NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Drivers

382.05 (May 4th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Prey, Battlezone, and the Gears of War 4 Multi-GPU Update.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

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

• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III - Not recommended

Changes and Fixed Issues

• [SLI][No Man's Sky - with The Foundation Update 1.10 patch]: With SLI enabled, there is texture corruption in the game. [200257478]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 670][World of Tanks]: In SLI mode, blue-screen crash occurs when pressing Alt+Tab during the game. [1895732]]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Gears of War]: After the bootup movies, blue-screen crash occurs pointing to nvlddmkm.sys. [1914184]
• The NVIDIA Control Panel in the Windows desktop context menu, as well as the NVIDIA system tray icon, may be absent. [200298863/1906498]
• System may hang at a black screen upon cold boot up. [1913854]
• In a multi-display configuration, the extended displays are unable to enter sleep mode. [1902053]

Windows 10 Issues

• [DirectX 11 games]: On some titles, in-game V-Sync does not work if Fast Sync is selected from the NVIDIA Control Panel. Consequently, the game frame rate is not locked to the maximum refresh rate, resulting in possible tearing. [200304603]
• [SteamVR titles]: SteamVR may crash when launched. [1917936]
  To workaround, uninstall GeForce Experience or reinstall the NVIDIA driver.
• [Power DVD 17]: The display may go blank while playing HDR video in exclusive full-screen mode. [200300818]
• [GeForce GTX 1070]: Games (Witcher 3, For Honor) do not recognize the custom refresh rates set using the NVIDIA Control Panel. [1916598]
• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][Battlefield 1 XP1]: With SLI enabled, corruption appears in the game when switching between full-screen and windowed mode. [1889162]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Mass Effect: Andromeda]: Random memory errors may occur when playing the game. [1887520]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Sid Meirie's Civilization VI][G-Sync/SLI/DirectX 12]: Black corruption appears while entering the in-game menu after skipping the cutscene. [200283322]
• [GeForce GTX Titan X][Ansel][Ghost Recon Wild lands]: With FXAA enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel, the application crashes when enabling the in-game Ansel UI. [200283194]
• [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]
• NVIDIA Control Panel custom color settings are reset to the default after switching a game between windowed and full-screen mode. [1917071]
• NVIDIA Control Panel custom color profiles and ICC profiles are lost when using the Microsoft Game Bar. [1904238]
• Display monitor is unable to enter sleep mode. [19116554]
• [GeForce Experience]: Driver installation may fail when attempting to perform a driver overinstall.
  To workaround, perform a clean installation.
• [Notebook][Pascal GPU]: The display remains blank while over installing the driver, requiring a reboot. [200273603]
• 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]
• [GeForce GTX 1060]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys) after the system reboots from sleep mode. [1814559]

381.89 (April 25th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Heroes of the Storm 2.0, Batman: Arkham VR, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and Wilson's Heart.

Changes and Fixed Issues

• [Sniper Elite 3]: The game crashes. [1880113]
• [Notebook][eDP panel]: Blue-screen (code 3B) occurs followe by the Recovery screen during software unbundling process. [1900432]
• [GeForce GTX 1060]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys) after the system reboots from sleep mode. [1814559]
• GPU idling voltage has increased. [1904229]

381.65 (April 6th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Quake Champions Closed Beta.

New Product Support

Added support for the NVIDIA TITAN Xp.

New Features

• Added support for Windows 10 Creators Update.
• Added DTS X and Dolby Atmos support for 5.1.2 speaker configuration.
• Added Dolby Vision support for games.
• Added NVIDIA® AnselTM support for Snake Pass and Kona.

NVIDIA Control Panel

• Display page: Added the option to override the Windows 10 control of desktop color settings.
• Manage 3D Settings page: Added option to disable self-refresh power-saving feature for G-Sync.
• Applies to self-refresh capable notebooks using Pascal-based GPUs with G-Sync enabled.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Descent: Underground - updated

378.92 (March 20th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Mass Effect: Andromeda and Rock Band VR.

New Features

• Added support for Dolby Vision for games.

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Dead Rising 4 - updated
• Deus Ex: Breach - updated
• Mass Effect: Andromeda - added SLI profile

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:

• Halo Wars 2 - Not recommended

3D Compatibility Mode Profiles

These games must be run in DirectX 10/11 mode to see improvements and are not
compatible with 3D Vision Surround mode. See "3D Compatibility Mode" on page 11 for
more information.

Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:

• Dreadnought - Excellent

378.78 (March 9th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

Gaming Technology

Includes DirectX 12 optimizations which provide additional performance increases for a variety of titles.

New Features

• Added support for the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Application SLI Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Titanfall 2
• Tom Clancy's The Division

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:

• Ghost Recon: Wildlands - Good

Fixed

• [Discord]: The GFE FPS counter appears in the application. [200281089]
• [GeForce 1050 Ti][Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs on some notebook platforms [1877803]
• [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][PhysX]: PhysX uses the CPU when Optimize for Compute Performance setting is OFF, resulting in a drop in performance. [1871405]
• [GeForce GTX 980][CUDA]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute with GPUGrid CUDA application.[1869402]
• [GeForce GTX 980 Ti][OpenCL]: Driver error occurs when trying to compute PrimeGrid Genefer OpenCL tool. [1867576]
• [NVENC][Steam]: NvFBC H.264 encode crashes. [1867544]

378.77 Hotfix (February 24th, 2017)

• Fixed driver installation errors for laptops with GeForce GTX 1050 and 1050 Ti GPUs.
• Fixed crash in Minecraft and some other Java-based titles
• Resolved 'Debug Mode' as default option on Pascal based GPUs

378.66 (February 14th, 2017)

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2.

New Features

Video SDK 8.0

• High-bit-depth (10/12-bit) decoding (VP9/HEVC)
• OpenGL input surface support for encoder
• Weighted Prediction
• H.264 ME-only mode enhancements

SLI Profile

No SLI profiles were added with this version.

Windows 10 Fixes

• [Surround]: Surround cannot be enabled on the XGPU. [200236703]
• [G-Sync]: With G-Sync and V-Sync both enabled, there is a long delay when switching a game from full-screen mode to windowed mode.[1867557]
• [Second Life 64-bit]: World view is tinted blue after disabling Advanced Lighting Model. [200274562]
• [The Division]: Shadows flicker after enabling PCSS. [1867573]
• [Kepler GPUs][Battlefield 1]: There is flickering in the game when using TAA. [1865681]
• [SLI][Battlefield Day28 Patch]: The menu text becomes jittery with SLI is enabled. [1837721]
• [SLI][Surround][GeForce GTX 1080]: The system crashes when launching games in SLI Surround using HDMI 2.0 connections. [1834142]
• [GeForce GTX 1080][Heroes of Storm]: The game crashes when launched. [200274793]
• [GeForce 860M][Notebook]: Direct X games crash. [1868454]
• [Minecraft]: Java SE Binary crashes pointing to nvinitx.dll. [200274582]
• [GeForce GTX 980 Ti]: The driver is unable to detect multiple TV models. [1788948]

378.49 (January 30th, 2017)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Conan Exiles early access, and the For Honor closed beta

376.33 (December 14th, 2016)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal VR experience for Oculus Touch launch titles

376.19 (December 6th, 2016)

Game Ready Provides the optimal VR experience for Oculus Touch launch titles. 3D Vision Profiles Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:

• DeadRising 4 - added 3DV profile
• Mars 2030 - added 3DV profile
• Serious Sam - added 3DV profile
• SuperHot - added 3DV profile

Windows 10 Fixed Issues

• [SLI] No Man's Sky with Foundation Update 1.10 shows severe texture corruption if SLI enabled. [200257478]
• Notebook G-SYNC flickering. [1841227]
• Notebook G-SYNC pendulum demo issue. [200256323]

376.09 (November 28th, 2016)

Game Ready
Provides the optimal experience for Watch Dogs 2

375.86 (November 15th, 2016)

Game Ready Provides the optimal experience for Tom Clancy's The Division Survival DLC, Battlefield 1, Steep: Open Beta, and Civilization VI. Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - added temporal SLI profile

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

• Steep - not recommended

375.70 (October 28th, 2016)

Game Ready Provides the optimal experience for Titanfall 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Obduction, and Dishonored 2. Game Ready VR Provides the optimal experience for Obduction. Application SLI Profiles Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands - added temporal SLI profile

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

• Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - not recommended
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered - fair
• For Honor - not recommended

Windows 10 Fixed Issues

• DxgkDdiEscape Object is calculated using a user-provided index that is not bounds checked. [1810901]
• NVSPCAPS crashes in nvd3d9wrapx. [200246307]
• NVIDIA Image Converter component crashes. [1822628]
• [GeForce GTX 770, Forza Horizon 3] Driver crashes during PSO (Pipeline State Object) creation. [1826111]
• [Forza Horizon 3] Possible driver memory leak. [1826143]

Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7 Fixed Issues

• DxgkDdiEscape Object is calculated using a user-provided index that is not bounds checked. [1810901]

375.63 (October 24th, 2016)

Game Ready - Provides the optimal experience for Battlefield 1, Civilization VI, and Titanfall 2 Game Ready VR - Provides the optimal experience for Eagle Flight and Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope. SLI Profile - Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Lineage Eternal: Twilight Resistance - added SLI profile

Windows 10 Fixes

• [SLI, Geforce GTX 980M] Mirror's Edge Catalyst flickers on Ansel UI when image moved with mouse pointer. [1805007]
• [372.54] Corruption in Overwatch decals. [1816111]
• [372.90] System crashes and signal lost when refresh rate changed from 144 Hz to 240 Hz on BenQ ZOWIE monitors. [1819638]

Windows 8 and 7 Fixes

• [GeForce GTX 650] Dots on all the characters in Grand Theft Auto 5. [1810923]

Important Open Issues Windows 10 (For full list of open issues please check out release notes)

• [375.52] NVIDIA 3DTV play license doesn't load after a reboot. [200244638]
• [Forza Horizon 3] Possible driver memory leak. [1826143]
• [SLI] [GeForce GTX 970M] Level loading hangs in Gears of War 4. [1826307]
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Alienware Graphics Amplifier] The graphics card is not detected upon installing the driver. [200236450]
• [367.77, WDDM 2.1] Driver install/overinstall requires reboot. [1757931]
• [SLI, GeForce GTX TITAN] The Mirror's Edge Catalyst Intensity slider is set to 100 after Alt+Tab. [200231737]
• [SLI, No Man's Sky] Huge performance drop after interaction with starships if SLI is enabled. [200231722]
• [GM204] Quantum Break window either remains blank or freezes in game scene in windowed mode. [1804910]
• Assassins Creed - Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces. [200211264]
• [SLI] Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled. [200172046]
• [347.09, GM204] Blank screen observed on an ASUS Tiled display when system resumes from shutdown or hibernation with Fast boot option enabled from BIOS.[1591053]

Important Open issues Windows 7 (For full list of open issues please check out release notes)

• [SLI] Blank display is observed on disabling SLI with two displays connected. [200172046]