Nvidia launches their Geforce 471.11 Game Ready Driver for DOOM Eternal and more

  

What’s New in Version 471.11 WHQL

GeForce Game Ready Driver

Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases.
Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is 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 DOOM Eternal

This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the latest new titles and updates, including the
latest patch for DOOM Eternal which introduces ray-trace reflections and NVIDIA DLSS
technology.

Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for LEGO Builder’s Journey
which includes several ray-traced effects and performance-accelerating DLSS, the latest update
for Rust which adds NVIDIA DLSS technology, F1 2021, and the new NVIDIA Reflex integration in
Escape from Tarkov.

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 471.11

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

– [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
– [SLI][GeForce GTX 980M]: The system locks with a black screen upon booting into Windows. no repro with 457.51. [3266090]
– [Surround][GeForce RTX 3090]: With Surround active, setting Bezel Correction disables Surround. [3286449]
– [Crossfire][GeForce Experience][FreeStyle]: Freestyle might not work on Crossfire after the game is updated. [200736765]
– [HDR]: Some specific HDMI displays might show some flickering in HDR mode. [200729987]
– [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
– [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: Colors may appear incorrect in games if sharpen Freestyle filter is used with HDR enabled. [200658208]
– Display may flicker or lose signal when launching a game on an adaptive-sync VRR monitor in multi-monitor configuration when sharing the same display mode [3314055]
– DisplayPort monitor may not wake from sleep when connected in extended mode with an HDMI 2.1 display that is powered off. [3281998]

 

Open Issues in Version 471.11 WHQL

As with every released driver, version 471.11 WHQL of the Release 470 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

– [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
– [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
– DPC latency is higher when color mode is set to 8-bit color compared to 10-bit color. [3316424]

 

Product Compatibility (Desktop graphics cards)

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