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GeForce 461.72 WHQL Game Ready Driver

Version: 461.72 WHQL
Release Date: 2021.2.25
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (UK)
File Size: 628.98 MB

Game Ready for Outriders Demo
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Outriders demo, NVIDIA DLSS in Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, and NVIDIA Reflex in Rainbow Six Siege.

Gaming Technology
Includes support for the GeForce RTX 3060 GPU

Software Module Versions
 nView - 201.18
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.21.0.36  CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0

Fixed Issues in this Release
 [G-SYNC][Edge of Eternity/Hitman 2]: The games experience stutter and low FPS when using hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in windowed mode. [200685971]
 [G-Sync][Vulkan Apps]: Performance drop occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode using the in-game settings. [200681477]
 [The Isle]: Freestyle is not supported for the game. [3229829]
 [VIndictus][GeForce Experience]: The game cannot be recorded. [2203875]
 [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The application crashes when launched on Windows 10 (Version 1803). [3220107]
 Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
 [Blu-ray][HDMI]: Flickering occurs in Blu-ray playback when played over HDMI. [3221611]
 Several desktop applications flicker when Vertical Sync is set to the default “Use the 3D application setting”. [3252186]
 [Ampere]: Chrome/Edge may experience random TDR while browsing.[3195894]
 LG CX OLED TVs (2020) are not recognized as G-SYNC Compatible displays.[3244055]
 [Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may display “no signal” message when enabling NVIDIA Surround. [3230565]
 [Notebook]: On some Notebooks, the 'Maximum Graphics Power' information missing in the NVIDIA Control Panel > System Information page. [200697069]

Open Issues in Version

Windows 10 Issues
 Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200]. See the NVIDIA KBA 5157 for a possible workaround.
 [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus]: The game may crash while launching. [3257842]
 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]
 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
 [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218]
 [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
 [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
 [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
 [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
 [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

• Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v461.72)

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

 

There are some issues with the drivers available for download and will likely be replaced.

 

GeForce 461.92 WHQL Game Ready Driver

Version: 461.92 WHQL
Release Date: 2021.3.16
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: 530.05 MB


Software Module Versions
 nView - 201.18
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.21.0.36
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0


Fixed Issues in this Release
 Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200].
 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]
 [Vulkan][Red Dead Redemption 2]: The game may display pixelated black dots or artifacts on characters’ skin. [3257041/3266614]
 [Rocket League]: Matches may take longer to load. [3244324]
 [Fortnite]: Shader cache optimizations have been made to reduce intermittent stutter on some PC configurations. [3244272]
 [Detroit: Become Human]: Game may crash when launched with Image Sharpening enabled. [3242624/200667092]
 [Dungeon & Fighter]: The game may blink when choosing characters. [200574764]
 [Zoom]: GeForce Experience In-game Overlay launches when a Zoom meeting starts. [3269577]
 Enabling NVIDIA Surround with 4K HDMI 2.1 TVs may fail. [3184849]
 Blue-screen crash may occur when connecting/disconnecting to/from the Samsung 8k TV. [3188971]


Open Issues in Version

Windows 10 Issues
 [Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan]: Smoke appears pixelated. [3266916]
 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
 [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218]
 [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
 [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
 [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
 [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
 [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

• Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v461.92)

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

 

GeForce 465.89 WHQL Game Ready Driver

Version: 465.89 WHQL
Release Date: 2021.3.30
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 10
Language: English (UK)
File Size: 596.06 MB

Game Ready for Outriders
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the launch of Outriders, which features NVIDIA DLSS technology. Additionally, this release also provides optimal day-1 support for:

• DIRT 5’s new ray tracing update
• The launch of Evil Genius 2: World Domination
• The launch of the KINGDOM HEARTS Series on the Epic Games Store

Gaming Technology

• Includes support for Resizable BAR across the GeForce RTX 30 Series of Desktop and Notebook GPUs
• Includes beta support for virtualization on GeForce GPUs

Software Module Versions
 nView - 201.66
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.21.0.36
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0

Fixed Issues in this Release
 [Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan]: Smoke appears pixelated. [3266916]
 [Vulkan][X4: Foundations 4.00/X4: Cradle of Humanity] The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 Series. [200701230]
 [GeForce RTX 3090]: Blue-screen crash occurs when Samsung Odyssey G9 is paired with HDMI TV. [3240366]
 [GeForce RTX 2060]: Blue-screen crash (DPC_WATCHDOGS_VIOLATION) occurs when playing a game and watching YouTube video simultaneously. [3196272]
 [Sunset Overdrive]: The application may display random green corruption if Depth of Field is enabled from in-game settings [2750770]
 Realtek Displayport-to-HDMI 2.1 protocol converter clock limited to 600MHz pixel clock [3202060]
 [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566].
 [GFE Screenshot/HDR]: Application screenshots are washed out when HDR is enabled [3229781]

Open Issues in Version

Windows 10 Issues
 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
 [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218/ 3230880]
 [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
 [Adobe Camera RAW 12.x]: RAW files may show up black in Adobe Lightroom. [3266883]
 [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
 [VR]: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 VR may stutter if Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is disabled. [3246674]  [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
 [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

• Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v465.89)

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

 

Nvidia Reflex
April 6, 2021

 

Vulkan Beta Driver Downloads
April 13, 2021
Windows 458.17, Linux 455.50.12

New:

• Provisional Vulkan Video extensions:
  • An introduction to Vulkan Video
  • Vulkan Video sample
  • VK_KHR_video_queue
  • VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
  • VK_KHR_video_encode_queue
  • VK_EXT_video_decode_h264
  • VK_EXT_video_decode_h265
  • VK_EXT_video_encode_h264
  • VK_NV_video_queue
• VK_EXT_color_write_enable
• VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state
• VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats
• VK_NV_inherited_viewport_scissor

This provisional Vulkan Video release also includes three extensions that extend base structures defined by the core video KHR extensions to support H.264-decode, H.264-encode, and H.265-decode:

• VK_EXT_video_decode_h264
• VK_EXT_video_encode_h264
• VK_EXT_video_decode_h265

These EXT extensions do not define API calls, they simply extend data structures. There is an H.265-encode extension currently in development, and VP9 decode and AV1 decode/encode extensions are expected to follow soon after in a later release.

Windows 458.17

• Download for Windows 10 (64-bit)

Linux 455.50.12

• Download for Linux 64-bit

https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver

 

GeForce 466.11 WHQL Game Ready Driver

Version: 466.11 WHQL
Release Date: 2021.4.14
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Language: English (US)
File Size: Temporarilly unavailable


Game Ready for Mortal Shell
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for Mortal Shell’s RTX update, which introduces NVIDIA DLSS, boosting performance by up to 130% at 4K.
Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for Valorant’s NVIDIA Reflex update, NVIDIA Broadcast Noise Reduction support in OBS, 6 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors and TVs, and more.


Software Module Versions
 nView - 201.66
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.22.0.32
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0


Fixed Issues in this Release
 [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218/ 3230880]
 [Adobe Camera RAW 12.x]: RAW files may show up black in Adobe Lightroom. [3266883/ 200717265]
 [VR]: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 VR may stutter if Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is disabled. [3246674]
 Some displays may show incorrect color levels after booting into Windows. [3285148/3287063]


Open Issues in Version

Windows 10 Issues
 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
 [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
 [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
 [Prepar3D]: The application crashes to desktop after launched. [3285067]
 [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
 [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

• Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v466.11)

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk

 

GeForce 466.27 WHQL Game Ready Driver

Version: 466.27 WHQL
Release Date: 2021.4.29
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
Language: English (UK)
File Size: Temporarilly unavailable

Game Ready for the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, which adds additional ray-traced effects and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 for greater performance and improved image quality.
Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Resident Evil Village, along with support for 5 new G-SYNC Compatible displays.

Software Module Versions
 nView - 201.66
 HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.40
 NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
 GeForce Experience - 3.22.0.32
 CUDA - 11.2
 DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.960.0

Fixed Issues in this Release
 [NVIDIA Reflex][Rainbow Six Siege]: Fixed a number of performance related issues related to NVIDIA Reflex and Rainbow Six Siege.
 [HDMI 2.1:] In-game FPS may be capped to the display refresh rate when "Vertical sync" is set to Off [3285334].
 [Rigid Gems][Prepar3D]: The applications may crash or fail to launch.[3285067/3286874]

Open Issues in Version

Windows 10 Issues
 Yellow bang with Error Code 10 appears by the NVIDIA Platform Controllers and Framework Properties in Device Manager after Express or Custom driver installation without reboot.[200716134]
Reboot the system to clear the error, otherwise Dynamic Boost cannot be enabled.
 [Mortal Shell]: Unusual increase in the brightness occurs when Shadow Quality is set to Low or Medium. [200724762] To work around, set the Shadow Quality to High or Ultra.
 [Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]: The game may crash on GeForce GTX 10 series GPUs. [200719668]
 [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341] 
[Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
 [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
 [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]

• Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v466.27)

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk