Nvidia releases their Geforce 416.94 driver for Battlefield V, Fallout 76 and Hitman 2

Nvidia has officially released their Geforce 416.94 WHQL driver, which released with “Game Ready” optimisations for Battlefield V, Fallout 76 and Hitman 2, weighing in at 520.16 MB. Yes, drivers are over half a gigabyte now. 

Sadly, Nvidia has launched this driver without viewable release notes, making us unsure whether or not this new diver features any new bug fixes or other design tweaks. As such, we are unable to attach the driver’s release notes to this article. 

At this time it is unknown whether or not this driver will offer any performance improvements over the company’s 416.81 WHQL Game Ready driver for Battlefield V. 

– Update – We have updated this article with Nvidia’s full release notes for their Geforce 416.94 driver.
  

  

What’s New in Version 416.94 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 Battlefield V, Fallout 76, and Hitman 2.

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• Fallout 76 – Fair
• Hitman 2 – Good

Software Module Versions

• nView – 149.34
• HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.4
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.18.0907
• GeForce Experience – 3.15.0.186
• CUDA – 10.0

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 416.94

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

– [GeForce GTX 780]: Activity on the desktop lags. [2423588]

Open Issues in Version 416.94 WHQL

As with every released driver, version 416.94 WHQL of the Release 415 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

– [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Hitman 2][DirectX 11]: The game screen turns black after launching the game if Windows HDR is enabled. [2439490]
– [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
– [GeForce GTX 780]: Activity on the desktop lags. [2423588]
– [SLI][HDR][Battlefield 1]: With HDR enabled, the display turns pink after changing the refresh rate from 144 Hz to 120 Hz using in-game settings. [200457196]
– [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
– [G-Sync]: G-sync may not disengage after exiting games. [2418574]

Product Compatibility

Nvidia RTX 20 series

Geforce RTX 2080 Ti, Geforce RTX 2080, Geforce RTX 2070 

NVIDIA TITAN Series

NVIDIA TITAN V, NVIDIA TITAN Xp, NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal), GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX TITAN X, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN Z

GeForce 10 Series

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, GeForce GTX 1050, GeForce GT 1030

GeForce 900 Series

GeForce GTX 980 Ti, GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 960, GeForce GTX 950

GeForce 700 Series

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 GT 710

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 640, GeForce GT 635, GeForce GT 630

  

416.94 WHQL Download Links

Windows 10 – 64 Bit
Windows 8.1 – 64-bit
Windows 7 – 64-bit

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