Driver Update: GeForce Game Ready Driver 419.17 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers carry version number 419.17 WHQL, are suitable for Windows 7 and higher and can be used on cards based on the Kepler architecture or newer. This release includes improvements for the Anthem and DiRT Rally 2.0 games, fixes several security vulnerabilities, and adds support for the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. The changelog also shows bug fixes and a handful of problems that are already known, but for which there is no solution yet. The complete release notes are below:

Provides the optimal gaming experience for

• anthem
• DiRT Rally 2.0

Gaming Technology

• Includes support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards.

This driver adds security updates for driver components.

• see the NVIDIA Security Bulletin 4772 for details.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

• Apex Legends
• Far Cry New Dawn

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [Doom Eternal / Doom 2016]: Decals render as black. [2515006]
• [Battlefield V]: Screen artifacts appear in the game when Texture Filtering is set to High Quality in the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2470649]
• Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]
• [Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]
• Windows 7×64/8.1×64: Fixes random application crash or TDR introduced in previous GeForce display driver 418.81. [2504448]

Windows 10 Open Issues

• [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC enabled. [200482157]
• [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]
• [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]
• [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]
• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
• [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]
• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]