NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 398.86 Beta Drivers

Raevenlord · Aug 7, 2018

NVIDIA today released a small, yet seemingly important enough update to their GeForce driver suite. Shipping under the 398.86 beta version, the new graphics driver specifically addresses an issue whereas Windowed G-Sync mode might stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update. There's no other declared features in the release notes, so if you've been experiencing this issue, just make the jump. You can grab the drivers below.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 398.86 Beta

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cucker tarlson · Aug 7, 2018

I can't get g-sync borderless to work since this stupid 1803 update. Maybe this will help.

Enterprise24 · Aug 7, 2018

Stay with 391.35 for very looooong time. The best driver for April update and Windows G-Sync.

trparky · Aug 7, 2018

I wonder if it fixes a slight issue that I have with nVidia Fast Sync.

xorbe · Aug 7, 2018

398.86 or 398.96? Title and text disagree.

ur6beersaway · Aug 7, 2018

xorbe said:
398.86 or 398.96? Title and text disagree.

398.86 is the Beta

xorbe · Aug 7, 2018

ur6beersaway said:
398.86 is the Beta

Where do I get 398.96 then instead of the beta.

Shou Miko · Aug 8, 2018

xorbe said:
Where do I get 398.96 then instead of the beta.

The newest version is this beta you can even see that here: https://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers

Nkd · Aug 8, 2018

I have a 1080ti and updated over the old drivers for last upgrade. Man it sucked. Never again I will straight update drivers from nvidia again. I couldn't run anything without games crashing. Almost thought it was my card. Ran DDU and reinstalled drivers and all was fixed. Coming from AMD that shit never happened to me, always updated over previous drivers without any issues. Looks like Nvidia has its own problems.

xorbe · Aug 8, 2018

puma99dk| said:
The newest version is this beta you can even see that here: https://www.geforce.co.uk/drivers

The post was corrected, it said 398.96 earlier.

Shou Miko · Aug 8, 2018

xorbe said:
The post was corrected, it said 398.96 earlier.

I know and I asked u when u asked

coonbro · Aug 8, 2018

Nkd said:
I have a 1080ti and updated over the old drivers for last upgrade. Man it sucked. Never again I will straight update drivers from nvidia again. I couldn't run anything without games crashing. Almost thought it was my card. Ran DDU and reinstalled drivers and all was fixed. Coming from AMD that shit never happened to me, always updated over previous drivers without any issues. Looks like Nvidia has its own problems.

'' Man it sucked. Never again ''

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NVIDIA Releases the GeForce 398.86 Beta Drivers

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