NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 381.89 Game Ready Drivers

Raevenlord · Apr 25, 2017

NVIDIA today has released another one on their "Game Ready" driver suite releases. This one brings with it support for the PC-exclusive Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III and Heroes of the Storm 2.0, as well as for Batman: Arkham VR, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and Wilson's Heart.

The driver also comes with a small list of fixed issues, as per the release notes:

[Sniper Elite 3]: The game crashes.
[Notebook][eDP panel]: Blue-screen (code 3B) occurs followed by the Recovery screen during software un-bundling process.
[GeForce GTX 1060]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys) after the system reboots from sleep mode.
GPU idling voltage has increased.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 381.89 Game Ready

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P4-630 · Apr 25, 2017

GPU idling voltage has increased.

For which cards?
My 1070 runs fine at idle.... :ohwell:

Raevenlord said:
Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys)

Just pointed with my mouse at that file, seems I'm good!! No crash...

bug · Apr 25, 2017

P4-630 said:
GPU idling voltage has increased.

For which cards?
My 1070 runs fine at idle....

Idk which card were affected, but this is a fix for a previous bug that increased the voltage while idling. Probably means squat for all but a handful of laptops.

P4-630 said:
Just pointed with my mouse at that file, seems I'm good!! No crash...

You're supposed to point your finger, this is the age of touch-enabled devices! N00b

Edit: DX12 optimizations are mentioned in the release notes, but idk if they're specific to this release o the entire 381 branch.

Ferrum Master · Apr 25, 2017

Holy bananas.

They actually admitted to a serious derp.

Prima.Vera · Apr 26, 2017

This is garbage. The current driver release scheme is to release a new driver each time 2 or 3 new games are released. How about older games? Why isn't there a proper optimization with each driver anymore?? I can run just fine, and with the same fps, all of my games with 1 years old driver without any issue....

Fluffmeister · Apr 26, 2017

Prima.Vera said:
This is garbage. The current driver release scheme is to release a new driver each time 2 or 3 new games are released. How about older games? Why isn't there a proper optimization with each driver anymore?? I can run just fine, and with the same fps, all of my games with 1 years old driver without any issue....

New drivers support new games, yet old games run just fine too, what is the problem? It's been this way since forever.

Air · Apr 26, 2017

P4-630 said:
GPU idling voltage has increased.

For which cards?
My 1070 runs fine at idle....

After updating my 1070 decreased idle voltage from 0.687 V to 0.650 V. Yeah that must be for laptops....

ShurikN · Apr 26, 2017

Laptop 1060, just installed it to compare.

0.744V on both this and the previous driver.

P4-630 · Apr 26, 2017

My 1070 is running @ 0.6250 V at desktop idle, no problems here.

Still on 376.33... :ohwell:

Mussels · Apr 26, 2017

i've seen flickering squares and had black screen crashes on occasion in games with low load (MP games where other people lagged etc) so i wonder if this'll make a difference

Derek12 · Apr 26, 2017

Prima.Vera said:
This is garbage. The current driver release scheme is to release a new driver each time 2 or 3 new games are released. How about older games? Why isn't there a proper optimization with each driver anymore?? I can run just fine, and with the same fps, all of my games with 1 years old driver without any issue....

Maybe drivers are "fully" optimized. Maybe a engine issue. What older games need optimization

Prima.Vera · Apr 26, 2017

Derek12 said:
Maybe drivers are "fully" optimized. Maybe a engine issue. What older games need optimization

Mass Effect Andromeda? Assassin's Creed Syndicate? Battlefield 1? There was absolutely no performance increase after releasing only 1 driver to support them. And Andromeda runs like crap on a 1080 on 1440p....

Slizzo · Apr 26, 2017

Raevenlord said:
NVIDIA today has released another one on their "Game Ready" driver suite releases. This one brings with it support for the PC-exclusive Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III and Heroes of the Storm 2.0, as well as for Batman: Arkham VR, Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality, and Wilson's Heart.

The driver also comes with a small list of fixed issues, as per the release notes:

[Sniper Elite 3]: The game crashes.

[Notebook][eDP panel]: Blue-screen (code 3B) occurs followed by the Recovery screen during software un-bundling process.

[GeForce GTX 1060]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys) after the system reboots from sleep mode.

GPU idling voltage has increased.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 381.89 Game Ready

P4-630 said:
GPU idling voltage has increased.

For which cards?
My 1070 runs fine at idle....

Just pointed with my mouse at that file, seems I'm good!! No crash...

bug said:
Idk which card were affected, but this is a fix for a previous bug that increased the voltage while idling. Probably means squat for all but a handful of laptops.

You're supposed to point your finger, this is the age of touch-enabled devices! N00b

Edit: DX12 optimizations are mentioned in the release notes, but idk if they're specific to this release o the entire 381 branch.

Air said:
After updating my 1070 decreased idle voltage from 0.687 V to 0.650 V. Yeah that must be for laptops....

Very poor wording on their part. They fixed an issue with increased voltage at idle (meaning they lowered it). It was a bug in the previous driver.

P4-630 · Apr 26, 2017

Slizzo said:
They fixed an issue with increased voltage at idle (meaning they lowered it). It was a bug in the previous driver.

Ok.. From where did you get this info if I may ask so?

Slizzo · Apr 26, 2017

Info is from:

Voltage increased at idle on the previous driver ONLY. It's now been returned to original normal levels.

And: NVIDIA subreddit. And NVIDIA's own driver notes. If you actually read them you can see where their poor word choice enters into the fray:

Driver Fixes (For full list of fixes please check out release notes)

[Sniper Elite 3]: The game crashes. [1880113]

[Notebook][eDP panel]: Blue-screen (code 3B) occurs followe by the Recovery screen during software unbundling process. [1900432]

[GeForce GTX 1060]: Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to driver (Nvlddmkm.sys) after the system reboots from sleep mode. [1814559]

GPU idling voltage has increased. [1904229] -- (My Note: They FIXED GPU Idling voltage that had increased. )

Unreal-Forever · Apr 26, 2017

In the download section of the driver I think there is an error about the information where it incorrectly mentions the compatibility with the operating system

hyp36rmax · Apr 26, 2017

Thanks! Was having issues with my Razer Blade 2017 blue screening because of sleep mode.

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NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 381.89 Game Ready Drivers

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