New NVIDIA GeForce Drivers 496.49

NVIDIA now offers new version 496.49 WHQL-certified Windows GeForce drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards.
These are game-ready for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and offer additional support for a bunch of other games, including DLSS for Chivalry 2.
There is also a GeForce Reward with an "early unlock of the Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Sleek-Lord Outfit for Star-Lord" for GeForce gamers.

GEFORCE GAME READY DRIVER - WHQL
Driver Version: 496.76 - Release Date: 2021 November 16

Our latest GeForce Game Ready driver ensures the definitive gaming experience in Battlefield 2042, which on PC is enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and ray tracing.

In addition, there’s support for NVIDIA DLSS in Assetto Corsa Competizione, Bright Memory: Infinite, Farming Simulator 22, and Myth of Empires. As well as support for 9 new GeForce Experience Optimal Playable Setting profiles.

And together with a new GeForce Experience update, the driver introduces support for updated NVIDIA Image Scaling features in GeForce Experience and the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Hotfix

GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 496.98
Updated 11/24/2021 12:31 PM
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 496.98
GeForce hotfix display driver version 496.98 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 496.76.

The hotfix addresses the following issues:
[YouTube]: The YouTube web site randomly displays extreme contrast/gamma while idle or during video playback. [3420164]
[Notebook]: Black screen may be observed on some Optimus notebooks with 1440p/165hz panels when in discrete GPU mode [3426730]
Games do not launch correctly on GeForce GTX 750 Ti when NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled [3442778]
Using Adaptive Vertical Sync while G-SYNC is enabled may result in random black screen [3437003]
[Red Dead Redemption 2/Doom Eternal]: The game crashes with TDR or the system crashes while running the game. [200766423]

New GeForce Drivers [Dec 01, 2021]

NVIDIA announces the release of new version 497.09 WHQL-certified GeForce reference drivers for NVIDIA graphics cards running under Windows.
These are to add support for the upcoming launches of ICARUS, Chorus, and Halo Infinite. Here's the overview:
Our latest GeForce Game Ready driver ensures the definitive gaming experience in ICARUS, RocketWerkz’s new survival game that is enhanced with NVIDIA RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) and NVIDIA DLSS.

Also included is support for the upcoming launch of both Chorus and Halo Infinite.

And finally, we’ve got support for 6 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors, and 5 new GeForce Experience Optimal Playable Setting profiles.

Fixed Issues in this Release

[Red Dead Redemption 2/Doom Eternal]: The game crashes with TDR or the system crashes while running the game. [200766423]
[Doom 3 BFG Edition]: The games shows corruption upon launch. [3407653]
[You Tube]: The YouTube web site randomly displays extreme contrast/gamma while idle or during video playback. [3420164]
[NVIDIA Image Scaling]: After performing a clean install or over install over version 496.49, NVIDIA Image Scaling resolutions do not appear in the game. [3434708]
Games do not launch correctly on GeForce GTX 750 Ti when NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled. [3442778]
[Notebook]: Black screen may be observed on some Optimus notebooks with 1440p/165hz panels when in discrete GPU mode. [3426730]
[Notebook]: eDP panel cannot be lit when booting to the desktop after switching to discrete mode. [3423400]
Using Adaptive Vertical Sync while G-SYNC is enabled may result in random black screen. [3437003]

Open Issues:

[Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition]: After attempting to change resolutions, the resolution does not change and the game falls out of IFlip mode. [3442862] To apply the new resolution, press Alt+Tab.
[Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop when there is mouse movement. [3405920]
[Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [3405228]
[HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998] To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721] Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]

New GeForce Drivers - 497.29 WHQL Windows

include enhanced support for GTFO and Horizon Zero Dawn, while adding new optimal setting profiles for another 10 games.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ne ... 9-out-now/

Fixed Issues in this Release
- [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: The game may crash to the desktop during gameplay. [3454519]
- [Microsoft Flight Simulator]: Purple/blue artifacts appear on ground textures in the game. [3454530]
- [Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop occurs when there is mouse movement. [3405920]
- Desktop may stutter after extended period when mouse cursor is moved. [3443235]
- In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker. [3405228]
- [NVIDIA Control Panel]: Spelling error in the German language NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D Settings -> Shader Cache Size default option. [3442310]

Windows 10/11 Issues
- [Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. [200767905] If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
- [HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998] To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.
- [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721] Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
- [NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284] If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.

Release Notes https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/ ... -notes.pdf

Download https://us.download.nvidia.com/Wind...- ... h-whql.exe

Driver Version:511.23 - WHQL
Release Date:Fri Jan 14, 2022
Operating System:Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
Language:English (UK)
File Size:797.13 MB

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for God of War, which utilizes NVIDIA DLSS to maximize performance and NVIDIA Reflex to minimize latency. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest new titles and updates including Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, Hitman III, The Anacrusis, GRIT, and Monster Hunter Rise.

Gaming Technology
Includes support for NVIDIA DLDSR (Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution)

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/ne ... dy-driver/

Driver Version: 511.65 - WHQL
Our newest GeForce Game Ready driver features support for GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and 3080 Ti laptop GPUs, and 4th gen Max-Q features available in all-new 2022 GeForce RTX 30 Series laptop models, which include the latest generation of CPUs.

In addition, our new Game Ready Driver ensures the definitive gaming experience in Dying Light 2 Stay Human, which is enhanced with performance-accelerating NVIDIA DLSS, and several DirectX 12 Ultimate ray-traced effects. Also, there’s also support for Sifu.

Read on to learn more, and to download and install on Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems, simply fire up GeForce Experience and click the "Drivers" tab.

Fixed Issues in 511.65
[Windows11][Far Cry 6]: Geometric corruption occurs in the benchmark and in gameplay. [3441540]
Multiple apps report stutter (or light to poor hitching) due to allocation creation. [3426466]
[Notebook]: With Advanced Optimus configured in dGPU mode, notebook will display a black screen. [3502766]
Some 3440x1440 monitors may display a black screen when selecting a DLDSR resolution. [3502478]
[DirectX 12]: GeForce Experience Freestyle filters may cause game to flicker. [3496529]
[Forza Horizon]: The game freezes when applying livery or vinyl to certain cars when ray tracing is enabled [3506220/3506340

Open Issues in 511.65
[NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
[Call of Duty: Vanguard]: The game may display random corruption. [3503111]
Battlefield 2042]: The game may display color flashes on the screen. [3503086]
DVI monitor EDID may not be detected correctly on certain monitors. [3502752

GeForce Hotfix Driver

NVIDIA now offers a GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 511.72.
This is to address three problems owners of GeForce graphic cards are encountering with Game Ready Driver 511.65 Drivers released last week:
The hotfix addresses the following issues:

G-SYNC cannot be re-enabled on G-SYNC Compatible displays after manually disabling from the NVIDIA Control Panel
Call of Duty Vanguard random corruption
Assassin's Creed Valhalla may fail to launch correctly

NVIDIA GeForce 511.79 WHQL driver

Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for Elden Ring, GRID Legends, Total War: Warhammer III, and Martha is Dead featuring NVIDIA DLSS. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest updates including Destiny 2: The Witch Queen and the introduction of NVIDIA Reflex in iRacing.

Fixed Issues in Version 511.79
[Call of Duty: Vanguard][Assassins Creed Valhalla]: The games may display random corruption or white/black screen. [3503111/3525655]
[Battlefield 2042]: The game may display color flashes on the screen. [3503086]
[Corel Paint Shop Pro XI]: The application cannot be launched. [3510891]
[G-SYNC]: After disabling G-SYNC on G-SYNC Compatible monitor and TV, G-SYNC cannot be re-enabled through the NVIDIA Control Panel. [3523157]
Digital Vibrance is reset when monitor goes to sleep. [3519430

Open Issues in Version 511.79
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
[Grid Legends][GeForce RTX 3-series]: Background artifacts flicker. [3524560]
[NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][Ampere] Putting notebook to sleep by closing the lid and then waking up the notebook may cause Windows to reboot when in dGPU mode. [3444252]
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
The native resolution for a DVI or HDMI display may not be available from the display settings if the display contains an invalid EDID. [3502752]