Nvidia releases their Geforce 397.93 WHQL drivers for State of Decay 2 and The Crew 2’s Beta
Nvidia releases their Geforce 397.93 WHQL drivers for State of Decay 2 and The Crew 2’s Beta
DRG Initiative and Star Wars: Battlefront II have also received SLI profile updates, allowing users of multi-GPU setups to access additional performance on their hardware. Â
An issue where Nvidia’s drivers fail to load on systems with both Pascal and Kepler-based GPUs has also been addressed, though this issue seems to be something that only Cryptocurrency miners for dedicated Folding@Home PCs would experience. Â
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What’s New in Version 397.93 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 team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-one.
Game Ready
- – Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew Closed Beta and State of Decay 2.
New Features
- – Added support for CUDA 9.2
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
- – DRG Initiative
- – Star Wars: Battlefront II
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
- – The Crew 2 – Good
Fixed Issues in this Release
– [Notebook][GeForce GTX 870M]: GPU acceleration is being used for Windows Explorer. [2003577]
– [SLI][Steam]: Steam must be closed to enable or disable SLI mode. [2091966]
– [Surround][Digital Vibrance]: Digital Vibrance setting is not persistent, and reverts to the default setting when rebooting with Surround mode enabled. [2097240]
– [Wolfenstein II]: The game may freeze in the Roosevelt area. [2114563]
– [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When Windows HDR is enabled, some color formats are missing from the NVIDIA Control Panel->Display->Change Resolution page. [2117226]
– [Pascal GPU + Kepler GPU]: After installing the driver and rebooting the system, the drive may fail to load. [200394820]
– [Far Cry 5]: Green flickering occurs in the game when using HDR with non-native resolution. [200399992]
Changes in this Release
– Removed Experience Improvement Program from the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Windows 10 Issues
– [SLI][Hitman Pro: DirectX 12]: With SLI mode enabled, the game crashes if in-game HDR is ON and Windows HDR setting is OFF at lower resolutions. [200415553]
– [Surround SLI][G-Sync][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1Â display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]
– [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410]
The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.
– [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.
– [Notebook][GeForce GTX 1060]: The external HDMI display blinks when playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser or Blu-ray video in full-screen mode with Windows HDR enabled. [200410646]
The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 11 browser.
– [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750]
The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
– [DOTA 2][Vulkan API]: With Vulkan mode enabled, the game item slot glitches. [1877720]
– [Dead by Daylight]: NVIDIA Freestyle does not work with the game. [2116198]
– [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
– [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]
– [GeForce Experience][ShadowPlay]: The “In-Game Overlay†option cannot 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 first install the Media Foundation package.
– Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
– With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flicker in the video. [200410646]
To avoid this scenario, disable Windows HDR setting before launching the video.
Windows 7 Issues
– [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display
is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
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GPU Compatibility
GeForce 1000 Series:
GeForce GTX Titan V, GeForce GTX Titan Xp, GeForce GTX Titan X, Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, GeForce GTX 1080, Geforce GTX 1070 Ti, GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, GeForce GTX 1050, GT 1030
GeForce 900 Series:
GeForce GTX Titan X, GeForce 980 Ti, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 950
GeForce 700 Series:
GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730, GeForce GT 720
GeForce 600 Series:
GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
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397.93 WHQL Download Links
Windows 10 – 64 Bit
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