Driver Update: GeForce Game Ready Driver 373.06 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers are version number 373.06 WHQL, and are suitable for Windows Vista and higher, 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 Gears of War 4, Mafia III and Shadow Warrior 2. The changelog also shows bug fixes and issues that are already known, but are still being worked on.

Provides the optimal experience for

• Gears of War 4
• Mafia III
• Shadow Warrior 2

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Battlefield 1 – re-enabled SLI profile
• Iron Storm – added SLI profile

Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:

• Ashes of Singularity – excellent
• Gears of War 4 – fair
• Mafia III – not recommended
• Shadow Warrior 2 – not recommended

Windows 10 Fixed Issues

• Improved the framerate consistency of the R370 drivers in VR games and applications. [1804037]
• [372.70, GP100] FPS limiter broken in R370 drivers in windowed mode with high FPS. [1814275]
• [372.54] Corruption in Overwatch decals. [1816111]

Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7 Fixed Issues

• [GeForce GT 720/GT 705] Changed color setting not maintained after system shutdown and resume. [200144317]

Windows 10 Open Issues

• [SLI] Gears of War 4 shows lower results when SLI is enabled. [1814018] Gears of War 4 currently does not support explicit multi-GPU configurations. However, we have found an issue where single-GPU performance drops if SLI is enabled in the NVIDIA Control Panel. As a result, please disable SLI prior to playing Gears of War 4 if you have multiple GPUs. We are working on the issue and will inform the community as soon as we have the issue resolved.
• [GeForce GTX 1070][Alienware Graphics Amplifier] The graphics card is not detected upon installing the driver. [200236450]
• Driver overinstall requires a reboot. [1757931]
• [367.77, WDDM 2.1] Driver install/overinstall requires reboot. [1757931]
• [SLI, GP104] Installer prompts for reboot during express overinstall of 372.69 driver on 372.54. [200231806]
• [SLI, GeForce GTX TITAN] Mirror’s Edge Catalyst flickers for a few seconds after Alt+F2 is used to open the Ansel UI. [200231742]
• [SLI, GeForce GTX TITAN] The Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Intensity slider is set to 100 after Alt+Tab. [200231737]
• [SLI, Geforce GTX TITAN] Mirror’s Edge Catalyst severe stutter is observed when the mouse is moved around with Ansel UI open. [1804954]
• [SLI, Geforce GTX 980M] Mirror’s Edge Catalyst flickers on Ansel UI when image moved with mouse pointer. [1805007]
• [SLI, No Man’s Sky] Huge performance drop after interaction with starships if SLI is enabled. [200231722]
• [GM204] Quantum Break window either remains blank or freezes in game scene in windowed mode. [1804910]
• Assassins Creed – Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces. [200211264]
• 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. [200172046]
• [Luxmark 3.0] Display driver stopped responding while running benchmark LuxBall HDR (Simple Bechmark:217K triangles). [200153736]
• [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]

Windows 8.1 Open Issues

• [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]

Windows 8 Open Issues

• 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]
• [Video, Notebook] The NVIDIA Control Panel video color settings have no effect on YouTube flash video playback within Internet Explorer 10. [999485]

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]
• [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]
• [GeForce 400 series, Total War: Shogun 2] The sun and surrounding area within the game flicker. [807036]