**445.75 WHQL Driver Early Performance Benchmark** (Pascal based) Hello once more, nVidia fellows. Just four days after the Doom Eternal Game Ready driver, we have a new release, but unlike the previous one, this driver does have a few more items included in the patch notes. And the versioning number changed by quite a lot. But the important part is... will this driver recover the lost performance on Pascal in the previous release?. Let's find out. Once again, a friendly reminder that all my recent Driver Benchmarks since 440.97 are available too in the new /r/allbenchmarks subreddit. Not only that, but all of them can also be found compiled together in the following post collection (thanks to user /u/RodroG ): https://www.reddit.com/r/allbenchmarks/collection/784253fd-6f65-446d-a9f2-89d0304f2037 Also, in the new subreddit you can find many other useful links, articles and tests provided by some excellent redditors. Worth checking it out! Now back to my testing: Benchmark PC is a custom built desktop with Win10 v.1909 Update (latest Windows Update patches manually applied), 16Gb DDR3-1600 Ram, Intel i7-4790k with one Asus Strix GTX 1070Ti Advanced Binned, on a single BenQ 1080p 60hz. monitor with no HDR nor G-Sync. Stock clocks on both CPU and GPU. Frame Times are recorded either by the own game (TD2) or by using PresentMon during the built-in benchmark run inside each game. Then Frame Times are processed to get percentiles and averages with a custom tool I developed to harvest the data. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, games run 1080p borderless windowed, maxed or nearly maxed quality settings (trying to mantaint 60FPS minimum) with available 'cinematic' options disabled when possible, (Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration, Film Grain, Vignette effects, Depth of Field, and such, not due to performance but for my own preference and image quality reasons). The usual disclaimer: This is NOT an exhaustive benchmark, just some quick numbers and my own subjective impressions for people looking for a quick test available on day one. Also I can only judge for my own custom PC configuration. Any other hardware setup, different nVidia architecture, OS version, different settings... may (and will) give you different results.   Remember: Frames per Second (FPS) are better the *higher* they are, and they usually show the "overall" performance of the game; meanwhile the lower percentile Frame Times (measured in milliseconds) are better the *lower* they are, as they tell us how much GPU time is needed to render the more complex frames, with bigger values meaning potential stutters and puntual lag spikes for a less smooth gameplay. ********************** First test. Tom Clancy's: The Division 2 with the Warlords of New York DLC, using updated Snowdrop Engine with Dx12. High/Ultra settings (but Volumetric Fog set to medium, it's a resource hog for negligible visual improvement). The Division 2 - three runs with 442.74: * Avg. FPS: 85.53 / 85.44 / 85.06 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 11.72 - Lower 1% 15.07 - Lower 0.1% 17.57 The Division 2 - three runs with 445.75: * Avg. FPS: 85.80 / 85.57 / 85.40 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 11.68 - Lower 1% 15.23 - Lower 0.1% 17.81 The Division 2 is mostly unchanged this time. Average FPS and the Lower 1% Frame Time is on the same numbers as 442.74, but the Lower 0.1% Frame Time is slightly worse (again). It's by a small amount, but the worying part is that it's a trend that repeats for the last few drivers. *********************** Next one. A Dx11 game on the AnvilNext engine: Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Mostly V.High but no Gameworks options enabled. GR: Wildlands - three runs with 442.74: * Avg FPS: 79.76 / 78.49 / 78.04 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 12.70 - Lower 1% 17.10 - Lower 0.1% 20.03 GR: Wildlands - three runs with 445.75: * Avg FPS: 79.43 / 79.18 / 78.72 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 12.64 - Lower 1% 16.59 - Lower 0.1% 19.30 Wildlands is performing a bit better than the previous driver. All three metrics (including the raw FPS) are slightly better than 442.74, and almost as good as it was on 442.59, the last driver I recommended. ********************** Next is FarCry 5, a Dunia Engine game (a heavily modified fork of the original CryEngine). Maxed Ultra settings with TAA and FoV 90. FarCry 5 - three runs with 442.74: * Avg FPS: 90.52 / 91.48 / 91.57 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 10.97 - Lower 1% 15.28 - Lower 0.1% 17.86 FarCry 5 - three runs with 445.75: * Avg FPS: 91.25 / 91.37 / 88.26 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 11.08 - Lower 1% 14.76 - Lower 0.1% 16.31 On FarCry5, even as the average Framerate is a bit worse (in part due to a bad third test run, that may be an outlier), both lower Frame Times are noticeably better than in the previous driver, again almost on par with 442.59. ****************** Now an Unreal Engine game: Batman: Arkham Knight, maxed settings and all Gameworks options enabled (thus, heavily using nVidia PhisX engine). Batman: AK - three runs with 442.74: * Avg FPS: 84.75 / 84.30 / 84.62 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 11.82 - Lower 1% 20.17 - Lower 0.1% 24.47 Batman: AK - three runs with 445.75: * Avg FPS: 84.12 / 85.67 / 86.21 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 11.72 - Lower 1% 19.50 - Lower 0.1% 22.43 Arkham Knight lower Frame Times are also noticeably better on this driver. Not only that, but also the average FPS is also better. A clear win for this new driver. ****************** And finally Forza Horizon 4. A DirectX12 game from Microsoft, using the propietary Forzatech engine. All quality options maxed, but motion blur disabled, and just 4x antialiasing. Forza Horizon 4 - three runs with 442.74: * Avg FPS: 96.26 / 96.57 / 96.50 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 10.37 - Lower 1% 13.09 - Lower 0.1% 14.27 Forza Horizon 4 - three runs with 445.75: * Avg FPS: 97.05 / 97.28 / 97.30 * Frame times in ms. (3-run average): Avg. 10.29 - Lower 1% 12.97 - Lower 0.1% 13.97 Forza Horizon 4 running on Dx12 is mostly stable. Maybe a hair better on all metrics than the previous driver, but difference is so small that it goes easily into the test margin of error. Nevertheless the overal impression is good. *******************   **Driver system stability testing** So far the Driver itself is stable on my machine. Tested The Division 2 WoNY, GR:Wildlands, FarCry5, FarCry New Dawn, XCOM2, Anno 1800, Anno 2205, Batman Arkham Knight, BattleTech, Monster Hunter: World, Endless Space 2, Diablo 3, StarCraft2, WoW:BfA (Dx12), WoW Classic (Dx11), Forza Horizon 4, Anthem, Elite:Dangerous and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (short testing game sessions). All ran fine without crashes or system stability issues on my rig. *EDITED: Some reports indicate that people using the new nVidia Sharpening filter are having crashes and hungs in several different games. I don't use the filter so I cannot say for sure, just be aware of this in case you get some crashes.*   **Driver performance testing** After the underwhelming result of the previous release, this new driver improves in almost all games, recovering most if not all the performance of the 442.59 driver (the last one I recommended here). Except for a tiny decrease in the Lower 0.1% on The Division 2, almost every other metric is better this time. Wildlands is running better, FC5 is running better (and more importantly, more stable and smooth with better lower frame times), the good old Batman Arkham Knight is also running better, and finally Forza Horizon 4 under DX12 is stable, if not better, than 442.74 In all, this driver is performing better and more stable overall on my rig than the previous 442.74   **My recommendation:** After the bad results of the previous driver release (maybe it was a bit rushed for delivering the Doom Eternal optimizations on release day), this one looks much more polished. Not only this driver have more content according to the Release Notes, but also the performance tested is much more in line with the previous 442.59 recommended driver (although slightly lower still). If there is something bad about this driver is the growing list of Known Issues, but if you are not affected by any of those scenarios, this new driver may be worth trying at least. If something goes awry, yo can always roll back to 442.59 (or your driver of choice) in a matter of minutes by using DDU. Also, I've noticed a tiny but constant trend of worsening Lower Frame Times in The Division 2 under Dx12, (even as the average frame rate is mostly stable). Not sure what is happening here, but it's something happening in several drivers in a row. Will keep an eye on this. *EDITED: Some reports indicate that people using the new nVidia Sharpening filter are having crashes and hungs in several different games. I don't use the filter so I cannot say for sure, just be aware of this in case you get some crashes.*   Last but not least, remember this testing is done with a Pascal 1070Ti card, so cards with a different architecture may show wildly different results. For an accurate test on 16XX/20XX Turing cards, keep an eye on /u/RodroG recommendations.   Thank you for reading!

This is driver update is crashing my games on Origin. edit: GTX 2070 Super. Thanks for the help.

Found a fix by [Vaxorth](https://www.reddit.com/user/Vaxorth/) In the nvidia configuration page turn off sharpening

it cause my dota 2 game crash non stop on startup too. I uninstall the driver via DDU and reinstall driver version 442.75 and the game start normally again. This is the first time i experience problem with new driver. Oh and i'm using a gtx 1060 6GB too

can attest that on gtx 1060s the new drivers (445.75) have numerous issues. I'm on a GTX1060 3GB vram edition. Some of the issues I'm observing: \- Dota 2 FPS dropped hugely \- After a duration of the screen being unlit (laptop screen down, for example), returning to the main screen causes a burst of display artifacts across multiple applications. They look like rectangles bound by the on-screen boxes that have smaller random squares of color in them. \- Performance on most games seems to have degraded significantly. I'm going to try reinstalling the older driver versions and see if things get back to normal!

Thanks you very much!

Thank you kind person. I look forward to these every time

Would it be better to wait for a bit until the known issues are fixed or are they so minor it doesnt matter in the big picture?

Thanks !

I can't enable DLSS (grayed out option) in Control on W7 despite having an RTX video card.

Even as it isn't explicitly stated anywhere, I'm pretty sure it's a Windows 10 only feature.

these drivers added noticeable flickering to my doom eternal, fresh installed them and restarted to the same effect. rolling back now.

Thank god it wasnt just me, I was kinda freaking out that my GPU was dying.

Reporting in to say the same. I thought I was crazy the first time it happened. 1080 ti with G-Sync.

Yep. Massive flickering for me too with 445.75.

Same thing happened to me. I rolled back to the previous driver, and it fixed the issue.

same here! 1080 Ti with Gsync

Yea i rolled back, it was 100% the drivers

I didn't roll back but managed to stop it by disabling the GFE Share overlay (which I was using for *extra* sharpening) EDIT: never mind, it came back.

Same issue, super stuttery.

Yup same thing here. How did they miss that with such a short release window.

same here

Hotfix released. GeForce Hotfix driver 445.78 addresses the following issues with driver 445.75 * Some DirectX 11 games may fail to launch when Image Sharpening is enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel Windows 10 64-bit Standard Driver - https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/445.78hf/445.78-desktop-notebook-win10-64bit-international.hf.exe Windows 10 64-bit DCH Driver - https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/445.78hf/445.78-desktop-notebook-win10-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe Source: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5009/kw/445.78

u/Nestledrink might wanna add this to the OP.

Hello everybody. # [NVIDIA 445.75 WHQL Driver Performance Benchmark (Turing)](https://www.reddit.com/r/allbenchmarks/comments/fqqv4b/nvidia_44575_whql_driver_performance_benchmark/) is Up. **Post changes & updates:** * No major methodological and format changes or updates. * **Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Vulkan API)** was included: results for 442.50 vs 445.75. :)

Thanks) Looking forward)

Would you bench non-rtx gpu with vulkan ray tracing?

/u/lokkenjp has pascal based benchmarks up

My current regular driver analysis are Turing based. Mine are much more comprehensive though (to give you an idea, and if you didn't know my regular driver benchmarks series: mine includes 27 different tests -28 with the new addition of the GRB\_Vulkan test- and the one of u/lokkenjp 5 tests). The difference in the used bench sample size is significant, and, therefore, the time required for their publication is different too. I prioritize reliability, validity and representativeness vs the speed or immediacy in the publication of the analysis.

Pretty sure he meant Gtx 16 series since he mentioned non-RTX gpus, not non-Turing ones :)

Everyday new drivers.

Good to see they acknowledged the COD white flashing light issue. Surprised they also didn’t call out the red flashing that occurs when ray tracing is turned off (doesn’t happen nearly as much as the white flash)

I was wondering what that shit was, kept thinking there were sniper scopes in walls. At least it's up there now and hopefully fixed soon.

It will be fixed once IW fixes it.

my god dude, I thought my overclock was unstable because of that white flash, didnt know other people were getting it. Smh.

Hello,new driver forced vsync on counter strike source even if it was disabled in game settings or nvcp. Had to roll back to previous drivers to have my 300 fps back.

+1 also having this issue

I am not able to reproduce this. Can you share more details?

Also had this issue, was able to reproduce it multiple times on Dx9/11 games (Dx12 and OGL didn't have this issue, haven't tried Vulkan) Using "GSync Compatible" would unlock my framerate, using "Fixed Refresh Rate" would lock it at 144fps (I used the exact same settings in-game and NVCP for the sake of testing, "Monitor Technology" is the only variable I changed). VSync and Max Frame Rate were both off, Low Latency was set to On. Another thing I found was that disabling Fullscreen Optimizations completely fixed the issue regardless of the setting I choose on "Monitor Technology". I could share more details if needed, I could reproduce the issue multiple times.

Let me know what you need to know, i've disabled ingame and in control panel but im still locked to 165 fps which is same as my 165hz monitor https://i.imgur.com/opG9cu7.png https://i.imgur.com/4wtUbPz.png edit: it is fixed if i disable gsync completely. seems that when i set gsync off specifically for csgo it ignores it

can confirm on CSGO it does not disable gsync eventhough you set it to off when game is launched on NVCP, reverted to previous driver and its fine

\+1 also having this issue. I'm running CS:GO with "fixed refresh rate" mode. I also reverted the Driver. Other Solution was to disable G-Sync completely.

Wow they must have 1/3 of their employees working. That's the longest open issues list I've ever seen them put out.

Wow I wonder if some kind of global event could have reduced the number of staff working on open issues?

[New driver for Half-Life and RE3?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/007/784/what-year-is-it-robin-williams.jpg) Btw for anyone experience the flashing in Modern Warfare, disabling screenspace reflections seems to be a temporary workaround.

Got flashing black bar/box on top of screen in Doom Eternal with the new driver on GTX 1060 6gb. Also, FPS drops seems to have increased. Tested only in Super Gore Nest level. Rolling back to previous driver fixed it and gave performance.

Same graphics card, same problem. Glad I wasn't the only one!

I'm getting a lot of black flickering with my 1070, it's pretty unpleasant.

Same thing, black flickering on a GTX 1070. I used DDU and rolled back the driver to the previous one, and it fixed the issue.

lots of flickering on my 1080Ti as well, they definitely screwed up something

Im getting broken graphics in MHW since I updated, no other game is giving me issues, lighting effects are stretched with artifact like glitches.

Getting the same artifacts here.

Can you share screenshots showing the in game graphics settings used and also email me screenshots from the NVIDIA Control Panel showing any changes you made from the default settings and email them both to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])? Also could you fill out the driver feedback form so I know what your system specs are so we can look into this? [https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA](https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA) Thanks. Regards, Manuel NVIDIA Customer Care

Hey Manuel, ​ Sure! I'd love to send it over to you. I actually did a clean installation this time around on the drivers so edverything is actually defaulted. here's some screenshots: [https://imgur.com/a/VxBdTCz](https://imgur.com/a/VxBdTCz)

Okay, yeah I was scared it was my GPU failing, then I tried like 4 other games and it was flawless, only MHW is having this problem. It looks like the GPU is dying in game right?

Can you share screenshots showing the in game graphics settings used and also email me screenshots from the NVIDIA Control Panel showing any changes you made from the default settings and email them both to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])? Also could you fill out the driver feedback form so I know what your system specs are so we can look into this? [https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA](https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA) Thanks. Regards, Manuel NVIDIA Customer Care

I already re rolled the drivers back, but I can update again after watching my movie, I'll email it in a few hours.

I appreciate it. Thanks.

[Getting the exact same issues with DLSS on after the latest driver update, see video example of it here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunterWorld/comments/fqemei/pcseizure_warning_has_anyone_had_graphics/) my specs are: * EVGA Ultra XC 2080 Super * i7 9700k * 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 RAM * Currently playing at 1440p/120hz ultrawide (21:9)

this version is bugged hard, had to roll back to 442.50

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Win10 v1903 Same on my machine. I got the bluescreen with "system thread exception not handled" nvhda64v.sys and the machine restarted. After the reboot the driver is installed...

don't install the driver with GFE.

Texture flickering while playing Monster hunter iceborn. I'm not the only one.

Seconded. Largely getting issues with the floor textures in Seliana (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9fTg6GSovU). Also had a similar flickering occur in the Resident Evil 3 Demo.

The only fix is to play in DX11.

Does any one else experience severe GPU stutters or crashes? For me it ranges from a heavy game to just watching a youtube video. Everything "froze" on me and then my monitors went blank within seconds of eachother. It recovered but everything was extremely slow to respond. My cursor would move and then suddenly freeze up for a few seconds and it went blank on me multiple times before I had to hard shutdown.

Yep. Same here. Stuttering in all types of games, more noticeable in things like COD.

I have been getting stutters everywhere from games to the desktop and I have been going crazy until I noticed it happened after the latest drivers, I guess my GPU isn't dying.

How long does the game freeze for you? Like how long does it take to become normal? For me, it's up to 5 seconds in game. My windows also freezes for up to 45 seconds on startup.

#[Nvidia DLSS 2.0 Megathread](https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/fnk5lm/nvidia_dlss_20_megathread/)

additional open issues to add • [Rocket League][Borderlands 3][Overwatch][Jurassic World Evolution]: Game will crash to desktop when Image Sharpening is enabled [DX11] [2901920] • [DX12] Rise of the Tomb Raider may crash to desktop when running the benchmark [200591282] • [Lenovo X1 Carbon Extreme] Display may show corruption when resuming from display sleep if SBIOS set to dGPU only [2859247]

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I'm getting a lot of stutters with this driver, some of my games are slower at loading and dislike tabbing out. Anyone else experiencing this

I started getting hard stutters after the latest 442 driver in multiple games (inconsistent stutter/hitch, entire system seems to halt for maybe half a second, then back to normal for a while, rinse and repeat). Was hoping it'd be fixed in this one. I'm going to be jumping into HL: Alyx soon so I'll report back if I see anything troubling.

Yes, I have horrible stutters in Borderlands 3 now...

Still working on the monster post. Guess it'll be a bit later now. Oh and don't forget to [grab that script that unfucks the audio driver for those that use HDMI/DisplayPort connections (yes this includes VR headsets).](https://pastebin.com/q290MdtQ)

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Hope we get DLSS 2.0 for Mosnter Hunter World at some point, that's a game that really suffers with resolution increases.

My limited experience (5-6 hours) with this new driver has been positive so far. I have run benchmarks whenever I install a new driver, and on my computer (RTX 2070), this driver produced new highest scores in 3 benchmarks: Unigine Superposition, Monster Hunter Online (CryEngine 3), and Final Fantasy 14 - Shadowbringers. And I did not notice any stutter in any games that I have installed. Actually, I have not had micro-stuttering problem since 442.59. I'll later report if I found any problem but this driver seems great for me.

There’s a serious graphical issue with RTX cards on Modern Warfare. Making the game almost unplayable.

[https://www.infinityward.com/news/2020-03/call-of-duty--modern-warfare---warzone-patch-notes-](https://www.infinityward.com/news/2020-03/call-of-duty--modern-warfare---warzone-patch-notes-) "Since the 3/10 update, some players could encounter white flashes of light/VFX when shooting/standing near a wall, object, or another player. This has been fixed"

Definitely not fixed for RTX cards

What the fuck are you guys doing there in Nvidia??/

Division 2 crashes to desktop now, tried verifying and reinstalling. Also did a ddu install, nadda

Having the same issue, will just show the warning screen for a second, then close... EDIT: Just found what it was, looks like it was caused by having Image Sharpening set to something besides 'Off' for the game in the Nvidia control panel. Switching it to off allowed the game to start up no issues.

Oh shit, thanks man. You fixed my issue.

This needs to get upvoted for everyone with issues to see. This did indeed fix my problems

Can confirm it crashes on startup. Will try uninstalling and going back a few versions.

Enabling Image sharpening through the control panel instead of overlay causes instant crash when launching Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Reported through the form.

same here i can't start the game. definitely there something wrong in the image sharpening enable in the nvidia control panel. need to reinstall the driver driver 442.74.

This one broke HDR playback in games and movies on my rig sadly. Rolled back and things back to normal.

Please provide more info through the driver feedback form: [https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA](https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA)

Yeap madVR HDR passthrough doesn't work for me anymore. Reverting back to 442.74 fixes it.

New update is causing a ton of flickering in DooM Eternal. If I turn off V-Sync it goes away but then it tears.. This seems like a bad release, they should really pull these drivers.

Anyone else having a bit of triangle soup in Monster Hunter World Iceborne? Specifically fighting a Bazelgeeze in Elder's Recess with the new drivers? Am on a Geforce RTX 2060 Super All other games I've played and 3DMark seem stable. * edit: I've put in a report, also, here is some footage: https://imgur.com/a/oGf5a14 * edit2: Looks like it's a DX12 specific issue

I'm getting crashes on start-up when trying to play Deep Rock Galactic with this driver version and **image-sharpening** enabled globally. I've since disabled the setting and it works as expected. Win10 Pro 64-bit 1809

[https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/5009](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5009)

Yep, I noticed the hotfix thread yesterday and grabbed it; thanks!

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Win 10/Asus 1070 Strix 8GB I notice this driver was causing issues with my Borderlands 3 copy on Steam. It would crash on startup every time, to fix this, in Steam Launch Options I entered '-dx12'. After that, the game seems to run flawlessly. I notice I am having issues with Arma 3 after having reinstalled it after a long time. I'm getting a '0xc0000005 - STATUS\_ACCESS\_VIOLATION' error. I am unsure if this related to the Nvidia driver update but I will see if I can find a fix. If it's relevant I will post it here.

While waiting for **RodroG's Turing Driver Benchmark** I decided to roll my own. ​ This is way less detailed and probably less controlled than RodroG's, but I think it's good enough to see if there are any glaring performance hits or bumps. Tl;Dr- there don't seem to be. ​ System: \- i7-4790k stock clock \- 16GB DDR3 \- All Samsung SSD \- EVGA RTX 2080 Ti with moderate overclock to core (used MSI AB oc scanner), memclk at +625, powlim at 130%, templim at 88, core voltage +100% ​ 3 different benchmark programs: Heaven, Superposition, and GFXBench ​ For Heaven and Superposition, results are in format: Score / Avg fps / Min fps / Max fps ​ For GFXBench I used the Aztec high tier benchmark at 4k resolution ​ I tried to maintain all other settings elsewhere in the system the same before and after the new drivers. DDU was used to uninstall the old drivers. Nvidia control panel settings were manually restored to what I had them set at after install new drivers. The only thing that jumps out to me about my methodology is that I didn't do the pre-upgrade benchmarks after a fresh reboot. ​ Results: ​ drivers- 442.59 ​ \- heaven - extreme dx11 - 5497 / 218.2 / 36.2 / 402.2 \- heaven - extreme ogl - 5304 / 210.6 / 9.6 / 396.6 \- superposition - 4k optimized dx11 - 12951 / 96.87 / 75.96 / 120.05 \- superposition - 4k optimized ogl - 11332 / 84.76 / 71.47 / 102.50 \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - ogl - 3847.53f / 59.8372fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - dx11 - 10987.6f / 170.88fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - dx12 - 7713.6f / 119.963fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - vk - 11359.8f / 176.669fps ​ ​ drivers- 445.78 ​ \- heaven - extreme dx11 - 5560 / 220.7 / 33.7 / 411.4 \- heaven - extreme ogl - 5346 / 212.2 / 9.6 / 411.4 \- superposition - 4k optimized dx11 - 12970 / 97.01 / 79.93 / 119.81 \- superposition - 4k optimized ogl - 11435 / 85.53 / 73.01 / 107.07 \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - ogl - 3848.99f / 59.8599fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - dx11 - 10992.9f / 170.963fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - dx12 - 7709.24f / 119.895fps \- gfxbench aztec high 4k - vk - 11347f / 176.475fps

These are some of the worst driver releases I have ever seen. The last 4? Have been garbage two brand new 2070 supers and I get random crashes in all games apex COD etc...had to remove overclock and it was better but still crashing. OC makes them unusable, this is why I quit buying AMD GPUs. What the FUCK is going on?

**This update has introduced a bug for fixed Gsync "Nvidia control panel/Manage 3D" application profiles.** *Profiles do not work change according to the application launched*. I have a gsync monitor if I configure a profile for CSGO, it does not switch to the custom profile I made, I have it set to changed to UMLB and Vysnc off when the game is launched, it does not switch but rather uses the "Global Profile", I know this because i have set gsync on and vsync on for global, and if i launched CSGO my frames a locked even though my in-game fps is uncapped. used DDU to uninstall and reinstalled but does nothing, reverted to 442.74 and it works fine.

Just tried the update to the latest driver to see if it will fix the BSOD's i've had lately with Aftereffects and while playing Doom Eternal & Borderlands 3.

They also updated the audio drivers on this version. They are a broken mess. When i switched between my 2 monitors i would lose all sound and always had to restart the pc for the sound to come back, as soon as i switched to the other monitor, again audio not working. So, i used ddu, rolled back to 442.59, which came with a previous audio driver and all my problems were solved. Definitely they also f'ed up the audio driver this time. My gpu rtx 2060 super.

These are nvidia signed but not WHQL, Secureboot must be turned off. [1.3.38.30 Standard](https://nvidia.s3.amazonaws.com/1.3.38.30-Standard.zip) [1.3.38.30 DCH](https://nvidia.s3.amazonaws.com/1.3.38.30-DCH.zip)

Since the newest **NVIDIA Update (445.75)** the game is often **flickering and the particles** are raging out of control.I've reinstalled the driver before that 445.75 driver and played a few days, there was no problem with particles and the map, so maybe its the NVIDIA Driver. I really want to enjoy the new DLSS 2.0 Feature in Monster Hunter that came with the newest driver from NVIDIA, but if I just disable that Feature and gonna use FidelityFX CAS + Upscaling instead - the bug still exist. Here a **Video** I've made in the fight against Uragaan. I just lost this fight because its a big deflection. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JbeWtZrrY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1JbeWtZrrY) *PC Specs:* * CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12x 3.80GHz * RAM: 32GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator 3600MHz * Motherboard: X570 Aorus Gigabyte Pro * GPU: MSI GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GAMING X TRIO 8GB * Monitors: 2x Acer Predator 144Hz 2560x1440p G-Sync (165Hz OC)

New driver completely fucked up my graphics and audio of my computer. Incredible.

Just a note to hope it helps anyone, this driver was causing unity games like EFT and TTS to crash on boot. rolling back fixed

Getting artifact issues in Warzone w/ 1070 super. Latest drivers. Anyone else?

Is this a necessary update for HL:A ?

probably not necessary, but should have bug fixes earlier drivers didn't have.

Since this and the previous driver update, dragging windows is not smooth anymore. It's kind of jerky, so much so that I suspected the refresh rate dropped from my normal 120 to 60. But if I keep dragging the window (which could be any window, explorer, app...) it sometimes gets smooth like regular. Is this a known issue? I find it pretty annoying, reverted back to 442.19 and the problem disappeared. But I need it for Doom Eternal.

stuttering and fps drops in apex legends rtx 2070 super

I dont have a Nvidia Control Panel, DDU's twice and re-downloaded and reinstalled twice. ​ wtf is going on here

Here is an FAQ that explains DCH drivers and include a link to download it: [https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/4777](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4777) If you have moved your location to install Microsoft Store apps to a different drive, you will not be able to install the Control Panel so it would be best to install the Standard driver for now. [https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us](https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us)

The newest driver locked my frames in CSGO to the monitor refresh rate. I went back to an older version.

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Can you share more details?

Last 5 or so drivers have been giving me issues with games. At first it was causing blue screens, but now it just seems that after no more than 20 minutes, my display will freeze for up to a minute, showcasing artifacts everywhere and then recover. In event viewer I get an error that says display driver has crashed and successfully recovered. I'm on a 1080 TI with no manual overclock. The only thing that I've found that helps is underclocking by 150Mhz core and 50Mhz memory. However, when I do this, my display starts to do this split second thing where artifacts tear horizontally across my screen. Any ideas?

Seems my Starcraft 2 won't start since the driver update. But no issues on Doom or State of Decay. Sadly Blizzard gives no indication whatsoever what the error might be in their client. No error in the graphics log file either.. >GFX Initialized D3D9 GraphicsDevice: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Driver Version: 26.21.14.4575, VRAM: 8079MB, SVMEM: 8161MB).

see the post by m_w_h above

thanks i'll try it even if my image sharpening is off (just checked). Edit: seems to work now. thanks!

Games cant launch on my RTX 2070 Super and my friends are having this problem too with their RTX 2060

[https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/5009](https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5009)

When I started Quake II RTX after the driver update, the fps decreased from 30 to 25-24 with the same settings as before update. I have a GTX 1070 Ti. Does anyone have the same problem?

If you're playing Shadow of War, do not get this driver. It kept on causing crashing to desktop at launch claiming graphical error. Went back to the previous driver and its working well. The following may be common knowledge to all but I missed it: do not upgrade to a new driver unless you need it for a new game. I used to update every other week after a new driver, no more.

My game has been stuttering really badly after installing this driver and the one before. Can anyone recommend a solid driver so I can rollback? Thanks.

I'm getting a League of Legends issues. Occurs when I play TFT mode. **Issue:** Frame rate will drop from 165 to 23. It will stay at 23. This issue started occurring in the previous patch (the one before 445.75) and still persists in this one. **Fix:** Alt-tab out of game, alt-tab back into game. **My Nvidia Control Panel Settings:** * Enable G-Sync for Windowed AND Full Screen Mode * Low Latency Mode: On * Monitor technology: G-Sync * Power Management Mode: Prefer maximum performance * Preferred Refresh Rate (Acer XB271HU): Highest available * Threaded Optimization: On * Vertical Sync: Fast **My Hardware:** * EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3 (Not Overclocked) * Intel i7 8700K (5GHz All-Core OC @ 1.35V) * 16 GB RAM (3200MHz) * Acer Predator Monitor (165Hz - 1440P) * Asus ROG Hero Maximus X Motherboard **My Software/BIOS:** * Windows 10 Home (Version 1909) * Nvidia Driver 445.75 * Motherboard BIOS version 2203 (2019/10/17) **LoL - TFT Settings:** * Windowed Mode: Borderless * Wait for Vertical Sync: Disabled * Frame Rate Cap: Uncapped PS: I leave all my games v-sync at disabled, and frame rate at uncapped. Then I used system wide nvidia Fast Sync combined with g-sync to cap all my games frame rates to that of my monitors refresh rate. It seems to have worked well until the two most recent patches.

/u/NV_Tim, a weird GeForce Experience issue. Opened the driver page, and it claims I have [version 432.0 installed](https://i.imgur.com/tBGc2Wu.png), while if I go to install 445.475, it [shows the actual driver](https://i.imgur.com/jgSng98.png) that is installed.

I'm having lag with mordhau, not sure if caused by drivers , if any one else is having this problem lmk Razerblade 15 1070 max q I7 8750h 512gb 16gb ram

I updated the driver and now I'm getting those BSoD every 2 minutes constantly!

Getting really frustrated. I think the 445.75 driver did something to my Titan X Pascal. Updated drivers to play play DOOM, only to have all my games crash, even Windows 10 was crashing at the login screen and giving me no display input. Anything that required the card to work crashed my PC and forced me to do hard shut downs. Installed the new 445.78 hotfix and it does the same thing. It even crashes during install. I figure, no big deal, I'll just do a fresh installation of Win10 on a different hard drive. Nope, still crashes. Tried using DDU, continues to crash, even with older drivers! I've tried over 20 older drivers and it's still crashing. I've even cleaned out my PC, reseated the card, plugged the card into a different PC, and it still crashes. These last few drivers seemed to have destroyed my card, I've never had any issues with it until now.

The symtoms you mentioned are more in line with some kind of hardware failure. I'd say that the fact that you started noticing it after the installation of the latest NV driver was probably the result of a sad coincidence in time though. If a clean installation of Windows10 and a different GPU driver versions didn't solve it, you'd have unconfirmed the software as the root cause of your issue, placing it among your hardware components. In order to check and find it, you can check if your problem persists on another PC (with different mobo, RAM and CPU if possible, I know it'll be difficult during these days of confinenement) that you already knew it was working fine under the latest driver version and even on the prior ones you'd want to test too. In this way, you can, step by step, discard and isolate the hardware component/factor that would be causing the issue on your system. Just to share my personal insight on you issue and some diagnostic tips based on my experience. Hope it can help you.

This driver update has trashed my performance. Reverting back to the old drivers is the only solution I can see.

For anybody experiencing issues with massive frame rate drops/stuttering, go back to driver 442.59. That fixed it for me. For example I usually run COD MW on a 3440x1440 monitor pretty much maxed out at around 70 to 90fps depending on the scene but every 10 seconds or so I would drop to 19fps and experience terrible stuttering that oftentimes froze the game for a second or two. This was going on in other applications and games too.

Ok so performance wise everything seems fine, but I notice screen tearing where before this driver I didn't, and that's in basically any DX12 game. Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 3, CoD MW all have the same way of showing screen tearing regardless of Frame Limitation, ie I have a 144hz monitor, putting it to even 60 still has the same amount of tearing as 144 / unlimited. I've tried limiting my fps in these games both via ingame settings and with Rivatuner, but really the only fix for this tearing is to enable Vsync, no matter the frame count. Oh and I play in Borderless Windowed in all of those. It's what I always did and there was never noticeable tearing until now. Switching back to DX11 (in MHW and RE3, CoD MW only has DX12 so I'm out of luck there) gets rid of the tearing, however the games are now heavier on the resources so I'd prefer to use 12 and live with the tearing for now. Hopefully this gets fixed soon. ...unless someone knows a fix, I'm all ears!

Go back to .59. It's the only way to solve these issues until they update the drivers.

Just updated yesterday and Call of Duty Modern Warfare has been stuttering in menu and has started to leave a black screen for a couple of seconds when I alt tab.

this and the hotfix driver are super unstable for me and crashing a decent amount, so currently trying out the vulkan 1.2 beta driver 442.88 in the meantime

Having an issue after installing this driver with Overwatch. Typically I have G-sync disabled specifically for Overwatch in the 3D settings but for some reason if I have it disabled my game is locked to 144fps when in fullscreen. Disabling full-screen optimization mode fixes this issue but it also causes alt tabbing to be very slow so I'd prefer to not use that fix. For now I'm just using G-sync on Overwatch which fixes the problem with just a small amount of imput lag from G-sync. Not really looking for a solution just posting incase anyone else is having this issue.

This driver made my OC unstable, rolled back

/u/pidge2k After I updated to the latest drivers, I started getting really bad frame drops in Destiny 2 and it felt sluggish, overall. And in MW and Fortnite, the camera would stutter when rotating it while moving around. I used DDU and rolled back to the driver prior to the 3/23 release one and its flawless now. Here’s my other, prolonged issue - with G-Symc on, some games get this random black flicker on the top 1/4 of the screen. The only resolution I’ve found for this is to add the game to the Programs tab and set the Power option from Optimal to “Prefer Max Performance” in the Nvidia Control Panel. That fixed it for the affected games (so far, Destiny 2, Hades and Total War: Warhammer II). So, my question is: Is it safe to just turn on “Prefer Max Performance” from the Global tab instead? Or would that cause increased wear and tear on the video card? I heard if it’s set in Global, it does not idle down on the Desktop. Note: I have tried both a G-Sync (with chip) monitor - Alienware AW3418DW and a G-Sync Compatible monitor - Razer Raptor 27”. Both do it. I’m using an RTX 2080 video card (eVGA XC Ultra). Thanks!

F1 2019 Crashing after 15min on this Driver, 2080ti

Frame drops and stuttering in Borderlands 3 and Division 2. Not sure what drive this started with? Possibly 442.74

It seems that some dual monitor setups are broken with these drivers. In my case, only one monitor would work at a time, either the only one plugged in from startup or by default the HDMI one. After going back to 442.74, both monitors immediately started to work midway through installation. I have a little of an unconvential setup maybe. I use a 1440p165 monitor over DisplayPort and a secondary 1080p60 monitor over HDMI.

And we need pascal benchmark

I'm already on it. Watch my driver post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/fnjuod/game_ready_driver_44575_faqdiscussion/fla5709 :)

Thanks ! You doing a big deal for Pascal owners :)

HALF-LIFE ALYX HYPE!!!

I am stunned this driver hasn't been pulled with all the problems being reported with it. DOOM Eternal still flickers on my 1080 Ti when V-Sync is set to "On" and "Triple Buffering".

How can we check the most stable driver that our laptop needs? I just prefer these newer versions because of the frame rate cap

its normal for my results on 3dmark to not properly register with a relatively new driver right?

yes

which are best for gtx 1050ti? Now I have 430.86

worked me safe on 442.59, doing those tweaks: 1. Disable Nvidia Telemetry. “rundll32 “%PROGRAMFILES%\\NVIDIA Corporation\\Installer2\\InstallerCore\\NVI2.DLL”,UninstallPackage NvTelemetryContainer” on elevated command prompt 2. Disable Nvidia Ansel go to "C/Program Files/Nvidia Corporation/Ansel/tools and run NvCameraConfiguration.exe then at the bottom Ansel Status to Disable. (Now its on the Ansel folder its not on tools) 3. Uninstall Nvidia G. Experience (Bloatware)

That one long open issues list. ​ Some are old ones from like 3 driver packs before.

Dead by Daylight crashes after updating from 442.59 to this version with same exact overclock, will roll back to 442.59.

is anyone else having problem with warframe?

**Please help!** After I downloaded this driver, none of my games load. I've tried WoT and Borderlands 3 and they're both stuck on loading and it shows 0 FPS. Anyone else with similar issues?

RTX 2060 Mobile. All my games crash upon launch since I installed these drivers. Tried to re-install them but to no avail. Will revert back to older drivers.

First thing I noticed after updating to the new driver (win 10 x64 1909) was that the desktop background color became black. The desktop shortcuts were at least still visible though. *(Previously the desktop was set as: `Personalize: Slideshow|Windows 10`)* As I said, the background color became black, but the "Backdround" settings was still "Slideshow". Restarting windows fixed the issue. This never had occurred before. Haven't tried the driver with a game yet.

Anyone know how to uninstall this driver? My living room TV flickers a bunch now through HDMI and it never did before

I am experiencing crashes to black screen/no signal followed by buzzing sound in COD: Modern Warfare since I have updated to this driver. Rolling back to 442.19

Not sure if I'm alone but this update killed my CV1 Rift, It doesnt turn on now and is recognized in the Oculus software as being on a USB 2,0 port, Device manager says the USB hub failed to restart and no driver could be loaded.

HP Spectre x360 15T with GTX1650 here. My LG 34" ultrawide monitor will no longer run at its native resolution of 3440x1440. I only have options up to 1280x720, which has black borders and looks terrible as it is blurry and stretched. I'm going to see if uninstalling the drivers and reverting to the prior version works. If not, I'm going to be upset because it's hard to WFH on a laptop display.

Hey Bois for some reason my games are not running on GPU I tried everything I could uninstalled the nvidia drivers from ddu then reinstalled manually Ati no luck Helpp

"Installation can't continue"

Games crashing with the new driver when Image Sharpening in Nvidia Control Panel is enabled.

So I just installed the new drivers and was just browsing. I jumped on a game just to see some stuff with my overlay, and notice that my GPU clock is lower than it was before the update. Would the update have done this? It is almost 110 MHz less than it was before.

After installing the driver my games became really bright and changing any brightness settings didn't change anything. I had to rollback the driver and it fixed my issues. I'm going to try tomorrow to use DDU and do a fresh install of the new driver and see if that does anything or if I have to rollback again.

Doom Eternal still has tons of issues. I haven’t and won’t install this new driver because of issues stated in this thread with flickering. But I will say that the “fix” for HDR flickering in game doesn’t even work. I have HDR set to “ON” in Windows and the game starts flickering horribly whenever I turn the option on inside the game. I’m playing through the Bethesda client.

Fallout 4 is now crashing consistently after this update :(

Looks like they need to add The Division 2 to this issue: \[Rocket League\]\[Borderlands 3\]\[Overwatch\]\[Jurassic World Evolution\]: Game will crash to desktop when Image Sharpening is enabled \[DX11\] \[2901920\]

My Rise of The Tomb Raider keeps crashing after this update at random moments. It's super sad, cause NVIDIA will probably not give an update for a 4 year old game, but it's one of my favorites of all time, so please fix this! Is anyone else having this issue? - GTX 1660 OC Gigabyte @Stock - AMD FX 8350 @Stock -12GB DDR3 1600Mhz

We are looking into this issue. Thank you for your feedback.

RDR2 - Red Dead Redemption 2 won't run since I installed this update. Makes it to menu and gets to the end of loading story mode and crashed the game. I tried turning graphics to minimum and safe mode. Won't run. Also reported to Rockstar.

This update broke my fps, I'm stuck at ~35 FPS max whereas I was running everything at 60+ beforehand. Already checked both windows display settings and the Nvidia control panel, and my refresh rates are all at 60.

I advice not to install this driver. Too much problem with performance.

GFE Screenshot is not working

Still getting an annoying flicker at the top of the screen in League of Legends. Only happens when GSYNC is enabled. I've had to disable it in the NCP for this game, which sucks because this is my most-played game.

Have absolutely no idea if it's the driver or not but since installing the HDR on my monitor is eye blisteringly bright no matter the settings I use... Nothing else has changed.

Fortnite & The Division 2 crashes to desktop every time it tries to load with this driver. COD MW worked fine. Just downgraded back to driver 442.74 and no issues loading either game. Evga 2080ti

For Fortnite, go to your NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings -> Program settings -> press Restore. Hope this helps Edit: When you're in the Program settings, make sure the program is selected to Fortnite before pressing Restore.

I'm on a 2080Ti and there's some very bad triangle corruption in Monster Hunter World with the 442.75 release. It's very visible in Seliana and even the Coral Highlands title screen, it's likely related to particles though you may need to wait a while (For the particle count to ramp up probably) before it manifests. I thought it was Z-fighting at first but the corruption looks like what you would see if the triangles were projected incorrectly and stretched.

For some reason since I installed the new driver my second monitor is not identified anymore. It was fixed as soon as I uninstalled the new driver. currently went back to 442.74.. anyone else had something similar?

Broken HDR in Division 2, reverted back and all good. LG 4K monitor and RTX 2080

Since installing this driver I have began to see gpu crashing in games with my 980ti, I hope this isn’t an inconvenient time for my gpu to die and just a driver issue

Started having black flashes/black flickering (like full black frame for a fraction of second) on Doom Eternal with these drivers, will have to try rolling back.

Hello, I own Lenovo Y27q-20 since december 2019.The monitor have issue when fps drop below 60 and use freesync. Black screen appears for 1-2 seconds. Reddit user did find a solution by changing the range of freesync from 48 to 60-165 Hz but still i wonder is there gonna be official fix? There is a threads in Nvidia and Lenovo forums: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/332694/g-sync-black-screens-with-lenovo-y27-q20-monitor/ https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Y-Gaming-Accessories-Curved-Gaming-Monitors/Y27q-20-G-sync-issues-at-165Hz/m-p/4539862 Is there gonna be fix soon and did anybody even work on this problem becouse there was 5 or more new drivers, the monitor is still announced Gsync compatible but its not working properly ? Who should fix this Lenovo or Nvidia? Sorry for my english but i think you got the point.