NVIDIA Releases GeForce 398.36 WHQL Drivers

[Chino]

NVIDIA today released GeForce 398.36 WHQL software. These drivers come game-ready for Ubisoft's upcoming "The Crew 2" game. The drivers also bring new and updated SLI profiles for titles such as Dark Souls Remastered, Hand of Fate 2, Need for Speed Payback, and Super Mega Baseball 2. A 3D Vision Profile for Output Zero - Good is included as well. The fixed issues include Pascal graphics cards crashing spontaneously in Gear of War 4, G-SYNC remaining active after a game, game crashes when launched in Surround mode, and many other fixes.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 398.36 WHQL

The change-log follows.

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew 2.

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Dark Souls Remastered
• Hand of Fate 2
• Need for Speed Payback
• Super Mega Baseball 2

3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Output Zero - Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4][DirectX12]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [Sterescopic 3D][NVIDIA Control Panel]: Switching the 3D display setting On and Off from the Windows display settings page has no effect on the NVIDIA Control Panel stereoscopic 3D settings page. [2045222]
• [G-SYNC]: G-SYNC may still be active after closing a game, causing the desktop to stutter. []
• [Surround]: Multiple games crash when launched in Surround mode. [2181329]
• [HDR]: With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flickering in the video. [200410646]
• [Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs with Driver_Power_State_Failure error upon bootup. [2168487]
• Black Screen appears when booting Windows after installing the 397.93 display driver. [200418217]

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][G-SYNC][World of Warcraft: Legion][HDR]: Severe color corruption appears in the game after launching with the Windows HDR setting enabled. [200418344] This issue does not occur with the Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [Surround][G-SYNC]: In Surround mode, the G-SYNC link in the NVIDIA Control Panel is missing. [200425004]
• [Surround SLI][G-SYNC][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1 display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]
• [G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]
• [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410] The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750] The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]

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[TheMailMan78]

Jesus a lot of these issues cause BSOD. Yeah going console was a good idea for gaming. lol

 

[R-T-B]

Jesus a lot of these issues cause BSOD. Yeah going console was a good idea for gaming. lol

I mean, the last blue screen I had was literally a year ago, but...

 

[enya64]

After the last release removed a lot of the HDR options from the Nvidia Control Panel, be hesitant about downloading this driver.

 

[R-T-B]

After the last release removed a lot of the HDR options from the Nvidia Control Panel, be hesitant about downloading this driver.

*nods*

Looks at @qubit

You ready man? Let's do this.

EDIT: Done, and so far, no explodey. Let's do some games!

I went clean install. Qubit, you going in dirty? Come on man, that's where the fun is.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Jesus a lot of these issues cause BSOD. Yeah going console was a good idea for gaming. lol

Yes, because getting a BSOD is the end of the world.

 

[R-T-B]

Yes, because getting a BSOD is the end of the world.

I always wondered who/what "dies" in the "blue screen of death?"

My computer seems ok...

...Bill gates is still here....

Maybe my chances at finding a mate for messing with the computer that long?

That has to be it.

Thanks for reminding me to update my profile on those dating websites, MS! So nice of you to care! Say hi to Bill for me!

 

[R-T-B]

Even I won't deny PC Desktop formfactor is waning in popularity... but laptops are pretty hot and the games run on the same hardware really.

And still, the desktops? I would never imagine them vanishing completely. That's like thinking there'll be a day when no one pumps oil. There are occasions when people need a stationary work station, and I doubt that'll ever change.

 

[qubit]

*nods*

Looks at @qubit

You ready man? Let's do this.

EDIT: Done, and so far, no explodey. Let's do some games!

I went clean install. Qubit, you going in dirty? Come on man, that's where the fun is.

Right, I wuz gunna get round to this tomorrow or the day after, but you threw the install-with-wild-abandon gauntlet down so I did it now.

GFE had the idiotic impressive cosmetic glitch below, but otherwise a terribly boring install, that "just worked". <sigh>

And yeah, it wuz a filthy, filthy install, preserving all settings and no reboot!

Important glitch details: the scrollbar worked and links could be clicked.

 

[R-T-B]

Nice.

Yet to see any glitches in Vermintide 2 on my Titan XP, but I need to divesify my game outlook more.

 

[Space Lynx]

Just upgraded to this driver, just played Shadow of War, Hearthstone, INSIDE, and Starcraft 2. 0 issues for me. Gsync is working great even in windowed mode.

Jesus a lot of these issues cause BSOD. Yeah going console was a good idea for gaming. lol

I honestly have not had a BSOD since AMD 7950 graphics card days, outside of overclocking causing it, which was my fault. Only issues I ever had was Gsync not working properly from time to time, seems to be working fine here lately though so meh

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

seems that some folks just don't learn their lessons after all... getting BSODs are entirely on you, not the software's fault as you agree on it's EULA halfheartedly. ALWAYS perform a clean install each time there's a new driver release, hotfix or not. Also, installing JUST the display driver & PhysX software is more than enough. GFE is optional. Never go for "Express" installation settings OR updating your drivers with GFE.

 

[Space Lynx]

seems that some folks just don't learn their lessons after all... getting BSODs are entirely on you, not the software's fault as you agree on it's EULA halfheartedly. ALWAYS perform a clean install each time there's a new driver release, hotfix or not. Also, installing JUST the display driver & PhysX software is more than enough. GFE is optional. Never go for "Express" installation settings OR updating your drivers with GFE.

Yep, I always do custom install and clean install option checked. Also every 6 months an OS clean install. I have fiber optic internet though so it literally takes me 45 minutes to do a complete clean OS install with even games, etc being backed up, lol. I have had 0 issues. I will say Fall Creators Update was pure crap, but this new Spring Creators Update has helped a lot and is running smoother.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Running the April Update (at long last), of course, deployed it as clean install, surprisingly have less issues than what most people are experiencing or bitching about it. Will give this new driver a shot & see whether I will get random issues or not.

 

[R-T-B]

seems that some folks just don't learn their lessons after all... getting BSODs are entirely on you, not the software's fault as you agree on it's EULA halfheartedly. ALWAYS perform a clean install each time there's a new driver release, hotfix or not. Also, installing JUST the display driver & PhysX software is more than enough. GFE is optional. Never go for "Express" installation settings OR updating your drivers with GFE.

So you don't like me and qubit testing the worst possible scenario for you?

 

[$ReaPeR$]

anyone with a 970 tried these?

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

@R-T-B not on you both but in the general matter. Sure, testing for faults is a good thing but not everyone knows how to find the root cause & then blames their PC for it.
@$ReaPeR$ 970 reference card owner over here. Trying out this new driver rn.

 

[enya64]

Finally did a clean install of this driver last night...and have had multiple system restarts while playing Final Fantasy 15, Hard Reset Redux, and Shadow Warrior 2. The HDR options in the Nvidia Control Center were back though. Think I am going to do a clean reinstall of the 391 driver and try these games again.

Update: Did a clean reinstall of 391.35 and played Final Fantasy 15 for 2 hours with 1080ti, Highest settings and HDR. Not one crash or system reboot.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

Update: installed the driver on both my laptop & personal rig. So far no issues are showing up atm. All I did was install the display driver, PhysX & GFE. 3D Vision & other features were opted out. Didn't disable/turn off Nvidia telemetry.

 

[rtwjunkie]

So you don't like me and qubit testing the worst possible scenario for you?

Heck, I do it too, on those rare occasions I update my drivers. I let GFE do it, installing right over the old drivers. No problems ever!