Driver Update: GeForce Game Ready Driver 372.54 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers are version number 372.54 WHQL, and are suitable for Windows Vista and above, with separate downloads as usual for 32bit and 64bit environments. The drivers can be used on all GeForce 400 series and higher cards. The new drivers include improvements for the games Man’s Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Obduction, F1 2016 and the Open Beta of Paragons. The changelog also shows bug fixes and issues that are already known, but are still being worked on.

Game Ready
Provides the optimal experience for No Man’s Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Obduction, F1 2016, and the Open Beta for Paragon

Gaming Technology
Supports the new GeForce GTX 10-series GPUs powering the ultimate gaming notebooks

New Features

• Support for updated BatteryBoost technology.
• Enabled mclk switches on 144 Hz G-SYNC monitors in multi-monitor use cases in order to lower power consumption.
• Support OpenGL VR SDK 1.4 (Windows).
• Added a Windows cross-API interop between Vulkan and DirectX 11. This enables Vulkan app compatibility with existing DirectX 11-based HMD runtimes.
• Added driver support for DXGI 2 VR.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – added DirectX 11 SLI profile
• No Man’s Sky – added (Beta) SLI profile
• Space Engineers – added DirectX 11 SLI profile

Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – fair
• F1 2016 – not recommended
• Obduction – excellent
• Riptide GP: Renegade – excellent
• World of Warcraft – updated Beta EXEs

Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:

• Mirror’s Edge Catalyst – excellent
• Overwatch – good
• Total War: Warhammer – good

Fixed Issues

• [368.69, GP104] Corrected high DPC latency. [1785539]
• [Space Engineers] Need SLI profile for DirectX 11 version. [1771135]
• {Mac OS X]Higher quality CUDA icon needed to take advantage of Retina display. [1595778]
• [368.69, GeForce GTX 1080] CUDA 7.5 and CUDA 8.0RC fail bandwidth test. [1786668]
• [SLI, Witcher 3] Shadow darkness intensity changes randomly during gameplay. [200104130]
• [368.81, Windows 10 x64] Netflix Windows Store app stutters in full-screen mode. [1789185]
• [GeForce GTX 980 Ti, Windows 10 x64] Low GPU usage/scaling in Guild Wars 2 with SLI + Surround. [1773887]
• [Call of Duty: Black Ops III] Illegal instruction crashes occur on NVIDIA hardware. [1702129]
• [Quadro K5000, Windows 10 x64] Hyper-threading performance loss of 4–16 times with recent Quadro drivers compared to 354.56. [1783097]
• [364.51, Windows 10] After driver update, Steam controller on-screen keyboard shows only white screen. [1741160]
• [SLI, 368.39, GP104] GTX 1080 SLI can’t be enabled if third graphics card installed in system. [1776930]
• High GPU idle clocks occur with two DisplayPort displays. [1739442]
• [Steam VR] Vive on the Link Box mini-DisplayPort is not detected after a sleep/resume or a hot unplug/plug. [200217566]
• RFE: Vulkan ability to auto-promote border-less full screen to full-screen exclusive. [1777202]
• [368.39, Windows 10, Windows 8] Micro-stuttering and lower OpenGL performance compared to Windows 7 occurs on Optimus notebooks. [1775631]

Windows 10 Open Issues

• [Project Cars VR] A TDR is observed when launching the game while forcing AFR from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200216714] The issue only occurs on desktop systems when the game is launched from the Oculus store. The issue does not occur when the game is launched from an HMD.
• Assassins Creed – Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces. [200211264]
• [Surround] Surround Display icon disappears after rotate mode set to portrait. [200201040]
• [SLI] Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled. [200172046]
• [SLI] Blank display is observed on disabling SLI with two displays connected. [200168702]
• [Luxmark 3.0] Display driver stopped responding while running benchmark LuxBall HDR (Simple Bechmark:217K triangles). [200153736]
• Driver installation will fail if GeForce Experience is a selected component and the system is either in safe mode or without a network connection. [200151914]
• [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]
• [SLI, UEFI] Event Viewer error 14 points to nvlddmkm when the system is rebooted. [1309257] Windows 8.1 Issues
• [SLI] Mirrors Edge: Catalyst crashes with DirectX error on launch. [1773411]
• [3DVision] While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel. [1314811]
• [SLI, UEFI] Event Viewer error 14 points to nvlddmkm when the system is rebooted. [1309257]

Windows 8 Open Issues

• [Optimus, Notebook] After installing the driver, the Device Manager includes an entry for the NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device but the entry has a yellow bang. The NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device is not needed nor used on Optimus notebooks, so there is no effect on your notebook function. To remove the yellow bang, reboot your notebook.
• With a 3DTV connected and the resolution set to an HD3D resolution through the NVIDIA Control Panel, the display flickers constantly after installing the driver via INF over driver version 320.49. [1315116]
• [SLI, UEFI] Event Viewer error 14 points to nvlddmkm when the system is rebooted. [1309257]
• [Video, Notebook, Hulu Desktop] When attempting to play videos using Hulu Desktop, there is audio but no video. [1000017]
• [Video, Notebook, Internet Explorer, YouTube] The NVIDIA Control Panel video color settings have no effect on YouTube flash video playback within Internet Explorer 10. [999485]
• [SLI, GeForce 500 series, DirectX 11, Dragon Age II] Shadows flicker in the cut scene when SLI is enabled. [849235]

Windows 7 Open Issues

• [SLI] Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled. [200172046]
• Driver installation will fail if GeForce Experience is a selected component and the system is either in safe mode or without a network connection. [200151914]
• [3DVision] While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel. [1314811]
• [GeForce 500 series, Need for Speed: The Run] During the race the sun flickers and there are bright blips and black patches. [909577]
• [SLI, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor] With SLI enabled, there is heavy flickering in the game after switching from windowed mode to full-screen mode. [892264]
• NVS 4200M, Optimus, F1 2011]The game hangs while selecting Quit To Main Menu during gameplay. [879537]
• [SLI, GeForce 500 series, DirectX 11, Dragon Age II] Shadows flicker in the cut scene when SLI is enabled. [849235]
• [GeForce 400 series, Total War: Shogun 2] The sun and surrounding area within the game flicker. [807036]