Driver Update: GeForce Game Ready Driver 457.51 WHQL

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers are version number 457.30 WHQL, are suitable for Windows 7 and higher, and can be used on cards based on the Kepler architecture or newer. This release adds support for the RTX 3060 Ti and also fixes some issues. The complete release notes are below:

Gaming Technology

• Includes support for the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GPU.

Fixed Issues in this Release

• [NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPU]: Blue-screen crash may occur upon waking from sleep. [3173027]
• [Freestyle/Ansel]: After launching and then closing Star Wars: Squadrons, Freestyle/Ansel stops working on supported games. [3154362]
• [Chrome Browser]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing or browsing videos from the Chrome browser. [200668076]
• [Notebook]: The Lenovo Y740 notebook displays corruption after waking from sleep. [3178279]

Windows 10 Open Issues

• [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game. [3152190]
• [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
• [Freestyle][Vulkan apps]: With the freestyle filters applied, a blue-screen crash occurs when pressing [Alt+Tab] while running Vulkan applications. [200667477]
• [Sunset Overdrive]: The game may display random green corruption if Depth of Field is enabled from in-game settings. [2750770]
• [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
• [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
• When setting the refresh rate higher than 100Hz, the color format switches from RGB to ycbcr422. [3053990]
• [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]