Nvidia Geforce Drivers Release Announcement thread

Windows Beta driver version 397.54 and Linux driver 396.18.07
May 03, 2018


Developer Beta Driver Downloads
    • Shader compiler bug fixes
    • Driver branch VK396_42-34
    • Vulkan API version 1.1.73 with 53 VK extensions
    • Includes latest VulkanRT Installer 1.1.73.0

Windows 397.54
Download for Windows 8 and 7 (64-bit)
Download for Windows 10 (64-bit)

Linux 396.18.07
Download for Linux 64-bit

SHIELD Android TV
Request access to Vulkan 1.1 Preview OTA (Vulkan 1.1 Section)

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
 
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Geforce Version: 397.64 WHQL
May 9, 2018


Version: 397.64 WHQL
Release Date: 2018.5.09
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10
Language: English (US)
File Size: 415.16 MB

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

RELEASE 396 DRIVER CHANGES 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]

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v397.64)

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk
 
Geforce Version: 397.93 WHQL
May 24, 2018


Version: 397.93 WHQL
Release Date: 2018.5.24
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 433.58 MB


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

RELEASE 396 DRIVER CHANGES Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.21
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.14.0.139
• CUDA - 9.2

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 drive 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.

http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk

Edit: Finally .... Nvidia included an additional choice to the installation program to exclude GeForce Experience (and any Telemetry collected).
 
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Developer Beta Driver Downloads
Windows 397.96, Linux 396.24.02

May 24th, 2018


Windows 397.96
Linux 396.24.02
SHIELD Android TV


https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
 
Geforce Version: 398.11 WHQL
May 5, 2018

Version: 398.11 WHQL
Release Date: 2018.6.5
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit
Language: English (UK)
File Size: 433.64 MB


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.


Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.21
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.14.0.139
• CUDA - 9.2

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. [200415553]
 [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]


http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-uk
 
NVIDIA GRAPHICS FIRMWARE UPDATE TOOL FOR DISPLAYPORT 1.3 AND 1.4 DISPLAYS
To enable the latest DisplayPort 1.3 / 1.4 features, your graphics card may require a firmware update.

Without the update, systems that are connected to a DisplayPort 1.3 / 1.4 monitor could experience blank screens on boot until the OS loads, or could experience a hang on boot.

The NVIDIA Firmware Updater will detect whether the firmware update is needed, and if needed, will give the user the option to update it.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv-uefi-update-x64.html
 
Developer Beta Driver Downloads
Windows 398.58, Linux 396.24.10

July 12th, 2018


Windows 398.58
Linux 396.24.10
SHIELD Android TV
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
 
Geforce Version: 398.82 WHQL
August 1, 2018


Version 398.82 - WHQL
Release Date Wed Aug 01, 2018
Operating System Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Windows 8 64-bit
Windows 10 64-bit
Language English (US)
File Size 431.41 MB

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

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]

Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.21
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.14.1.48
• CUDA - 9.2
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
 
Developer Beta Driver Downloads
Windows 398.91, Linux 396.51.02
August 7th, 2018

  • New Extensions:
  • Bug fixes:
    • Fix hang that sometimes occurs after a clear in multisample rendering
    • Fix hang that sometimes occurs when doing a modeswitch while fullscreen
    • Other minor driver and SPIR-V compiler bug fixes

Windows 398.91
Linux 396.51.02
SHIELD Android TV
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
 
NVIDIA 396.54 Linux Driver Offers Big Performance Boost For Frequent Gamers (Review)
August 22, 2018
As mentioned in yesterday's article, the 396.54 was released to fix a resource leak that had been existent going back to the 390 series driver. This resource leak could lead to lower performance after several OpenGL or Vulkan applications have started/stopped on the system..
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-39654-linux&num=1
 
GeForce 399.07 WHQL driver
August 27, 2018

Version 399.07 - WHQL
Release Date Wed Aug 27, 2018
Operating System Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Windows 8 64-bit
Windows 10 64-bit
Language English (US)
File Size 438 MB

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

Fixed Issues in this Release
 [Rainbow Six Siege]: TAA at 100% causes screen to be blurry when not moving in after driver update. [2322283]
 [Notebook][MSHybrid]: Fixed diagonal tearing by using win7-blit model. [2042900]
 [GeForce GTX 1050/1070]: OpenGL driver does not release the rendering context correctly. [2305430]
 [Oculus]: Blue-screen crash occurs when using Oculus VR software. [2321140]
 [Geforce 600/700 series Kepler GPUs][Doom (2016)]: Missing textures when using Vulkan API. [2322723]
 [LA Noire VR]: Stability issues occur when running LA Noire VR. [2305821]
 [Call of Duty Black Ops 4]: Stuttering and performance issues occur for some game configurations. [2318552]
 [G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]

Windows 10 Issues
 [SLI][Battlefield 1][HDR][DirectX 12] : The game stops responding when trying to enter any multiplayer game or single player mission with HDR and SLI enabled. [2285774]
 [SLI][Immortal: Unchanged]GFE Freestyle]:Some objects render incorrectly over the sticker when using the Freestyle Sticker filter. [200442940]
 NVIDIA graphics driver may not install correctly on certain Core 2 Duo/Quad systems. [2312325]
 [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/

Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.21
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.14.1.48
• CUDA - 9.2

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us









 
Developer Beta Driver Downloads
Windows 399.17, Linux 396.54.02

August 31, 2018

Windows 399.17
Linux 396.54.02
SHIELD Android TV
https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver
 
GeForce 399.24 WHQL driver
September 10, 2018

Version 399.24 - WHQL
Release Date 2018.9.10
Operating System Windows 7 64-bit
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Windows 8 64-bit
Windows 10 64-bit
Language English (US)
File Size 438.96 MB

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 in this Release:
 [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]

Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.21
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.14.1.48
• CUDA - 9.2
https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
 
GeForce 411.63 WHQL driver
September 19, 2018

Version: 411.63 WHQL
Release Date: 2018.9.19
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 10 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 467.66 MB


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

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.

Software Module Versions
• nView - 149.34
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.5
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0907
• GeForce Experience - 3.15.0.164
• CUDA - 10.0

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 fullscreen YouTube video. [200402117]


https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
 
I was reading this article and found this in the comments section:
If Nvidia - I expect a year from now a lot better drivers now that they're rewriting some of their driver components in Rust.

Is that true?
If so, which parts of Nvidia's drivers are being rewritten in Rust?
 
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