Nvidia GeForce 381.89 Download & Discussion

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http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-381-89-whql-driver-download.html

04/19/2017, 22.21.13.8189

MOD -link changed to Guru3D mirrors, thanks for the spot !

R381.89 (r381_64-11) / 22.21.13.8189 (4-19-2017)

 

EDIT: Ah the url to the PDF notes was already posted, missed that.

So let's see what's in these notes then.

 

man, these drivers still force my second screen to turn off when I play any fullscreen game on my main monitor and will not turn back on unless I turn the monitor on and off. with drivers 378.92 and below I can have a game open on my main screen and still second screen showing my content I have open on it without it turning off.

Anyone else experienced this?

Im using asus PG278Q and a asus PA329Q. also running windows creators update, any driver below 378.92 is problem free.

 

Happens in exclusive fullscreen I presume? Did you try turning off Game bar and fullscreen optimizations?

 

No Prey game ready? Or is this coming next week?

 

Ten day till Prey and it's AMD sponsored so NV will likely have to wait till release to test the drivers in it.

 

no display port fixes for the black screens on monitors or hdr fixes for lg displays that get stuck in display activation loops that lead to BSOD TDR_VIDEO_FAILURES ? on windows 10 creators update ?

bloody joke this is: same issue goes for HDMI port fixes for 4k hdr tv`s. or even video settings getting fixed for displays where by you set it and forget it instead the video settings in the control panel do nothing ... lol

 

No Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 driver yet

 

These drivers are almost 5% slower in every benchmark I have tested so far with my GTX1070.

Fire Strike Comparison:

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/12444813/fs/12239970

Time Spy Comparison:

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/spy/1634150/spy/1512766

Super Position Benchmark:

Using the 4K Optimized Benchmark, I went from ~6000 to ~5800

I'll test API Overhead and add it below soon.

EDIT:

API Overhead Results: (Weirdly enough, pretty much identical results across the board with regards to API Overhead).

http://www.3dmark.com/compare/aot/210168/aot/208535

 

Open Issues in Version 381.89 WHQL
As with every released driver, version 381.89 WHQL of the Release 381 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.
***61557; “Windows 10 Issues” on page 2
***61557; “Windows 8.1/Windows 8 Issues” on page 3
***61557; “Windows 7 Issues” on page 3
Windows 10 Issues
***61557; [GeForce Experience]: Driver installation may fail when attempting to perform a
driver overinstall.
To workaround, perform a clean installation.
***61557; [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][Battlefield 1 XP1]: With SLI enabled, corruption appears in
the game when switching between full-screen and windowed mode. [1889162]
***61557; [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Mass Effect: Andromeda]: Random memory errors may occur
when playing the game. [1887520]
***61557; [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Sid Meirie's Civilization VI][G-Sync/SLI/DirectX 12]: Black
corruption appears while entering the in-game menu after skipping the cutscene.
[200283322]
***61557; [GeForce GTX Titan X][Ansel][Ghost Recon Wild lands]: With FXAA enabled from the
NVIDIA Control Panel, the application crashes when enabling the in-game Ansel UI.
[200283194]
***61557; Error code 43 appears in the Device Manager after installing the driver with HDMI
display connected. [200283276]
***61557; [Pascal][Notebook]: The display remains blank while over installing the driver,
requiring a reboot. [200273603]
***61557; [GM204, Tom Clancy's The Division Survival DLC] Game crashes, pointing to
ntdll.dll when changed to full-screen and to windowed full-screen. [200252894]
***61557; [GM204, ShadowPlay] For Honor silently may crash if the intro video is skipped while
instant replay is on. [200247313]
***61557; [SLI] [GeForce GTX 970M] Level loading may hang in Gears of War 4. [1826307]
***61557; [367.77, WDDM 2.1] Driver install/overinstall requires a reboot. [1757931]
***61557; [SLI, GP104] Installer prompts for a reboot during express overinstall of 372.69 driver
on 372.54. [200231806]
Release 381 Graphics Drivers for Windows, Version 381.89 RN-08399-381.89v01 | 3
Open Issues in Version 381.89 WHQL
***61557; [GM204] Quantum Break window either remains blank or freezes in game scene in
windowed mode. [1804910]
***61557; Surround Display icon disappears after rotate mode is set to portrait. [200201040]
***61557; [SLI] Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is
played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled. [200172046]
***61557; [Luxmark 3.0] Display driver stopped responding while running benchmark LuxBall
HDR (Simple Bechmark:217K triangles). [200153736]
***61557; [347.09, GM204] Blank screen observed on an ASUS Tiled display when system
resumes from shutdown or hibernation with Fast boot option enabled from BIOS.
[1591053]


So in other words, these drivers fixed sweet f*** all.

 

Yeh the game running in exclusive full screen, but normally when i do that my second monitor still shows my desktop. but with this driver and the other 381.xx it blanks out my other display and stays blanked out until i turn on and off the monitor.

I have all the game bar stuff off and fullscreen optimization is on default. If i roll back to drivers before the 381.xx all works just fine. really odd.

 

Not sure how I feel about this...
Any particular reason they want to do this?

 

Previous driver, the idle voltage is higher & caused some issues.

 

.ICC fix?

 

I'll wait for what has become the inevitable hotfix driver before I do an install.

 

I guess I'll just wait for the hotfix. :nerd:

 

Nope. Dota 2 ALT + TAB color washed out.

 

I`ll stick to 378.92 then

 

No issues here with Black Screens, and i'm using DisplayPort as well.

 

No fix for black screen/artifacts after windows load on windows 10 creators update? I have GTX 1060 6Gb and I use DisplayPort. Bug only happens after Creators Update installation with 381.65 WHQL or Hotfix 381.78



Anyone can confirm? I only read people fixing this installing old 378.92 and/or disabling fastboot on BIOS.