Tomb Raider]: Flickering/corruption occurs when opening the in-game options UI. [200351146]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
• ]SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Doom]: The game crashes due to the driver reverting to OpenGL 1.1 when HDR is enabled. [2049623]

391.01 WHQL (February 26th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Final Fantasy XV, PlayerUnknown's
Battlegrounds, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and World of Tanks 1.0

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Agents of Mayhem
• PixArk

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition - Not recommended
• Surviving Mars - Good
• Switchblade - Not recommended
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Fair

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [BeamNG]: Dynamic reflections flicker in the game. [2057342]
• [Call of Duty WWII]: Flickering shadows occur in the game. [2053929]
• NvfbcPluginWindow prevents Windows from shutting down. [2053927]
• Booting from a cold boot results in black screen on a multi-monitor system. [2052447]
• [3DVision]: System shutdown time increases when Stereoscopic 3D is enabled. [2048107]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: The Display->Adjust desktop color settings->Content type setting is reset to "Auto-selected" after rebooting the system. [2047088]
• [GeForce GTX 980/1080 Ti]: OpenGL program may crash when trying to map a buffer object. [2044697]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 965M]: Drop in GPU performance occurs. [200379911]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Doom]: The game crashes due to the driver reverting to OpenGL 1.1 when HDR is enabled. [2049623]

390.65 WHQL (January 8th, 2018)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Fortnite, including support for ShadowPlay Highlights in Battle Royale mode.

Gaming Technology

Adds support for NVIDIA Freestyle which lets you apply post-processing filters to your games while you play.

Security Update

Fixed CVE-2017-5753: Computer systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

New Features

eGPU: Added pop-up balloon to alert the user if an eGPU has been connected or disconnected.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• DIRT 4
• Total War: WARHAMMER II
• X-Morph: Defense

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [GeForce GTX 970][Batman Arkham Knight]: Surfaces are rendered incorrectly. [2016419]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][TITAN X][TITAN Xp][Gamestream]: Artifacts appear when using Gamestream. [1971680]
• [Notebook][Fermi GPUs][3D Vision]: Error message pointing to the Stereo driver appears when enabling stereoscopic 3D. [200362512]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Dirt 4]: There is corruption and flickering in the game with SLI enabled. [200376552]
• [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [Kepler GPUs][StarWars Battlefront II]: The system hangs when launching the game in DirectX 12 API mode. [200362843]

388.71 WHQL (December 20th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS.

CUDA Support

Added support for CUDA 9.1

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Warframe

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Black Desert - Fair
• ELEX - Good
• Forza Motorsport 7 - Not recommended
• JX3 Online - Fair
• PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUND - Not recommended

Fixed

• [YouTube]: Flickering may occur when playing videos in full-screen mode. [2033196]
• [YouTube][Notebook]: Artifacts may appear when pausing video playback. [2033201]
• Lines appear across the screen momentarily while booting into Windows. [200339233/1953061]
• [NVIDIA TITAN V]: TDR error occurs and the display goes blank while playing a Bluray disc at high resolutions. [200364496]
• [GeForce GTX 1080][Notebook]: The driver may not recognize or install the GPU. [2033168]

Windows 10 Issues

• [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [Kepler GPUs][StarWars Battlefront II]: The system hangs when launching the game in DirectX 12 API mode. [200362843]

388.43 WHQL (November 30th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for DOOM VFR.

New Features

Due to popular demand, the NV Tray has been added back in this release.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Escape from Tarkov - Fair
• Claybook - Fair

Fixed

• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: With cross-adapter clone mode enabled, the NVIDIA Control Panel crashes or hangs when you select With the NVIDIA Settings from the Adjust Video Color Settings page. [200353221]
• [Optimus][Notebook][Wolfenstein]: The game crashes. [2019102]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Kepler GPUs][StarWars Battlefront II]: The system hangs when launching the game in DirectX 12 API mode. [200362843]
• [Heaven Benchmark]: With the benchmark running in windowed mode, a blue-screen crash occurs while loading video content. [200353866]
• [GeForce GTX 1080][Notebook][G-Sync]: Flickering may occur on the internal G-Sync 120 Hz panel when G-Sync is enabled. [2017981]

388.13 WHQL (October 30th, 2017)

Game Ready

• Provides the optimal gaming experience for Call of Duty: WWII, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and Need for Speed Payback.

New Product Support

• Added support for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Fixed

• There is no display on the second monitor. [2003222]
• Yellow bang appears by the graphics entry in Device Manager. [1989210]
• [Notebook][MS Hybrid][HDR]: On Hybrid systems where the discrete GPU drives the primary display, there is momentary corruption before a streaming game goes into full-screen mode. [200349552]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Windows 10 Fall Creators Update]: Color settings made in the NVIDIA Control Panel are not preserved across a system reboot or restart. [2009433]

Windows 7 Issues

• [Photoshop CC 2017]: "Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver..." error message appears when selecting Path Blur after first launch of the application. [200352926]

385.69 WHQL (September 21st, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Project Cars 2, Call of Duty: WWII open beta, Total War: WARHAMMER II, Forza Motorsport 7, EVE: Valkyrie - Warzone, FIFA 18, Raiders of the Broken Planet, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 open beta.

Game Ready VR

Provides the optimal gaming experience for EVE: Valkyrie - Warzone and From Other Suns open beta.
Security Update
This driver adds security updates for driver components.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
• Fortnite
• JX3 Online
• Project CARS 2
• Raiders of the broken planet
• Total War: WARHAMMER II

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Call of Duty: WWII - Good
• Project CARS 2 - Good
• Raiders of the Broken Planet - Not recommended
• Total War: Warhammer II - Not recommended

Changes and Fixed Issues

• [SLI][ShadowPlay][Doom (4)]: Severe flickering occurs in the game after pressing Alt + Tab with SLI enabled and either instant replay is ON or manual capture is in progress. [200339933]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Surround]: The [Ctrl+Alt+S] keyboard shortcut does not enable or disable Surround. [1932397]
• [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti][The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth]: Low frame rate and lagging occurs when playing the game in full-screen mode. [200332803]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 1080][G-Sync]: With G-Sync enabled, stuttering occurs when playing games on the external display. [1931970]
• [GeForce GTX 970M][Notebook][HitFilm Express]: The application UI does not respond properly. [1960402]
• [Notebook][Minecraft]: Low frame rates when playing the game in full-screen mode on Optimus notebooks. [1976442]
• [Optimus notebook][Minecraft]: r] 385.28: Low FPS in Minecraft full screen mode on Optimus laptops after driver update [1976442]
• [Optimus notebook][OpenGL]: Heavy flickering occurs while playing any OpenGL application such as HeavenBenchmark or OglBalls. [200342028]
• [Discord]: FPS overlay erroneously appears in the application if enabled in GeForce Experience. [1965135]
• [Runescape]: Lower frame rate occurs. [1971953]
• [Windows Store apps][G-Sync]: ]: Video playback from Windows store apps stutter and eventually freeze with G-sync enabled in full screen mode. [1941728]
• [WindowedG-Sync][Universal Windows Platform apps]: The Start menu loads sluggishly when switching the focus between a UWP game and the Start menu. [200335442]
• HDR TV/displays have distorted colors after changing the resolution from the Windows control panel [200335229]
• [NVENC]: Bitrate overshoot occurs if the frame rate is over 240 fps. [1977965]
• [ANSEL][Aven Colony]: Enable updated .exe for Aven Colony. [1935398]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Adobe Reader 3D]: There is corruption in the PDF. [1992456]
• [GeForce TITAN]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]

385.41 WHQL (August 24th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Destiny 2 PC Open Beta, PlayerUnknown's
Battlegrounds, ARK: Survival Evolved, F1 2017, Pro Evolution Soccer 2018, and Quake
Champions Early Access.

Feature Changes

• Removed nvtray process.
  • Effective with GeForce Experience 3.9 and later.
  • Eliminated NVIDIA Tray icon from Windows task manager.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• ARK: Survival Evolved
• Destiny 2
• Faith of Danschant
• Lawbreakers
• Secret World Legends
• Starpoint Gemini Warlords

Whisper Mode Profiles

Added or updated the following Whisper Mode profiles:

• F1 2017
• Destiny 2 - beta

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 - Excellent

Fixed Issues

• [GeForce GTX 970][Quantum Break]: Drop in frame rate occurs when playing the game. [1955903]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [SLI + HDR][Multi-GPU][GeForce GTX 1080][Battlefield 1][DirectX 12]: Corruption occurs in the game. [200339275]
• [HDR][GeForce 1080][Battlefield 1]: There is heavy color saturation when the display is set to non-native resolutions and refresh rates. [200339279]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Surround]: The [Ctrl+Alt+S] keyboard shortcut does not enable or disable Surround. [1932397]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 1080][G-Sync]: With G-Sync enabled, stuttering occurs when playing games on the external display. [1931970]
• [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti][The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth]: Low frame rate and lagging occurs when playing the game in full-screen mode. [200332803]
• [Notebook][Minecraft]: Low frame rates when playing the game in full-screen mode on Optimus notebooks. [1976442]

384.94 WHQL (July 24th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for LawBreakers, ARK: Survival Evolved,
Fortnite Early Access, Dark and Light, and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

Game Ready VR
Provides the optimal gaming experience for EVE: Valkyrie's "Ultra" graphics update.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• ARK: Survival Evolved
• IL-2: Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
• Lawbreakers

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - Not Recommended
• Lawbreakers - Fair
• ARK: Survival Evolved - Not Recommended

Changes and Fixed Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 980][IL2-Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad]: There is no performance improvement under DirectX 11 after enabling SLI. [1903543]
• [Star Ruler 2]: The game crashes within minutes of gameplay. [1945976]
• [Titan Xp][Mass Effect - Andromeda]: After launching the game in full-screen mode, HDR cannot be enabled from the in-game HDR settings. [200315052]
• [GeForce TX 1070/1080][Shadow Warrior 2]: Windows HDR settings conflict with in-game HDR settings, resulting in color over-saturation. [1882582]
• [GeForce GTX 970][Gears of War 4]: The game may freeze with Release 384 drivers.[1954654]
• [GeForce GTX 780/780 Ti][NieR:Automata]: The screen may freeze during gameplay. [1892334]
• [Titan X][Watch Dogs 2]: The game may crash when launched. [1952270]
• [GeForce GTX][DNF]: Poor game performance. [1936955]
• [Windows Store - Channel 9 / rPlay]: In full-screen mode, the application playback becomes choppy and then the application crashes. [1953090]
• [GeForce GTX 980][DisplayPort]: There is no signal on the monitor after turning the monitor off and then back on. [1904801]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Surround]: The [Ctrl+Alt+S] keyboard shortcut does not enable or disable Surround. [1932397]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Doom]: The GPU clocks remain running at high performance speeds after exiting from the game. [1954033]
• [GeForce GTX 970][Quantum Break]: Drop in frame rate occurs when playing the game. [1955903]

384.76 WHQL (June 29th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Lawbreakers "Rise Up" Beta.

Game Ready VR

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Spider-man: Homecoming VR.

New Features

• NVIDIA Control Panel: Added debug option in the Help menu.
  Selecting this option removes all overclocking performance and power settings.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• FIFA 17

Fixed

• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances]: Fixed a typo in the game name on the Stereoscopic 3D Compatibility page. [1441041]
• [3DVision]: CPU bottleneck occurs when 3DVision is enabled. [1823627]
• [GeForce GTX 1080/1070/1060][Prey (2]: Large amount of stuttering occurs throughout gameplay. [1902201]
• [Gamestream][DirectX 12 titles]: DirectX 12 titles fail to capture when streaming. [1903492]
• [Firefall]: The game does not run. [1911485]
• [GeForce GTX 970][SLI][Norton 360]: SLI cannot be enabled unless Norton 360 is disabled or in Safe mode. [1919094]
• [Doom 2016][Vulkan API]: Glitches occur when using the Vulkan API. [1935744]
• [No Man's Sky][SLI]: Texture corruption appears in the game with SLI enabled.[200257478]
• [Windows Store video app]: Video playback is choppy with V-Sync OFF. [200314351]

Windows 10 Issues

• [VR Funhouse]: The game crashes upon hot-unplugging and then hot-plugging the HMD device. [200321374]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Sid Meier's Civilization VI][G-Sync/SLI/DirectX 12]: Black corruption appears while entering the in-game menu after skipping the cutscene. [200283322]
• [GeForce GTX 780/780 Ti][NieR:Automata]: The game freezes. [1892334]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 970M][Tom Clancy's The Division Survival DLC]: Game crashes, pointing to ntdll.dll when changed to full-screen and to windowed full-screen. [200252894]
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 970M][ShadowPlay][For Honor]: The game silently may crash if the intro video is skipped while instant replay is on. [200247313]
• [SLI][Notebook][GeForce GTX 970M][Gears of War 4]: Level loading may hang. [1826307]
• [GeForce Experience]: Driver installation may fail when attempting to perform a driver overinstall.
  To workaround, perform a clean installation.
• Error code 43 appears in the Device Manager after installing the driver with HDMI display connected. [200283276]
• Driver install/overinstall requires a reboot. [1757931]

Windows 7 Issues

• [GeForce GTX 1080] Battlefield 1 hangs when campaign loaded with Fast Sync enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200254350]