Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers carry version number 397.64 WHQL and are suitable for Windows 7 and higher, with as usual separate downloads for 32bit and 64bit environments. The drivers can be used on all cards from the GeForce 400 series and above. This edition contains optimizations for the games, Destiny 2: Warmind, Conan Exiles and Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. The changelog of course also shows some bugfixes and a handful of problems that are already known, but where there is no solution yet. The complete release notes are below:
Provides the optimal gaming experience for
- Destiny 2: Warmind
- Conan Exiles
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
New Features
- Added support for Microsoft Surface Books.
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance
- GRIP
Fixed Issues in this Release
- [Grand Theft Auto V] [NVIDIA Control Panel]: God’s rays become less intense after forcing MSAA using the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2098709]
- [Starcraft 2] [Kepler GPUs]: Black screen appears when exiting the game. [2070566]
- [SLI] [GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
- [Netflix]: Netflix playback may stutter intermittently. [2094867]
- [GeForce GTX 1060]: Windows Device Manager may report Code 43 error. [2109135]
- Event Error 14 appears in the Windows Event Viewer when booting into Windows [2109510]
- GDI objects increase every time an application queries NVAPI. [2109232]
- [Windows 10]: Driver may have been removed after the PC for an extended period of time. [2110591]
Windows 10 Open Issues
- [Microsoft Edge] [HDR] With HDR turned ON, video playback in full-screen mode on HDR display may cause corruption of the video and desktop.
To recover, manually turn the monitor OFF and then back ON. This will be resolved in a future driver version- [Far Cry 5]: Green flickering occurs when using HDR with non-native resolution.
To work around, either quit and then restart the game while in the desired resolution, or press [Alt+tab] away from and then back to the game, or press [Alt+Enter] to switch to windowed mode and then back to full- screen mode.- [Wolfenstein II]: The crashes during gameplay. [2114563]
- [Call of Duty: WWII] [Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
- [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
- [Pascal GPUs] [Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
- [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] {Warhammer Vermintide 2] [DirectX 12]: TDR errors may occur when changing resolutions in game. [200395335].
To work around, use the DirectX 11 game option.- [NVIDIA Control Panel] [Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
- [GeForce Experience] [ShadowPlay]: The “In-Game Overlay” option can not be enabled, nor does Shadowplay recording work. [200390642] The Microsoft Media Foundation library must be installed in order to use these features. Be sure to install the Media Foundation package.
Windows 7 Issues
- [Wolfenstein II]: The crashes during gameplay. [2114563]
- [Call of Duty: WWII] [Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
