NVIDIA RTX / Quadro Desktop and Notebook Driver Release 470 R470 U5 (472.39) | Windows 11

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Driver Version: R470 U5 (472.39) | WHQL
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Release Date: Tue Oct 26, 2021
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit,
Windows 11
Language: English (US)
File Size: 589.58 MB

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NVIDIA RTX Enterprise Production Branch Driver

Release 470 is the latest Production Branch (PB) release of the NVIDIA RTX Enterprise Driver. This new driver provides improvements over the previous branch in the areas of application performance, API interoperability (e.g., OpenCL/Vulkan), and application power management.

PB drivers are designed and tested to provide long-term stability and availability, making these drivers ideal for enterprise customers and other users who require application and hardware certification from ISVs and OEMs respectively.

The PB driver is a superset of the NVIDIA Studio Driver and provides all the benefits of the Studio Driver of the same version, in addition to NVIDIA RTX-specific enhancements and testing.

What’s New in Version 470 U5

  • Security updates - see Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - October 2021, which is available on the release date of this driver and is listed on the NVIDIA Product Security page.
  • Application profile updates:
    • Adobe Substance 3D Stager: Fixed the Optimus profile to run on the discrete GPU by default.
    • IntelliCAD: Updates to address stability issues.
  • Studio Application Updates
    • Adobe Lightroom and Lightroom Classic: support for Select Subject and Select Sky, which are AI-powered masking tools for isolating people and capturing skylines respectively.
    • Adobe Substance 3D: NVIDIA RTX-accelerated ray tracing support speeds up interactive image rendering and improves performance over CPU alone.
    • Adobe Premiere Elements: support for Auto Reframe feature to automatically frame the most important areas in shots.
    • DXO Photolab: Tensor core AI integration for DeepPRIME technology to reduce digital noise, especially in photos taken in low light conditions.
    • Gamecaster Live: NVIDIA Broadcast support for different levels of noise removal by audio source to further fine tune output.

Fixed Issues in Version 470 U5

  • [Autodesk VRED]: Flickering occurs in the application when rendering in 16-bit float.
  • [AutoCAD][Notebook]: The application might crash when switching between drawings.
  • [Altair]: Visualization issues occur when disabling multisampling.
  • [Redshift3D]: GPU clocks remain at maximum rate even when the application is idle.

Open Issues in Version 470 U5
  • [Alchemist]: The application crashes when either changing the display resolution or switching to another display with a different resolution.
    To workaround, avoid changing the resolution, or disconnecting from or connecting to an external display with the application opened.

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