NVIDIA Releases GeForce 457.51 WHQL Drivers

btarunr · Dec 2, 2020

NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 457.51 WHQL adds support for the new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card which goes on sale today. It also addresses a handful issues. To begin with, a BSOD noticed on machines with "Ampere" GPUs, when waking the machine from sleep, has been fixed. A bug seen with FreeStyle or Ansel launching and closing on "Star Wars: Squadrons" causing the feature to stop working on supported games, has been fixed. A BSOD seen when playing or browsing videos on the Google Chrome web-browser has been fixed. Lastly, display corruption noticed on the Lenovo Y740 notebook when waking up from sleep, has been fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce v457.51 WHQL

The change-log follows.

Includes support for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU.

Fixed Issues

[NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU]: Blue-screen crash may occur upon waking from sleep.
[Freestyle/Ansel]: After launching and then closing Star Wars: Squadrons, Freestyle/Ansel stops working on supported games.
[Chrome Browser]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing or browsing videos from the Chrome browser.
[Notebook]: The Lenovo Y740 notebook displays corruption after waking from sleep.

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P4-630 · Dec 2, 2020

Windows 10 Issues

[Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game. [3152190]
[G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
[Freestyle][Vulkan apps]: With the freestyle filters applied, a blue-screen crash occurs when pressing [Alt+Tab] while running Vulkan applications. [200667477]
[Sunset Overdrive]: The game may display random green corruption if Depth of Field is enabled from in-game settings. [2750770]
[Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
[YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
When setting the refresh rate higher than 100Hz, the color format switches from RGB to ycbcr422. [3053990]
[Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/457.51/457.51-win10-win8-win7-release-notes.pdf

Anth0789 · Dec 2, 2020

Since installing these driver my idle temps are way better went from 35c to 25c.

SomeOne99h · Dec 2, 2020

Anth0789 said:
Since installing these driver my idle temps are way better went from 35c to 25c.

What was your previous drivers version? Just the one before it?

Anth0789 · Dec 2, 2020

SomeOne99h said:
What was your previous drivers version? Just the one before it?

457.50.

bobsled · Dec 2, 2020

P4-630 said:
Windows 10 Issues

https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/457.51/457.51-win10-win8-win7-release-notes.pdf

Wow, these drivers are garbage. Hard pass.

santis · Dec 2, 2020

Anth0789 said:
457.50.

@Anth0789 did you notice if your fans are running faster now?
I have an MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming X with idle stop fans. Since this update, no matter the GPU temp, fans would run at 68% - 2300+ RPM being louder than in gaming even, thus lower GPU idle temp.
I could not get the fans go to idle stop from MSI Afterburner either. Had to rollback to drivers 457.30 and works just fine again.
Was wondering if someone else was having the same issue as this is the first time it happens to me.
Regards,

Anth0789 · Dec 2, 2020

santis said:
@Anth0789 did you notice if your fans are running faster now?
I have an MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Super Gaming X with idle stop fans. Since this update, no matter the GPU temp, fans would run at 68% - 2300+ RPM being louder than in gaming even, thus lower GPU idle temp.
I could not get the fans go to idle stop from MSI Afterburner either. Had to rollback to drivers 457.30 and works just fine again.
Was wondering if someone else was having the same issue as this is the first time it happens to me.
Regards,

Nope my fan speeds are the same as it was on the previous drivers. I do see that the clocks are running lower on idle which is why it runs less hotter for me.

santis · Dec 2, 2020

Anth0789 said:
Nope my fan speeds are the same as it was on the previous drivers. I do see that the clocks are running lower on idle which is why it runs less hotter for me.

Ok that explains it then. Just curious which card do you have?

P4-630 · Dec 2, 2020

santis said:
Ok that explains it then. Just curious which card do you have?

Check his system specs.

Anth0789 · Dec 2, 2020

santis said:
Ok that explains it then. Just curious which card do you have?

RTX 3080 AORUS.

R-T-B · Dec 2, 2020

Still not able to upgrade until they fix the DSC bug with displayport 1.4 to hdmi 2.1 adapters...

HDBitdata · Dec 3, 2020

R-T-B said:
Still not able to upgrade until they fix the DSC bug with displayport 1.4 to hdmi 2.0 adapters...

is that bug the one that prevents the adapter from doing 4k60?

R-T-B · Dec 3, 2020

HDBitdata said:
is that bug the one that prevents the adapter from doing 4k60?

I mistyped the HDMI version. My adapter is DP 1.4->hdmi 2.1, and can do 4k@120... at least on the right driver version.

LocutusH · Dec 3, 2020

I installed this with my 3080 FTW3 Ultra.
Previous driver was set to prefer max performance, because preventing idle downclock has fixed (well, worked around) black screening in browsers.
But the new driver will not even downclock in default optimal mode. Whatever i set there, idle clocks still not going down.
Is this how they fixed the black screen driver issue? Can anyone confirm this?

my_name_is_earl · Dec 4, 2020

Still got crashing error on Cold War. Maybe it's just the buggy game or my 2080 super.

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NVIDIA Releases GeForce 457.51 WHQL Drivers

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