Nvidia’s Geforce 461.72 driver delivers optimisations for Outriders and DLSS and Reflex updates
Nvidia’s Geforce 461.72 driver delivers optimisations for Outriders and DLSS and Reflex updates
Nvidia has just launched their Geforce RTX 3060 graphics card, and with that new GPU comes the company’s Geforce 461.72 drivers. This driver has also arrived with game-specific optimisations for Outriders’ PC demo, updates to DLSS for NIOH 2 and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, and an Nvidia Reflex update for Rainbow Six Siege.Â
This new graphics driver also comes with support for Nvidia’s new mining series CMP 40HX and CMP 30HX graphics cards. These GPUs are likely to be Turing-based and not make use of Ampere silicon.Â
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Whatâs New in Version 461.72 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 Outriders Demo
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Outriders demo, NVIDIA DLSS in Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, and NVIDIA Reflex in Rainbow Six Siege.
Gaming Technology
Includes support for GeForce RTX 3060 GPU. Learn more in our Game Ready Driver article. New Features and Other Changes
Added support for the following GPUs.
⢠NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
⢠NVIDIA CMP 40HX
⢠NVIDIA CMP 30HX
Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 461.72
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
– [G-SYNC][Edge of Eternity/Hitman 2]: The games experience stutter and low FPS when using hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in windowed mode. [200685971]
– [G-Sync][Vulkan Apps]: Performance drop occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode using the in-game settings. [200681477]
– [The Isle]: Freestyle is not supported for the game. [3229829]
– [VIndictus][GeForce Experience]: The game cannot be recorded. [2203875]
– [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The application crashes when launched on Windows 10 (Version 1803). [3220107]
– Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
– [Blu-ray][HDMI]: Flickering occurs in Blu-ray playback when played over HDMI. [3221611]
– Several desktop applications flicker when Vertical Sync is set to the default âUse the 3D application settingâ. [3252186]
– [Ampere]: Chrome/Edge may experience random TDR while browsing.[3195894]
– LG CX OLED TVs (2020) are not recognized as G-SYNC Compatible displays.[3244055]
– [Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may display âno signalâ message when enabling NVIDIA Surround. [3230565]
– [Notebook]: On some Notebooks, the ‘Maximum Graphics Power’ information missing in the NVIDIA Control Panel > System Information page. [200697069]
Open Issues in Version 461.72 WHQL
As with every released driver, version 461.72 WHQL of the Release 460 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
– Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations [3252200].
– [Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege][Advanced Optimus]: The game may crash while launching. [3257842]
– [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations. [3184254]
– [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
– [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218]
– [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
– [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
– [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
– [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
– [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]
Product Compatibility (Desktop graphics cards)
Nvidia RTX 30 series
Geforce RTX 3090, Geforce RTX 3080, Geforce RTX 3070, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3060 12GB
Nvidia RTX 20 series
Geforce RTX 2080 Ti, Geforce RTX 2080 Super, Geforce RTX 2080, Geforce RTX 2070 Super, Geforce RTX 2070, Geforce RTX 2060 Super, Geforce RTX 2060
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 Titan RTX
GeForce 16 Series
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650
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
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