Driver Update: GeForce Game Ready Driver 397.93 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers are version number 397.64 WHQL and are suitable for Windows 7 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. This release includes optimizations for the games The Crew (closed beta) and State of Decay 2. The changelog also shows some bug fixes and a handful of problems that are already known, but for which no solution has yet been found. The complete release notes are below:

Provides the optimal gaming experience for

• The Crew Closed Beta
• State of Decay 2.

New Features

• Added support for CUDA 9.2.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• DRG Initiative
• Star Wars: Battlefront II

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

• The Crew 2 – Good

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 870M]: GPU acceleration is being used for Windows Explorer. [2003577]
• [SLI][Steam]: Steam must be closed to enable or disable SLI mode. [2091966]
• [Surround][Digital Vibrance]: Digital Vibrance setting is not persistent, and reverts to the default setting when rebooting with Surround mode enabled. [2097240]
• [Wolfenstein II]: The game may freeze in the Roosevelt area. [2114563]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel]: When Windows HDR is enabled, some color formats are missing from the NVIDIA Control Panel->Display->Change Resolution page. [2117226]
• [Pascal GPU + Kepler GPU]: After installing the driver and rebooting the system, the drive may fail to load. [200394820]
• [Far Cry 5]: Green flickering occurs in the game when using HDR with non-native resolution. [200399992]

Changes in this Release

• Removed Experience Improvement Program from the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Windows 10 Open Issues

• [SLI][Hitman Pro: DirectX 12]: With SLI mode enabled, the game crashes if in-game HDR is ON and Windows HDR setting is OFF at lower resolutions. [200415553]
• [Surround SLI][G-Sync][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1 display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]
• [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410]
  The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.
• [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
• [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
• [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]{Warhammer Vermintide 2][DirectX 12]: TDR errors may occur when changing resolutions in game. [200395335].
  To work around, use the DirectX 11 game option.
• [Notebook][GeForce GTX 1060]: The external HDMI display blinks when playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser or Blu-ray video in full-screen mode with Windows HDR enabled. [200410646]
  The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome, Firefox, or Internet Explorer 11 browser.
• [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750]
  The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.
• [DOTA 2][Vulkan API]: With Vulkan mode enabled, the game item slot glitches. [1877720]
• [Dead by Daylight]: NVIDIA Freestyle does not work with the game. [2116198]
• [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]
• [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys don’t work. [200394749]
• [GeForce Experience][ShadowPlay]: The “In-Game Overlay” option cannot be enabled, nor does Shadowplay recording work. [200390642]
  The Microsoft Media Foundation library must be installed in order to use these features. Be sure to first install the Media Foundation package.
• Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
• With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flicker in the video. [200410646]
  To avoid this scenario, disable Windows HDR setting before launching the video. ()

Windows 7 Open Issues

• [Call of Duty: WWII][Surround]: With Surround enabled, the center Surround display is blank during gameplay. [200370257]