[DRIVERS] NVIDIA GeForce GPU (9xx/10xx/16xx/20xx/30xx/40xx)

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 546.17 (31.0.15.4617 WHQL [09/11/2023])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Game Ready :

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Starfield.

Fixed Issues :

Fixed Gaming Bugs :

• [Alan Wake 2] Addressing gradual stability and performance degradation over extended periods of gameplay [4334633]
• [Counter Strike 2] Improved NVIDIA Reflex functionality and performance [4361128]
• [Starfield/Cyberpunk 2077] Stutter observed on some Advanced Optimus notebooks [4341762]
• [Control] Game stability issues over extended periods of gameplay [4313811]

Fixed General Bugs :

• [OBS] Tearing issue when recording high resolution video [4359771]
• [Notebook] GPU can become frozen in maximum performance state [4364631]
• Windows 10 transparency effects are not displaying correctly after driver update [4335862]
• Random Bugcheck may be observed on certain systems [4343844]
• [Wallpaper Engine] Wallpaper shows tearing when cloned in multi-monitor configuration [4364562]
• [Firefox Beta] Increased page file memory use when enabling RTX Video Super Resolution [4359080]

Open Issues :

• [Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted [4349586]

OS requirements : Windows 10 64 bit or more recent.
Hardware requirements : NVIDIA GeForce 9xx/10xx/16xx/20xx/30xx/40xx series GPU or NVIDIA Titan X/Xp/V/RTX GPU based graphics card.

TIPS :

If you want to manage the drivers (remove old/unused drivers for example) that you have in your Windows DriverStore
Use Driver Store Explorer (Right click on "Rapr.exe" > Run as administrator).

If you want better interrupts delivery latency
Enable MSI (Message Signaled-based Interrupts) mode on all your supported devices (see the column "supported modes") with
MSI Mode Utility (Right click on "MSI_Mode_Utility_v3.exe" > Run as administrator).

[Jimbo93]

PakRatJR wrote:
True but, I have several "tweaks and adjustments" that have been made to fix general annoyances over the years and anytime I have to do anything "fixing" wise like that, it breaks a bunch of stuff I have to try to figure out how to fix again lol.

I agree with your cautious approach. Might I suggest making an image of the whole drive to another drive with macrium reflect? You would have the ability to undo the process if you desire.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 512.15 (30.0.15.1215 WHQL [17/03/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Fixed Issues :

- [Advanced Optimus]: Brightness levels do not change properly when display set to NVIDIA GPU only mode with HDR set to off. [3497181]
- Increased registry reads by DWM.exe when GPU is connected to G-SYNC/G-SYNC Compatible display. [3535493]
- [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]
- 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]
- [Adobe Substance Sampler/Stager]: Fixed Optimus profile to run on dGPU by default. [3557257]
- [Enscape]: Shadow rendering is incorrect. [3530584]
- [Solidworks Visualize Boost]: When the application process is running in the background, the GPU memory clock may operate at lower clock speeds. [3417407]
- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: Adobe Media Encoder could crash due to out of memory error when encoding multiple R3D 8k files. [3532477]
- [Foundry Nuke]: CUDA and OpenCL kernel return incorrect result. [3497442]

Open Issues :

- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
- [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]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]

Thread updated.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready | 3090 Ti Only) :

Drivers : 512.16 (30.0.15.1216 WHQL [17/03/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Open Issues :

- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
- [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]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]

Thread updated.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 512.59 (30.0.15.1259 WHQL [20/04/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Fixed Issues :

- [RTX 3050] Driver may randomly timeout and recover while using Google Chrome. [3567457]
- [MSI GT83VR 6RF/GT83VR 7RF/GT83 Titan 8RG] Internal notebook monitor displays black screen after driver update. [3508108]
- Event ID 14 error when logging into Windows if Digital Vibrance setting is adjusted. [3544567]
- [Vulkan]: Derivative TouchDesigner may crash processing OpenColorIO work. [3575777]
- [Vulkan]: Enscape may not render correctly. [3562578]
- IntelliCAD may experience instability issues. [3529698]
- [Siemens Teamcenter / Siemens Tecnomatix]: resolves rendering issues when using older versions of GLSL. [3513350]
- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: DirectX related crashes with recent drivers

Open Issues :

- [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]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]

Thread updated.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 512.77 (30.0.15.1277 WHQL [04/05/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Fixed Issues :

- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: DirectX related crashes with recent drivers

Open Issues :

- [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]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]
- [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti] Oculus Rift S/Pimax 8Kx is not detected. [3632289][3626116]

Thread updated.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 512.95 (30.0.15.1295 WHQL [19/05/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Fixed Issues :

- [Grid 2019]: Flags and banners will no longer flicker during gameplay.
- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: Fixed Direct3D-related Crash Dumps.
- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: NVIDIA Control Panel now allows users to modify the Image Sharpening setting.

Open Issues :

- Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
- [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti] Oculus Rift S/Pimax 8Kx is not detected. [3632289][3626116]
- Videos played back in Microsoft Edge may appear green if NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled upon resuming from hibernate or booting with fastboot. [3624218]
- [DirectX 12] Shadowplay recordings may appear over exposed when Use HDR is enabled from the Windows display settings. [200742937]
- [Assassin's Creed Origins] Game displays flicker when character is under water near a boat. [3642655]
- Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
- [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]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]

Thread updated.

[BillBittel]

just installed this update. Thanks MoKiChU.

After I updated, I ran a Driver Scan in CCCleaner (a recently added feature that usually does pretty well). It shows that there is an Nvidia driver v30.0.15.1296 which has the same release date as Drivers 512.95 WHQL (v30.0.15.1295). I am a bit leery about updating a critical driver using CCCleaner and am wondering what the deal is with v30.0.15.1296. Did Nvidia update v30.0.15.1295 to 30.0.15.1296 on the same day?

[MoKiChU]

BillBittel wrote:
just installed this update. Thanks MoKiChU.

After I updated, I ran a Driver Scan in CCCleaner (a recently added feature that usually does pretty well). It shows that there is an Nvidia driver v30.0.15.1296 which has the same release date as Drivers 512.95 WHQL (v30.0.15.1295). I am a bit leery about updating a critical driver using CCCleaner and am wondering what the deal is with v30.0.15.1296. Did Nvidia update v30.0.15.1295 to 30.0.15.1296 on the same day?

Hi,

I always strongly advise everyone not to use any drivers update tool.

It tries to make you install the Studio drivers instead of your Game Ready drivers.

[BillBittel]

MoKiChU wrote:
Hi,

I always strongly advise everyone not to use any drivers update tool.

It tries to make you install the Studio drivers instead of your Game Ready drivers.

Thanks MoKiChU. I did not let CCCleaner install the driver version it wanted to. I have mixed feelings about CCCleaner, and am aware of its somewhat sordid history. I use it very sparingly for certain things. They recently added this driver scan and update function. It works OK for some drivers but it also sometimes recommends things like this.

I don't even like installing graphics drivers from within GeForce Experience, so I was not too keen on trying it with CCCleaner. I did not think about Studio drivers verses Game Ready drivers. Thanks for clarifying this.

[MoKiChU]

Hi everyone,

- NVIDIA GeForce GPU Drivers (DCH - Game Ready) :

Drivers : 516.40 (31.0.15.1640 WHQL [06/06/2022])
Download : Link
Release Notes : Link

Fixed Issues :

- [Enscape] Shadows may not be rendered correctly. [3530584]
- [Advanced Optimus] Brightness settings are not getting applied correctly on certain Lenovo notebooks. [3497181]
- Club 3D CAC-1085 dongle limited to maximum resolution of 4K at 60Hz. [3542678]

Open Issues :

- Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
- [GeForce RTX 3090 Ti] HP Reverb G2/Oculus Rift S/Pimax 8Kx is not detected. [3623293][3632289][3626116]
- Videos played back in Microsoft Edge may appear green if NVIDIA IS is enabled upon resuming from hibernate or booting with fastboot. [3624218]
- [DirectX 12] Shadowplay recordings may appear over exposed when Use HDR is enabled from the Windows display settings. [200742937]
- [Assassin's Creed Origins] Game displays flicker when character is under water near a boat. [3642655]
- Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]

Thread updated.