NVIDIA Releases GeForce 461.72 Game Ready Drivers

[btarunr]

NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce drivers. Version 461.72 WHQL introduces support for the new GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card, and adds optimization for "Outriders" demo. In addition DLSS support is added for "Nioh 2 - The Complete Edition" and "Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord." NVIDIA Reflex support is added for "Rainbow Six Siege." Among the issues fixed are stuttering noticed with "Hitman 2" and "Edge of Eternity" with G-SYNC enabled and in windowed mode; a performance drop noticed in Vulkan apps when switching between windowed and fullscreen modes with G-SYNC enabled; an application crash for "X4: Foundations" with Windows 10 1803; a legacy bug with Blu-ray playback flickering with HDMI display output; Chrome and Edge experiencing random TDR on "Ampere" graphics cards; and LG CX OLED TVs not being recognized as being G-SYNC capable.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 461.72 WHQL



New Features and Other Changes
Added support for the following GPUs.

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
• NVIDIA CMP 40HX
• NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [G-SYNC][Edge of Eternity/Hitman 2]: The games experience stutter and low FPS when using hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in windowed mode. [200685971]
• [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]
• [The Isle]: Freestyle is not supported for the game. [3229829]
• [VIndictus][GeForce Experience]: The game cannot be recorded. [2203875]
• [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The application crashes when launched on Windows 10 (Version 1803). [3220107]
• Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
• [Blu-ray][HDMI]: Flickering occurs in Blu-ray playback when played over HDMI. [3221611]
• Several desktop applications flicker when Vertical Sync is set to the default "Use the 3D application setting". [3252186]
• [Ampere]: Chrome/Edge may experience random TDR while browsing.[3195894]
• LG CX OLED TVs (2020) are not recognized as G-SYNC Compatible displays.[3244055]
• [Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may display "no signal" message when enabling NVIDIA Surround. [3230565]
• [Notebook]: On some Notebooks, the 'Maximum Graphics Power' information missing in the NVIDIA Control Panel > System Information page. [200697069]

Windows 10 Issues:

• Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200]. See the NVIDIA KBA 5157 for a possible workaround.
• [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus]: The game may crash while launching. [3257842]
• [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]
• [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]
• [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]

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[TheLostSwede]

Might help if the new driver is actually at end of the link...

 

[Halo3Addict]

Isn't this the release that BAR support was going to be added?

 

[dyonoctis]

Isn't this the release that BAR support was going to be added?

I've quickly looked around, nobody seems to have tested BAR with it...

 

[dcf-joe]

Windows 10 Issues:
 Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200]. See the NVIDIA KBA 5157 for a possible workaround.
 [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus]: The game may crash while launching. [3257842]
 [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]
 [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]
 [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]

 

[kayjay010101]

They mentioned two of the mining cards, that must mean they're planning to release them very soon

 

[racer243l]

ComputerBase says that the 3060 is the first Nvidia card to feature rBAR, the others will follow in march

 

[dyonoctis]

I'm sooo confused. BAR is apparently out, but there's no numbers about it yet...that look like a mess
NVIDIA confirms Resizable BAR support on AMD Zen3 and Intel 10th & 11th Gen Core series - VideoCardz.com

 

[AKBrian]

I've quickly looked around, nobody seems to have tested BAR with it...

KitGuru have included some results on their Gigabyte 3060 Gaming OC review:

https://www.kitguru.net/components/...dia-rtx-3060-review-ft-gigabyte-gaming-oc/24/

It's driver whitelisted to support the feature on games where there is no negative impact, but reportedly functions on all platforms as long as they offer a BIOS option. For right now, with the titles tested, there is essentially no difference in performance.

 

[mouacyk]

ComputerBase says that the 3060 is the first Nvidia card to feature rBAR, the others will follow in march

Super lame:

Late March, NVIDIA will release downloadable VBIOS updates for all Founders Edition GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs to enable Resizable BAR, and likewise, partners will release VBIOS updates for their custom models, too.

 

[StefanM]

Added support for the following GPUs.

• NVIDIA CMP 40HX
• NVIDIA CMP 30HX

NVIDIA_DEV.1F0B = “NVIDIA CMP 40HX”
NVIDIA_DEV.2189 = “NVIDIA CMP 30HX”

These CMP appear to be some GTX 1650 w/o video ports …

 

[lexluthermiester]

random TDR

TDR?

 

[xorbe]

Timeout Detection and Recovery ... when the hardware is deemed to not be responding. It's that black flash you see when the GPU resets. Often GPU failure, but can have other root causes (cpu, ram, buggy driver)

 

[Easo]

Heh, the WoW and Youtube bugs keep persisting still.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

• [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus]: The game may crash while launching. [3257842]
• [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]

Maybe the first one in the quote, is related to PC Halo MCC crashing while launching, when at the "XBOX GAMES" logo, where it's terminated unexpectedly, but is sporadic.

The second one may be related to the shimmering I get in Unigine Superposition.

(Both Radeon and GeForce, IIRC)

 

[Relixo]

Is this a joke ? "Game Ready drivers"
Ngreedia make their cards only for miners! So this should be called "Miner Ready drivers"

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is this a joke ? "Game Ready drivers"
Ngreedia make their cards only for miners! So this should be called "Miner Ready drivers"

Good grief, enough with the damn NVidia bashing.

 

[Tartaros]

Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200]. See the NVIDIA KBA 5157 for a possible workaround.

I have this for a quite long time now with gsync on, some apps will flicker during load times and others will have decreased refresh rated compared to the desktop. Seems there is a problem when fps exceeds the refresh rate of the monitor and fps limiter in nvidia control panel doesn't work properly for some reason. I have to use rivatuner to block max fps on a lot of apps, it's quite frustrating.

 

[Fluffmeister]

Is this a joke ? "Game Ready drivers"
Ngreedia make their cards only for miners! So this should be called "Miner Ready drivers"

If that helps you sleep at night, you cry baby.

 

[Mussels]

Whoa whoa whoa, supreme commander might have low FPS? i still actually play that randomly

 

[katzi]

I wish they'd fix the goddamn texture flickering in World of Warcraft issue.

I'd expect this kinda crap from AMD's GPU drivers but Not Nvidia, it's why I've stuck with nvidia, including the 30 series.
*groans*

 

[Zubasa]

I wish they'd fix the goddamn texture flickering in World of Warcraft issue.

I'd expect this kinda crap from AMD's GPU drivers but Not Nvidia, it's why I've stuck with nvidia, including the 30 series.
*groans*

LoL, the fact that WoW now works with AMD might be the reason why nVidia just don't bother anymore.
Btw nVidia still haven't fixed the D3D initialize error that Diablo 3 gets when you start the game, you have to press retry to have it work.
Not even listed as a known issue.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

"[GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]"

Woah, woah....wait, what?! And WTF are we 1660 Super owners supposed to do to "fix" the problem should it occur?

Great, I just finished updating my drivers, too. Now my anxiety is all over the goddamn place.

 

[ur6beersaway]

"LG CX OLED TVs not being recognized as being G-SYNC capable."


It still worked anyway, but nice to be recognized.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Woah, woah....wait, what?! And WTF are we 1660 Super owners supposed to do to "fix" the problem should it occur?

You can always test the new driver and if it causes you a problem, revert back. I have found that most of these "what if" type warnings rarely have much effect on the vast majority of PC's.