Tuesday, February 14th 2017
NVIDIA Releases the 378.66 Game Ready Drivers
NVIDIA has released the latest version of its "Game Ready" drivers, providing an optimized experience for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2. In addition to these features, these drivers add support for NVIDIA's Video SDK 8.0, which provides support for high-bit-depth (10/12-bit) hardware accelerated video decoding of VP9 and HEVC, as well as some miscellaneous other media-related features. Grab them from the link below:
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 378.66 WHQL
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2.
New Features
Video SDK 8.0
No SLI profiles were added with this version.
Windows 10 Fixes
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 378.66 WHQL
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Sniper Elite 4, For Honor, and Halo Wars 2.
New Features
Video SDK 8.0
- High-bit-depth (10/12-bit) decoding (VP9/HEVC)
- OpenGL input surface support for encoder
- Weighted Prediction
- H.264 ME-only mode enhancements
No SLI profiles were added with this version.
Windows 10 Fixes
- [Surround]: Surround cannot be enabled on the XGPU. [200236703]
- [G-Sync]: With G-Sync and V-Sync both enabled, there is a long delay when switching a game from full-screen mode to windowed mode.[1867557]
- [Second Life 64-bit]: World view is tinted blue after disabling Advanced Lighting Model. [200274562]
- [The Division]: Shadows flicker after enabling PCSS. [1867573]
- [Kepler GPUs][Battlefield 1]: There is flickering in the game when using TAA. [1865681]
- [SLI][Battlefield Day28 Patch]: The menu text becomes jittery with SLI is enabled. [1837721]
- [SLI][Surround][GeForce GTX 1080]: The system crashes when launching games in SLI Surround using HDMI 2.0 connections. [1834142]
- [GeForce GTX 1080][Heroes of Storm]: The game crashes when launched. [200274793]
- [GeForce 860M][Notebook]: Direct X games crash. [1868454]
- [Minecraft]: Java SE Binary crashes pointing to nvinitx.dll. [200274582]
- [GeForce GTX 980 Ti]: The driver is unable to detect multiple TV models. [1788948]
20 Comments on NVIDIA Releases the 378.66 Game Ready Drivers
Still on 376.33 here! :p
But the number sounds so old now... what is wrong with me? It works, just leave it alone!
...please?
*sighs*
@qubit?
"Nvidia releses hot fix driver 378.98"
Seriously, I don't have a job... yet. I'm trying out my frog legs. ;)
How many gens of Radeons could do 10 bit? I can't buy an ips panel until I
get at least a 1070, no point...... how bout they fix that?
I guess, manual update is still the most reliable method.