NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 385.69 Game Ready Graphics Drivers

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NVIDIA today released the latest version of their GeForce graphics drivers. Version 385.69 of their drivers is a Game Ready, WHQL-certified release that brings official support for Project Cars 2 and Total War: WARHAMMER II which are both coming out in a matter of days. Simultaneously, this release also optimizes performance in the open beta for Call of Duty: WWII, EVE: Valkyrie - Warzone, FIFA 18, Forza Motorsport 7, From Other Suns' open beta, Raiders of the Broken Planet, as well as Star Wars Battlefront 2's open beta.

This release also features a security update for specific driver components that went unnoticed until now, and also identifies and fixes multiple bugs. A full list of changes and updates can be found here, whereas NVIDIA have also created a page to go over the salient features for the aforementioned games here. As always, you can grab the drivers right here on TechPowerUp by following the link below, and a summarized changelog is provided after the break.



DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 385.69 Game Ready Drivers


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

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[StefanM]

Regarding security fixes check out:
Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU contains multiple vulnerabilities in the kernel mode layer handler

 

[Fahad]

Checked GFE for this, turns out I'm already running 387.68 :/ My guess is this is the Insider Program's doing.

 

[sprcorreia]

Bad desktop blinking after I installed this driver in a friends machine running a GTX770.
It's a clean install. Going back to previous version works just fine.

 

[mcborge]

I'm not touching this release again.. Already had to scrub it from my system due to forced install through windows update.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Will test drive this driver later. As usual, will be give a simple breakdown on what's improved & what's not.
@mcborge u can disable Windows Update by disabling both BITS & Windows Update service... did that on my personal rig when I installed a fresh copy last year. Works like a charm.