NVIDIA Releases GeForce 461.40 Game Ready Drivers

[btarunr]

NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers. The drivers add optimization for "The Medium," including support for RTX raytracing and DLSS. The drivers also introduce support for the Mobile GeForce RTX 30-series "Ampere" graphics. Among the issues fixed with this release include game crashes and broken HUD with "X4: Foundations" on RTX 30-series GPUs; game crashes for games based on the RE2 game engine in DirectX 11 mode; "Error 707" application crash with DaVinci Resolve; an application freeze with MPE GPU acceleration in Adobe Premiere Pro; a problem with color distortion in Zoom meetings with NVENC enabled; random crashes with "Detroit: Become Human;" and stuttering/lagging with game launches in Steam VR. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 461.40 WHQL

• Includes support for GeForce RTX 30 Series laptops (RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX 3060).
• Provides support for The Medium, a new adventure-horror game that features raytracing and our performance-accelerating NVIDIA DLSS technology.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. [3220107]
• [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: HUD in the game is broken. [3169099]
• [Resident Evil 2 Remake/Devil May Cry V] Games which used the RE2 engine may crash in DirectX 11 mode [200686418]
• [DaVinci Resolve]: Error 707, application crash, or application instability may occur. [3225521]
• [Adobe Premiere Pro]: The application may freeze when using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA). [3230997/200686504]
• [Zoom][NVENC]: Webcam video image colors on the receiving end of Zoom may appear incorrect. [3205912]
• [Detroit: Become Human]: The game randomly crashes. [3203114]
• [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (without running any GPU hardware monitoring tool in the background) [3152190]
• [Assassin's Creed Valhalla]: The game may randomly crash after extended gameplay [200679654]
• NVIDIA Broadcast Camera filter may hang. [200691869]
• [Zoom]: Chrome browser flickers with Zoom app. [200695072]
• [G-SYNC][Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may restart when enabling NVIDIA Surround with GSYNC enabled on RTX 30 series GPUs. [3202303]

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]
• Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
• [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]
• [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]
• To workaround, either launch the game in windowed mode directly or disable G-SYNC.

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[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Lots of issues kind of wonder why they released it lol

 

[qubit]

I'm gonna do the usual, live dangerously and install them immediately like I have done for years and never have a problem.

 

[Ravenas]

I recently switched to nvidia this generation after using AMD gpus exclusive since northern islands.

Not directly related to this driver update, but nvidia drivers are a convoluted mess in comparison to current AMD driver sets. Granted AMD drivers were crap for a long time, but a company like nvidia has just become stagnant either due to lack of proper competition or focusing dollars elsewhere.

 

[Vayra86]

Its a strange world when games start taking the name of the highest possible video setting with available graphics cards.

Damn.

 

[R-T-B]

Good god nvidia, you still haven't fixed DSC on displayport connections, or even listed it as a bug... You are effectively not even DisplayPort >1.2 compliant anymore... what on earth do I need to do to get your attention!

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

At least theyre finally acknowledging the flicker issue in WoW.

 

[lexluthermiester]

To workaround, either launch the game in windowed mode directly or disable G-SYNC.

NOTE to NVidia;
This is not a solution. Fix the problem and be snappy about it.

 

[toilet pepper]

Hi,
Lots of issues kind of wonder why they released it lol

To be fair a lot of those had been there for months. The VR issue is around a year now.

 

[Easo]

Yeah, the Shadowlands flickering and Youtube playback have been there for months.

 

[Caring1]

Thank goodness they are finally "game ready" I guess we wont be seeing any more hot fixes then.

 

[R-T-B]

Thank goodness they are finally "game ready" I guess we wont be seeing any more hot fixes then.

They sure as hell had better make some kind of fix. I'm really peeved. I fill out reports every release. I've been patient. I've been filling out a report every release with replication details for MONTHS. I've yet to hear a peep out of nvidia. And this really isn't a minor issue. It literally means they aren't complying with displayport specifications over version 1.2, making the claim of 1.4 compatability completely false advertising on Ampere, since you can't even run an old enough driver to make it work right.

On others, it's only partially false. It works, but only if you use old crap drivers that by now, have security issues. woo.

It's been like this for months. WTF NVIDIA?

I'm as mad as if someone stole my 120hz... because they did.

 

[qubit]

I'm gonna do the usual, live dangerously and install them immediately like I have done for years and never have a problem.

Right, I installed it yesterday and the PC hasn't crashed and burned lol. Haven't actually tried gaming yet, though. Wish me luck, @rtwjunkie

 

[toilet pepper]

I installed it with a gsync compatible monitor. It just keeps flickering when doing zoom calls on windowed mode even though I have set it to gsync full screen only.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It's been like this for months. WTF NVIDIA?

I'm as mad as if someone stole my 120hz... because they did.

Go back to an older driver that worked? That's not an ideal solution, but if it works...

 

[rtwjunkie]

Right, I installed it yesterday and the PC hasn't crashed and burned lol. Haven't actually tried gaming yet, though. Wish me luck, @rtwjunkie

I decided to break character and installed it myself () in a desperate last ditch effort to get Steam working. My computer hasn’t blown up yet, but also the final solution for Steam didn’t work. It’s a draw.

 

[qubit]

I decided to break character and installed it myself () in a desperate last ditch effort to get Steam working. My computer hasn’t blown up yet, but also the final solution for Steam didn’t work. It’s a draw.

Crikey, I'm shocked! I know how cautious you are. Have you started a thread about your Steam problem? Perhaps I can help?

 

[rtwjunkie]

I was thinking about it. Right now I’m in lazy “couch mode.”

 

[Vayra86]

NOTE to NVidia;
This is not a solution. Fix the problem and be snappy about it.

I'd call disabling Gsync a fantastic solution tbh

Always have

They sure as hell had better make some kind of fix. I'm really peeved. I fill out reports every release. I've been patient. I've been filling out a report every release with replication details for MONTHS. I've yet to hear a peep out of nvidia. And this really isn't a minor issue. It literally means they aren't complying with displayport specifications over version 1.2, making the claim of 1.4 compatability completely false advertising on Ampere, since you can't even run an old enough driver to make it work right.

On others, it's only partially false. It works, but only if you use old crap drivers that by now, have security issues. woo.

It's been like this for months. WTF NVIDIA?

I'm as mad as if someone stole my 120hz... because they did.

My gut keeps saying Nvidia has been heavily dropping the ball since Turing. So far they haven't managed to change that perception one bit. On the contrary even. Its clear the focus is elsewhere and consumer GPU has become an afterthought or is at least no longer as core business as it used to be. It echoes in the releases too. Look how late we got Volta in the end. And even now we're looking at shitty 8nm Samsung while enterprise gets TSMC... and its not like the line up is great for it. Scraps and leftovers, like that 2060 they're re-releasing now.

The support was already getting cut back on past generations, Turing had a good share of problems too, a lot of them unrelated to the new technologies.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

I'd call disabling Gsync a fantastic solution tbh

Always have

Why do you say that?

 

[Vayra86]

Why do you say that?

I don't see the benefit, even using it myself for a while... good panels barely tear to begin with, so there are better technologies to use, like strobe.

 

[R-T-B]

Go back to an older driver that worked? That's not an ideal solution, but if it works...

I have security compliance rules that mean I shouldn't.

Plus if you own Ampere, that is literally not an option.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I have security compliance rules that mean I shouldn't.

Plus if you own Ampere, that is literally not an option.

Both good points.