NVIDIA GeForce Version 425.31 WHQL - Download & Discussion

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Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Anno 1800

Gaming Technology
Includes support for DirectX Raytracing (DXR) on GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (and higher) and GeForce GTX 1660 (and higher) GPUs

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-425-31-whql-driver-download.html

 

Branch Info: [r419_50-20]
WDDM 2.5

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
• [ARK Survival Evolved]: Fixed random crashes on GeForce RTX 20 series GPUs. [2453173]
• [Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu. [2404783]
• [The Witcher 3]: Blue-screen crash occurs randomly with Bad Pool error during gameplay. [2449346]
• [The Evil Within 2]: Artifacts appear when Texture Filtering is set to High Quality in the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2526817]
• [Fabfilter plugins]: Applications crash when using the Fabfilter plugin. [2532725]
• [ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS notebooks]: Fixed corrupted graphics in games on ASUS ROG Strix GL702VS notebooks. [2535373]
• [Titan X][GTA V][Stereo]: With Stereo enabled, OUT of Memory message appears when launching the application. [200317778]

Open Issues in Version 425.31 WHQL

Windows 10 Issues

• [Surround][G-SYNC][Pascal GPU]: G-SYNC does not engage when using Surround resolution. [200505986]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When the 3D Settings page->Vertical Sync setting is set to Adaptive Sync (half refresh rate), V-Sync works only at the native refresh rate after rebooting the system. [2543187]
• [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]
• The desktop on the primary monitor flickers when playing videos on the secondary monitor. [2552316]

Software Module Versions

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  • nView - 149.77
  • HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.13
  • NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
  • GeForce Experience - 3.18.0.94
  • CUDA - 10.1
  • NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.951.0 (DCH) , 8.1.940.0 (Standard)

 

Documentation and the GeForce forum URL on this driver for additional known issues.

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/425.31/425.31-win10-win8-win7-release-notes.pdf

From the PDF:

And the forums:

https://forums.geforce.com/default/...lay-driver-feedback-thread-released-4-11-19-/

EDIT: Ah I see the fixes and open issues are listed in the above post already, nice!

That only leaves those three listings on the GeForce forum since the Shadow of the Tomb Raider issue with Ansel is already listed as a open issue in the PDF document.
(Actually only two since [2453059] corresponds to the PDF about multi-display PC's but is called GFE and G-Sync in the forum URL.)
(And this one [2552316] after comparing the numbers for the desktop flicker issue.)

 

I updated a driver yesterday and after I rebooted from safe mode after using DDU I found that i couldnt install the standard driver any longer

tried DDU again still wants the DCH installing

Any ideas?

 

I thought a driver previously was supposed to have fixed this?

 

Thx installing now

 

You didn't disconnect your PC from the Internet while using DDU and installing the standard driver.

 

Yeah mate never realised I had to

I am going to do a clean install of 1903 04/19 and stay there for a while as everything works

 

Driver installed gonna do some testing and report back!

 

I was anxious to try ray tracing in Shadow of the Tomb Raider but I only have the demo so wasn't able to enable it. My benchmark score was still solid though, 1080p max settings averaging between 60-70fps.
Superposition 1080p high settings = 9106
Time Spy 1080p graphics score = 6553
Shadow of War demo 1080p max settings = 76
Heaven 1080p, Ultra quality, extreme tessellation, 8xaa = FPS 80.5, overall score 2027
Metro 2033 Redux 1080p max settings = 54.72

My scores could be better but I'm still running and AMD 8350 CPU and 16gb G.Skill DDR3 1600. Either way they're still able to compete with the big boys. Anyway hope these benchmark results helped anybody looking to upgrade or whatever.

In conclusion these are a good set of drivers in my opinion. I'm very fascinated to see how long the Turing architecture lasts and just how much Nvidia can pull out of it. I'm guessing a good 2-.3 years.

 

This driver says update Control Panel: NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.951.0

I installed the driver keeping my settings, after install I went to About Nvidia Control Panel and it is still at 8.1.940.0

 

Not such an issue here! I have installed the DCH version.
Link

 

Samo here I guess DDU then

 

It looks like only the DCH driver has 8.1.951.0

 

well tested the raytracing stuff on 1080ti vs 2070, and as i spected, the 2070 in this area blows the 1080ti back to the stone age, and there is a lot of noise too, but metro 2033 now crash on dx12 even if rtx is disabled

 

tested raytraing on my 1080 too, not as visually stunning as some peole tell, the demos in the other hand, like quakeRT or the DXR demos, that's were rt is really well implemented, not worth the upgrade for now, but i'm looking forward when games gets the quakeRT level of raytracing, that's amazing stuff.

For now ill will keep my 1080, going to buy a 4K + HDR 10 bit monitor instead, and be ready for those juice next gen 7nm gpus.

 

hmm DX-R for 1060 or high yay ? but the cards take serious hits so what the point? I still sitting on 311.63 not sure I want to change drivers, all thought recent builds of FF brought back it TDR crash atlest there contained with in FF maybe if the continue I will update drivers

 

Anyone tried this with the divsion 2? Is it still problems with DX12?

 

I jumped from 17568 Time Spy Extreme to 18011 with these drivers. Previous was 425.11.

 

I clean installed 1903 from an ISO made from UUPdump. My machine would not pick up the WDDM 2.6 driver from WSUS even though I had the standard driver installed. After DDU, WSUS downloaded and installed the DCH version of 419.67. I guess I'll stay on DCH WDDM 2.5 until MS or Nvidia pushes another update later this month.