Announcing GeForce Hotfix Driver 496

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Todays updates to Windows 11 hopefully will cure some gaming woes RTX 2080

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georgesamuel25

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This version is severely bugged. I couldn't even play PES 2021 without consistent stuttering on my gtx1050ti. I have had to go back to version 472.12 and things are back to normal

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Rahbar

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Afteer lates update my all games are crashing with error display driver nvlddmkm stopped please some one help me I have gtx 1660 super is mt gpu faulty? my temp are 70 on load and 40 38 on idle and gpu ryzen 5 3600 is 65 on load and 30 on idle every thing is fine plz tell me

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airhammer

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With this driver, any games that use only one gtx1070 increase the GPU frequency from the maximum 1683mhz to 1873mhz.Many owners of the 1000 series may have increased energy consumption due to this, as well as artifacts and image delays in games.Please fix it.

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Paljas

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when can we expect a WHQL Update

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Jisroll

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my desktop is now constantly microstuttering. I have tried to do clean install of windows, the nvidia drivers too. I've gone back 3 releases in drives and nothing has helped. 3080 was working fine and smooth but as soon as i finally spent 3x over msrp I instantly regret it. every game has the same stutter as just cruising on my desktop or moving my mouse around. I've checked the ram, CPU, heat sync, psu is brand new. all 3x8 pin connections are using separate cables to a 850 gq EVGA. Do i have to just sit and wait for this to be resolved?

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JokingZed

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is this a hotfix? it still flicker blacked out like version 469.49. pls new update fix it

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Supamonkeh

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"A GeForce driver is an incredibly complex piece of software, We have an army of software engineers constantly adding features and fixing bugs. These changes are checked into the main driver branches, which are eventually run through a massive QA process and released." That's not our problem and you need to stop pretending like it is. Give us drivers that work.

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Goliath03

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This driver makes my windows freeze, the mouse is lagging and i was barely able to put the older driver back from the device manager. Ive tried several times now, it just wont work..

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tomsapiens098

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I update it and my game start crashing and freeze ( Your driver is out of date) Im using GXT1660 SUPPER

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alpha2020uk

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not intrested nvidia stick with 496.13 in windows 11 they are awsome

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So I have really bad flickering effect on 496.61 and on 496.49. It looks like big black horizontal line that appears in windows.(I have 3070 and R7 3700) Last stable driver for me is 472.12. Please fix those, I want to play Forza Horizon 5 REALLY bad!

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joseph_garry

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human detroit dosent work its says vulakn system my PC dosent recognize nvidia graphics and it dosent run off them what is the fix for this ?

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ricktheunwilling

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there is no shader cache option for any programs now not sure why does anyone have a fix?

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ReflexShift

There is no longer an option to disabled/enable shader cache for a specific game. You only can change how much you want to allocate in the global settings beginning with this driver. Only fix is to install a driver before 496.xx .

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CiroConsentino

But can you disable shader cache completely in the global settings like previous drivers ? I never use this feature, it's the first setting I disable after installing a new driver. I never noticed any improvements in gaming with this setting ON... except wasting my SSD free space.

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ReflexShift

Yes you can disable it globally.

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jsoncdh6626

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Flickering issue while idle on win 11

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kaeligos

Flickering issue is happening on windows 10 for 496.49+

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https://www.hardcoregames.ca/2021/10/29/ongoing-cold-boot-and-standby-problems/

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NVIDIA Control Panel no longer shows G-sync options for ROG SWIFT 360Hz Pg259QN monitor.

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Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Driver: 496.61 Monitor: ROG PG259QN Cable: Display Port 1.4 Issue: On the NVIDIA Control Panel, under Display, "Set up G-SYNC" is not shown as an option. Note: G-SYNC has been working for several months, but is no longer working Observations: The monitor now stays at a constant 360 fps instead of slowing down. The in-game FPS meter shows the dynamic FPS to be in fluctuating between 180 and 280 FPS, while the monitor shows a constant 360 FPS. This appears to indicate that G-SYNC is not working.

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EditxPython

yeah i got no gsync options for my odyysey g7 but do for my shty gigabyte monitor could be due to this

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wguzman1984

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Driver has completely broken COD warzone Vsync. RTX 3090, vsync in driver doesnt work and doesnt work in game.

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joaoperalta

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I have GTX970 updated this last drive I am having problems in several games appears blue screen please help

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mobiuus

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9900k, 1080ti, 32gb ram, true gsync monitor and win10 64bit latest updates cod black ops cold war severe stutterings... event viewer logs - 2 types of errors running fullscreen i get Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 10.0.19041.1288, time stamp: 0xa280d1d6 Exception code: 0xc000000d Fault offset: 0x0000000000112174 Faulting process id: 0x3598 Faulting application start time: 0x01d7da09853545f3 Faulting application path: D:\Games\Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War\BlackOpsColdWar.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll windowed fullscreen: Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000000000d4d3d26 Faulting process id: 0xf70 Faulting application start time: 0x01d7da0a6fc541b9 Faulting application path: D:\Games\Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War\BlackOpsColdWar.exe Faulting module path: D:\Games\Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War\BlackOpsColdWar.exe modern warfare and battlefield 5 have no errors and are running perfectly like all the other games any help/advice? what i tryed: reinstalled windows, running with admin privileges, disable screen optimiz., disable high dpi scaling, gsync on/off, hags on/off, game mode on/off, game bar off, ansel off, msi afterburner on/off, antivirus on/off

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Hardcore Games

Try DDU and see if that helps with the errors

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mobiuus

ok my issue are completely fixed with optimizing pc with razer cortex game booster FINNALY so probably it was fucked up windows default settings i tryed the game and its stutter free just like modern warfare

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https://www.hardcoregames.ca/2021/11/15/halo-infinite-multiplayer-now-available/

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tretheteen

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Using WhoCrashed; crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\111521-7093-01.dmp This was probably caused by the following module: nvlddmkm.sys (0xFFFFF80783C51A4C) Bugcheck code: 0x116 (0xFFFFA00950646050, 0xFFFFF80783C51A4C, 0xFFFFFFFFC000009A, 0x4) Error: VIDEO_TDR_ERROR file path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_dispi.inf_amd64_44dc4eefedc0d082\nvlddmkm.sys product: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 496.49 company: NVIDIA Corporation description: NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 496.49 Bug check description: This indicates that an attempt to reset the display driver and recover from a timeout failed. A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver, Version 496.49 , NVIDIA Corporation). Google query: nvlddmkm.sys NVIDIA Corporation VIDEO_TDR_ERROR Specs: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700F CPU @ 2.90GHz RAM: 32 GIGS GPU: EVGA 3070TI I keep getting TDR error with this update. So I will try to roll back and see if it will be more stable.

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Hardcore Games

Gte DDU and run that to clean up the mess

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JoPulga

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18 days without releasing a hotfix or new driver !! shame on you , last driver is full of bugs

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malaguti_bs

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Dieser Treiber ist ein Rückschritt alles spinnt und sharping wurde auch entfernt bin wieder auf 496.13 zurück

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Zamiast wydawać non stop ,na okrągło w pośpiechu ,stresie stery z błędami - dużo lepiej i korzystniej byłoby dla wizerunku firmy wdawać je rzadziej ,ale za to dopracowane na maxa .A nie odwaloną na chipcikaa niedopracowaną do końca prowizorkę NIBY nowego sterownika !!!.Niestety

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No it isn't. I've been using nVidia products for well over 2 decades and I can assure you that having a long time between releases will not improve driver quality. In fact, I may even consider fast hotfixes the best.

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Announcing GeForce Hotfix Driver 496.61 (Released 10/29/21)

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Oct 2021

Dec 2021

NVIDIA Staff

Manuel@NVIDIA

GeForce hotfix display driver version 496.61 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 496.49.

The hotfix addresses the following issues:

[Transport Fever/Transport Fever 2] Game will crash to desktop on startup [3411731/3409614]
[Detroit Become Human] Users may experience micro-stutters during gameplay [3389250]
[Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon] Visual artifacts may be observed during gameplay [3410593]
[WRC 9 FIA World Rally Championship/RiMS Racing/TT Isle of Man - Ride on the Edge 2] Game will crash to desktop soon after being launched [3409320/3416650/3408673]

It can be accessed here: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5253

A GeForce driver is an incredibly complex piece of software, We have an army of software engineers constantly adding features and fixing bugs. These changes are checked into the main driver branches, which are eventually run through a massive QA process and released.

Since we have so many changes being checked in, we usually try to align driver releases with significant game or product releases. This process has served us pretty well over the years but it has one significant weakness. Sometimes a change that is important to many users might end up sitting and waiting until we are able to release the driver.

The GeForce Hotfix driver is our way to trying to get some of these fixes out to you more quickly. These drivers are basically the same as the previous released version, with a small number of additional targeted fixes. The fixes that make it in are based in part on your feedback in the Driver Feedback threads and partly on how realistic it is for us to quickly address them. These fixes (and many more) will be incorporated into the next official driver release, at which time the Hotfix driver will be taken down.

To be sure, these Hotfix drivers are beta, optional and provided as-is. They are run through a much abbreviated QA process. The sole reason they exist is to get fixes out to you more quickly. The safest option is to wait for the next WHQL certified driver. But we know that many of you are willing to try these out.

These HotFix drivers represent a lot of additional work by our engineering teams, I hope they provide value for you. We’ll try it out and see if people like the idea and want us to continue.

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Announcing GeForce Hotfix Driver 496.61 (Released 10/29/21)

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