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Latest Available NVIDIA Drivers:

• NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver Version 441.41 (November 26)
• NVIDIA Studio Driver Version 441.28 (November 18)
• NVIDIA GeForce Creator Ready Driver Version 419.67 (March 20)

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Game Ready Drivers vs. Creator Ready Drivers: which should I install?

NVIDIA GeForce GAME READY DRIVER (WHQL)

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Version: 441.41
Release Date for Desktops and Notebooks: November 26, 2019
In Device Manager: 26.21.14.4141

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v441.41) (PDF)

Control Panel User's Guide (PDF)

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Release Highlights:

Software Module Versions

• nView - 149.77
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.21
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
• GeForce Experience - 3.20.1.57
• CUDA - 10.2
• Standard NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.940.0
• DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.956.0

What’s New in Version 441.41 WHQL
Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver teamis working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.

Game Ready for Halo: Reach
The new Game Ready Driver provides the latest performance optimizations, profiles, and bug fixes for Halo: Reach. In addition, this release also provides optimal support for the Quake II RTX v1.2 update which provides exciting quality enhancements for ray tracing and textures.

Image Sharpening Support for Vulkan and OpenGL
Last month, we introduced a new NVIDIA Control Panel Image Sharpening feature that enables GeForce gamers to improve clarity and sharpness in DirectX titles, and to easily upscale and sharpen. With this new Game Ready Driver, this feature is also now available for OpenGL and Vulkan games. To enable Image Sharpening, open NVIDIA Control Panel and select Manage 3D Settings -> Image Sharpening.

Learn more in our Game Ready Driver article here.

New Features and Other Changes

• Image Sharpening is now supported on OpenGL and Vulkan applications.
  Image Sharpening (set from the NVIDIA Control Panel->Manage 3D Settings page) increases thelevel of sharpness, detail, or clarity of images in games and applications.
  Note: As with all 3D settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can enable Image Sharpeningglobally, or selectively enable/disable per game as needed (using the Program Settings tab).
• Added support for the following GPUs
  • GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
  • GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
• Version 441.12 introduced security updates for driver components.See the NVIDIA Security Bulletin 4907 for details.See also the section “Driver Security” on page 14 for actions to take to mitigatevulnerabilities.
• Added support for CUDA 10.2.
• Added support for new LG TV G-SYNC compatible monitor.
• Added Image Sharpening control to the NVIDIA Control Panel->Manage 3D Settings page.Increases the level of sharpness, detail, or clarity of images in games and applications.
  Note: As with all 3D settings in the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can enable Image Sharpeningglobally, or selectively enable/disable per game as needed (using the Program Settings tab).
• Added Ultra Low Latency G-SYNC+ V-Sync feature
  Provides tear-free, low-latency gaming using G-SYNC displays. To enable, set Low Latency Modeto Ultra, turn on V-Sync, and enable the G-SYNC display.
• Added support for ReShade filters within GeForce Experience
• Added support for windowed G-SYNC for OpenGL and Vulkan-based applications.
• Added support for HDMI 2.1 VRR.
• Fixed flashes or frame drops in several Notebook models when running G-SYNC in the lowerof the two system refresh rates.
• Adds support for new G-SYNC compatible monitors

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 441.41
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: The benchmark may crash while running in Vulkan mode with SLI enabled and using Ultra graphics settings. [200565367]
• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: Stalling occurs on some systems with 4-core and 6-core CPUs. [2752394]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: The game may crash when launched in DirectX 12 mode. [200566997]
• [Forza Horizon 4]: "Low streaming bandwidth" error may occur after extended gameplay. [2750515]

Open Issues in Version 441.41 WHQL
As with every released driver, version 441.41 WHQL of the Release 430 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.

For notebook computers, issues can be system-specific and may not be seen on your particular notebook.

Windows 10 Issues

• [V-Sync]: V-Sync does not work. [2719115]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: Game starts to stutter after racing a few laps [2750611]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

NVIDIA Studio DRIVER (SD)

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Version: 441.28
Release Date for Desktops and Notebooks: November 18, 2019
In Device Manager: 26.21.14.4128

NVIDIA Studio Driver Release Notes (v441.28) (PDF)

Control Panel User's Guide (PDF)

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Release Highlights:

Software Module Versions

• nView - 149.77
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.21
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
• GeForce Experience - 3.20.1.57
• CUDA - 10.2
• Standard NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.940.0
• DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.956.0

What’s New in Version 441.28 WHQL
NVIDIA Studio Drivers provide artists, creators and 3D developers the best performance and reliability when working with creative applications. To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond.

Applications
Provides optimal support for the upcoming releases of top renderers including Chaos Group's VRay GPU Next and Blender 2.81 which support RTX-accelerated ray tracing.

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Other

• Added support for CUDA 10.2.

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 441.28
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Avid Media Composer][OpenCL][OpenGL]: The OpenGL/OpenCL driver may hang whenexiting the application. [2690096]
• [V-Ray][OptiX]: Performance regression with V-Ray rendering.[2740159]
• [IRay]: Some applications using IRay crash when used in a multi-GPU configuration.[2754968]
• [OptiX]: OptiX unable to select GPUs for use when all GPUs in the system are in TCC mode[2722686]
• [OptiX]: Applications built against OptiX SDK 7.0.0 throw error message when usingOptixBuildInputTriangleArray:reTransform. [2742029]
• [OptiX denoiser]: Errors occur when using the denoiser and specifying Color + Albedo +Normals.
• [OptiX denoiser]: The Alpha-denoising path does not support blend mode. [2727732]
• [OptiX denoiser]: OptiX errors occur when specifying Normals + Albedo for input. [2712572]
• [OptiX]: noinline function calls do not use custom ABI. [2631716]
• [OptiX]: denoiser device handling preempts user control. [2647842]
• [OptiX denoiser]: OptiX denoiser produces small color values for black pixels and zero alpha.[2545368]

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan][Maxwell GPUs]: Geometry corruption occurs on some Maxwell GPUs. [2744709]
• [Red Dead Redemption 2][Vulkan]: G-SYNC disengages when disabling V-Sync on the game. [2740479]
• [The Surge 2] VULKAN_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST when using driver version 440.97. [2739146]
• [Quake 3 Arena]: Colors in the game become washed out when set to 16-bit color. [2738607]
• [HDR]: HDR black levels are grey on LG OLED55C9. [2738708]
• [CS:GO]: The game experiences performance drops in certain CPU-limited cases. [2682973]

Open Issues in Version 441.12 WHQL
As with every released driver, version 441.28 WHQL of the Release 430 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.

For notebook computers, issues can be system-specific and may not be seen on your particular notebook.

Windows 10 Issues

• [Alchemist]: The application crashes when either changing the display resolution or switchingto another display with a different resolution. [2732353]
  To workaround, avoid changing the resolution, or disconnecting from or connecting to an externaldisplay with the application opened.
• [Resolve]: The application may crash during timeline playback when using Blackmagic RAWCODEC media. [2753421]To address this issue, roll back the NVIDIA Driver to version 436.48.
• [Battlefield V][G-SYNC][HDR]: When G-SYNC and HDR are enabled, the game cannot bemaximized to full-screen after being minimized to the taskbar. [200558314]
• [Grand Theft Auto V]: The game frequently crashes.[2703155]
  NVIDIA is working with the application developer to resolve the issue.

Game Ready Drivers vs. Creator Ready Drivers: which should I install?

NVIDIA Creator Ready Driver (CRD)

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Version: 419.67
Release Date for Desktops and Notebooks: March 20, 2019
In Device Manager: 25.21.14.1967

Creator Ready Driver Release Notes (v419.67) (PDF)

Control Panel User's Guide (PDF)

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Release Highlights:

What’s New in Version 419.67 WHQL
Creator Ready Driver releases are timed to key creative application updates, ensuring the best compatibility and performance for those who depend on PCs for their creative work.

Creator Ready

Provides the optimal experience for Autodesk Arnold, Unreal Engine 4.22, REDCINE-X PRO, Adobe Lightroom, and Substance Designer by Adobe

Performance

Increases performance in popular creative applications vs. the previous driver branch.

Here are some examples of measured gains:

GeForce RTX 2080

• Up to 13% in Blender Cycles
• Up to 9% in Adobe Photoshop CC
• Up to 9% in Adobe Premiere Pro CC
• Up to 8% in CINEMA 4D

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Devil May Cry 5 - Not Recommended
• Total War: Three Kingdoms - Not Recommended

Software Module Versions

• nView - 149.34
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.13
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
• GeForce Experience - 3.18.0.92
• CUDA - 10.1

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 419.67
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [DaVinci Resolve]: Performance drop occurs. [2532482]
• [Ghost Recon: Wildlands][Ansel]: The game experiences low performance andstuttering and then crashes when using Ansel. [2515076]
• [HDR][Far Cry:New Dawn DirectX 11]: Desktop brightness and color getsoverexposed with ALT + TAB when Windows HDR is disabled and in-game HDR isenabled. [200495279]
• [Total War: Warhammer 2]: Poor performance when using antialiasing. [2506465]
• [Adobe]: Artifacts may appear in Adobe applications (fixed for single-GPU case).[2533911]
• [Apex Legends]: Screen gets corrupted when switching from windowed mode to fullscreen mode when Windows HDR is enabled.[2523309]
• [GeForce Experience]: Parts of the screen are cut off when recording video withShadowplay. [2517587]
• [Turing][Star Citizen]: The game flickers and then crashes to the desktop. [2518104]
• [GeForce GTX 980]: NVAPI calls take a large amount of CPU time. [2418933]
• [Titan RTX]: Graphics card rises about 20 degrees Celsius when running NVLINKcommand to enable TCC mode. [2504836]
• [GeForce RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: The game exhibits slowperformance. [2511725]
• [GeForce RTX 2070]: With two monitors connected and active, the second monitorflickers. [2517103]

Open Issues in Version 419.67 WHQL
As with every released driver, version 419.67 WHQL of the Release 418 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.

For notebook computers, issues can be system-specific and may not be seen on your particular notebook.

Windows 10 Issues

• [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
• [SLI][HDR][Tom Clancy's The division II]: The game screen becomes unresponsive orgoes blank when in-game HDR options are toggled. [200496967]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playingthe game. [2453173]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game toslow down or crash. [2507125]
• [Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu.[2404783]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

 

[Dwarf]

Currently experiencing some sporadic problems with this driver. Basically, I get pink/purple artifacts across the screen and then the system locks up. Sometimes it is able to recover, but sometimes it automatically reboots. It's not the card, as it is working perfectly in the other OSes with the latest appropriate drivers.

Been checking the NVidia forums about this, and I'm not the only one with this problem: Windows 8 Graphic Glitch - NVIDIA Forums and Windows 8 Consumer Preview Geforce Desktop/Notebook Driver Information - NVIDIA Forums - Page 6 describes the symptoms I'm getting perfectly.

It should be pointed out though that issues were present with the graphics drivers with the Beta versions of Windows 7 as well (not necessarily the same issues, but issues nonetheless). Hopefully, these will be ironed out over time.

 

[Dwarf]

Been getting quite a bit of this lately. Already today it has caused my system to lockup and reboot 3 times.

I can no longer recommend the use of this driver, and I am reverting to 296.10 (the latest W7 version).

Edit: Now back with 296.10. I'll see how that goes.

 

[Dwarf]

No lockups since reverting.

 

[GMan]

Been getting quite a bit of this lately. Already today it has caused my system to lockup and reboot 3 times.

I can no longer recommend the use of this driver, and I am reverting to 296.10 (the latest W7 version).

Edit: Now back with 296.10. I'll see how that goes.

Dwarf, I can practically assure you something else is wonky in the system. I've known NVIDIA/AMD drivers to never cause this type of thing. Yet, whenever it does happen, in 100% of the cases it is another cause.

You should see the things I read on Guru3d forum. Many, many say this that and the other thing about drivers and since I'm not part of the forum there, I don't say anything or offer help. Part of the reason for that is because most there like to overclock and the instant I would tell them not to, to test, oh boy lol!

You're welcome to run the tool in the Crashes subforum and post the zip either here or of course, you can make a thread there (even though you don't say any bsod).

The machine should have the ability to throw any driver at any time from NVIDIA on it and should never have a problem.

 

[Dwarf]

I should point out that I haven't had a single lockup since reverting to 296.10. I don't overclock, everything is running on fully automatic settings. We need to remember that W8 is still in development and that the hardware manufacturers are still in the process of developing drivers for the new OS. If I recall, there were issues with the graphics drivers for W7 during its development cycle and that NVidia have, in the past, been known to release a buggy driver (although this didn't affect everyone).

 

[GMan]

I should point out that I haven't had a single lockup since reverting to 296.10.

Cool! True though, I saw that before my post.

If an NVIDIA driver caused freezes or lockups, it would be plastered across all the internet and I haven't seen anything like that at all.

Especially if there have been recent bsods (C:\Windows\Minidump) - I can likely say what the exact cause is, although that isn't easy sometimes.

 

[Dwarf]

I can see your point. Often an apparent problem with a driver is not necessarily the fault of the driver. Indeed, it can be another application that interacts with the driver causing the problem to arise.

Update: I was getting the purple screen issue with 296.10 as well, although not for the first day or so. I updated to the Beta 301.24 and still got the problem. I then realised that the problem only seemed to manifest itself whenever I allowed Flash to run on a webpage (although it was random as to whether the problem occurred or not). I have now updated Flash (having first removed the existing version with the uninstaller) and, touch wood, so far so good.

 

[GMan]

I can see your point. Often an apparent problem with a driver is not necessarily the fault of the driver. Indeed, it can be another application that interacts with the driver causing the problem to arise.

Update: I was getting the purple screen issue with 296.10 as well, although not for the first day or so. I updated to the Beta 301.24 and still got the problem. I then realised that the problem only seemed to manifest itself whenever I allowed Flash to run on a webpage (although it was random as to whether the problem occurred or not). I have now updated Flash (having first removed the existing version with the uninstaller) and, touch wood, so far so good.

Yup, no doubt. Not sure if you've seen this or not: AdobeClearFlash

That clears system-wide LSO "super-cookies" that track you and also destroy stability/performance. Clear them and likely things remain good or fix things when bad.

If using Firefox, I recommend BetterPrivacy plugin because it can delete the LSOs on a timer or each time you close Firefox. Ghostery offers similar functionality but also disables all 3rd party tracking/snooping from advertisers, trackers and the like. I use both plugins.

 

[thatmanbrian]

I can play flash but for the life of me can't find any trace of "Flash Player" on my pc. I've got several folders but they don't contain an executable. How do I get the Global Setting Panel up please?

 

[Dwarf]

GMan supplied the link, but here it is again: Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel

 

[Airbot]

I can see your point. Often an apparent problem with a driver is not necessarily the fault of the driver. Indeed, it can be another application that interacts with the driver causing the problem to arise.

Update: I was getting the purple screen issue with 296.10 as well, although not for the first day or so. I updated to the Beta 301.24 and still got the problem. I then realised that the problem only seemed to manifest itself whenever I allowed Flash to run on a webpage (although it was random as to whether the problem occurred or not). I have now updated Flash (having first removed the existing version with the uninstaller) and, touch wood, so far so good.

Yup, no doubt. Not sure if you've seen this or not: AdobeClearFlash

That clears system-wide LSO "super-cookies" that track you and also destroy stability/performance. Clear them and likely things remain good or fix things when bad.

If using Firefox, I recommend BetterPrivacy plugin because it can delete the LSOs on a timer or each time you close Firefox. Ghostery offers similar functionality but also disables all 3rd party tracking/snooping from advertisers, trackers and the like. I use both plugins.

GMan supplied the link, but here it is again: Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel

Since about flash player 10.3 and above versions (since march 2011), you can delete all that natively, with the supplied flash player Settings Manager in the Windows Control Panel also.

 

[thatmanbrian]

My query arose as no one mentioned the setting had to be from windows control panel not from within flash player...

 

[GMan]

My query arose as no one mentioned the setting had to be from windows control panel not from within flash player...

Right, it's never from within Flash player. So far, we shown 3 methods of clearing LSOs:

1) The internet link: Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Website Storage Settings panel

2) Plugins such as Ghostery/BetterPrivacy that do so automatically if set to.

3) Control Panel .cpl as Airbot has shown.

 

[Dwarf]

Although I didn't get any purple screens yesterday, I've had a couple today. I've managed to locate this, which might be worth reading.

Timeout Detection and Recovery of GPUs through WDDM

I've added the TdrDelay entry to the registry and given it the value of 8 to extend the timeout threshold from the default of 2 seconds to 8 seconds.

 

[GMan]

Yeah, that's workaround that is unnecessary. Something else is wrong on the machine. Top of the list culprits are overheating or another poor driver.

But even then, if you've had the issue that addresses, you would be getting 0x116 bsods. Do you have a C:\Windows\Minidump folder at all? If so, we're probably already a long way to seeing what we can do for it.

If not, msinfo32 saved file is usually helpful to some degree.

I also notice your psu and tried to Google search it. It doesn't seem like a known brand such a Corsair or OCZ etc... It's doubtful but maybe that is part of this issue. It's another thing on "the list".

 

[Dwarf]

I don't think that it is down to overheating, as GPU-Z 0.6.0 is currently reporting a card temperature of 37°C. I have seen reports suggesting a PSU issue, and I suppose that it could be. I've been thinking about upgrading it anyway since I need more SATA connectors than I have currently.

What is your opinion on this one?

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-zx-series-850w-power-supply.html

 

[GMan]

Don't really think you can beat OCZ as they're a known reliable brand across the industry for the products they make. So that would be an excellent choice imho.

Before you actually purchase anything though, is it possible you have another machine to borrow the psu from to test - or maybe a friend or relatives machines to borrow one from to test? You wouldn't even have to install it physically. Just let it sit on the desk if the cables are long enough.

Someone recently fixed their machine after I brought attention to the psu. The user ran Speccy and saw that the 12v was well below spec. Replaced the psu and reported back no more crashes. So maybe check things with that program too, can't hurt none.

 

[Dwarf]

I reckon you could well be right with the PSU. I ran Speccy and found that, although within spec, the 12V line was fluctuating. I then ran Furmark at 800x600 and 8X MSAA (so that I could still see the voltages reported by Speccy) and found that the 12V line dropped to as low as 11.5V almost immediately.

 

[Dwarf]

I'm still getting the lockups, although it is random. I had 3 in quick succession earlier today, but none since. I've also dug out the box that my current PSU came in and, whilst it is rated at 750W, the loading is spread across 2 rails. I'm currently getting parts together for a system upgrade, and the PSU is definitely going to be replaced with a single-rail model.