GeForce 461.40 WHQL drivers: download & discussion

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Includes support for GeForce RTX 30 Series laptops (RTX 3080, RTX 3070, RTX 3060)

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Download: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-461-40-whql-driver-download.html

 

announcement is 404 for me (germany).

Also, where is nvidia reflex for r6? pleeeeeeeease.

 

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. [3220107]
• [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: HUD in the game is broken. [3169099]
• [Resident Evil 2 Remake/Devil May Cry V] Games which used the RE2 engine may crash in DirectX 11 mode [200686418]
• [DaVinci Resolve]: Error 707, application crash, or application instability may occur. [3225521]
• [Adobe Premiere Pro]: The application may freeze when using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA). [3230997/200686504]
• [Zoom][NVENC]: Webcam video image colors on the receiving end of Zoom may appear incorrect. [3205912]
• [Detroit: Become Human]: The game randomly crashes. [3203114]
• [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (without running running any GPU hardware monitoring tool in the background) [3152190]
• [Assassin's Creed Valhalla]: The game may randomly crash after extended gameplay [200679654]
• NVIDIA Broadcast Camera filter may hang. [200691869]
• [Zoom]: Chrome browser flickers with Zoom app. [200695072]
• [G-SYNC][Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may restart when enabling NVIDIA Surround with G-SYNC enabled on RTX 30 series GPUs. [3202303]

 

Still no fix for WoW Shadowlands flickering / flashing

 

Looks like MSI will support resizable BAR on X299:
https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/X299-SLI-PLUS

 

They didn't even try to fix it
Windows 10 Issues [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]

 

[OT] Studio Driver 461.40

• [Resident Evil 2 Remake/Devil May Cry V] Games which used the RE2 engine may crash in DirectX 11 mode [200686418] 
• [Zoom][NVENC]: Webcam video image colors on the receiving end of Zoom may appear incorrect. [3205912] 
• [Detroit: Become Human]: The game randomly crashes. [3203114]  [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (without running any GPU hardware monitoring tool in the background).
• [3152190]  [Assassin's Creed Valhalla]: The game may randomly crash after extended gameplay
• [200679654]  [G-SYNC][Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may restart when enabling NVIDIA Surround with GSYNC enabled on RTX 30 series GPUs.
• [3202303]  [GeForce Experience]: The FPS counter is activated and the overlay appears on Windows Mail and Calendar applications.[200682565]
•  [GeForce GTX 750 Ti]: Blue-screen crash (UNEXPECTED KERNEL MODE TRAP) may occur. [3196164]
•  [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]: The desktop screen may flicker. [3200599] 
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]: The system may freeze with the screen displaying as solid color. [3203038]
•  [HDR]: With HDR enabled, black levels are incorrect, notably on LG OLED TVs. [200682795/ 3201305] 
• [Notebook][Lenovo Y740]: The notebook displays corruption after waking from sleep. [3178279]
•  Blue-screen crash (0x116) may occur upon resuming from sleep mode when three 4k monitors are connected. [3054239/3195884]

 

You may want to double check that 461.40 installed properly.. I Installed 461.40 on top of Windows 10's default 432.00, ticking "perform a clean installation". The setup process went through ok. I rebooted the pc and thought everything was fine. But it seems there's some confusion which driver is installed on my system. NVCP states that 456.71 is installed, apps & features thinks 461.40 is installed.

This is the only Nvidia driver I have installed since installing a fresh copy of Win 10 20h2 19042.746 two days ago.

Nethertheless I'll be using DDU to wipe the driver later.




Edit - I think I've worked out why this happened. After clean installing Windows 10 20h2, Nvidia driver 432.00 installed itself automatically (as it usually does), I checked again for windows updates and noticed there was an additional Nvidia driver update available, under "View optional updates". That driver must of been 456.71 (it was worded slightly differently, a longer number, the same format as it appears in device manager). I chose not to install the optional driver - as I was going to install a more recent driver anyway, but once I began the 461.40 installation, it seems Windows intervened and decided to install 456.71 instead. It almost seems like the optional 456.71 driver was already downloaded, waiting in line to be installed at the next opportunity it could get (interupting Nvidias setup in the process!). I suppose one way to prevent this from happening would be to install Windows optional Nvidia driver prior to installing 461.40.

Steps to reproduce :

- Install Windows 10 20h2 19042.746 (the exact version may not matter)
- Let windows install the default 432.00 Nvidia driver and reboot
- Check for Windows updates, click "View optional updates", there should be a Nvidia driver available but do not install it
- Download and install this 461.40 driver
- Run the installation - Select custom
- Tick "Perform a clean installation" click next, let it finish
- Immediately restart Windows
- Open Nvidia control panel, click system information and check driver version, it will say 456.71

 

Still no fixes for the high DPC Latency in both the 461.06 and 461.33

 

Still not fixed:
[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]
Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
[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]
[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] To workaround, either launch the game in windowed mode directly or disable G-SYNC.

 

I take it the nvidia fps limiter not working properly with some games hasn't been fixed either ?https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforc...rametime-issues-with-latest-nvidia-drivers-o/
They don't even acknowledge the issue so I assume so...

 

Could always try do better bro?

 

I noticed that you can play new games with older drivers with no problems in most cases, looks like nvidia is just fixing bugs and havent add performance in a long time.

 

there is no such thing as "adding performance", it is not like it is a decision should or shouldnt they "add" performace... when performance is "added" it is basically just performance being corrected to nominal levels...

 

Something definitely wrong with this driver. Maybe something wrong with the G Sync between my RTX 3090 and LG Oled48cx with the driver. Only tried two games F1 2020 and Dirt 5 and gone from super smooth to constant rate of jerky graphics like playing at much lower frame rate. Did a normal install and DDU clean install with same result. Gone back to 461.33 and all smooth again at 120hz. Oh, one thing I did notice that the G Sync little splash screen didn’t appear after installing like where it asks so set up G Sync in the Nvidia Control Panel

 

Many boards have received support. ASUS even added support to their B450 boards.

 

And still nothing about resizable bar from Nvidia's side....

 

It's supposed to be coming out in February or March for the RTX 30 series.

 

Downloaded the driver, now the only thing I need is a GPU to apply this driver on. Please let me buy a 3080, it’s been 4 months of loosing to bots.

 

Again - black screen after waking up my laptop from sleep.
Will they ever fix that?