Game Ready:

- Provides the optimal gaming experience for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Forza Horizon 4, and FIFA 19

Gaming Technology:

- Includes support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards

New Features:

- Added support for CUDA 10.0
- NVIDIA RTX Technology: NVIDIA RTX supports the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API on NVIDIA Volta and Turing GPUs.
- Vulkan 1.1: This driver release provides full support for the new Vulkan 1.1 API and passes the Vulkan Conformance Test Suite (CTS) version 1.1.1.2. Includes interoperability with CUDA 10.0.
- Vulkan HDR for Windows: This driver release supports the Vulkan VK_EXT_swapchain_colorspace and VK_EXT_hdr_metadata extensions allowing applications to output HDR content to HDR displays via the Vulkan APIs.
- NVIDIA Control Panel: System Info shows Boost Clock values (instead of Base Clock) for Turing and later GPUs.

New extensions for Turing GPUs:

- VK_NVX_raytracing (also available for Pascal GPUs with 8GB or more video memory, and Volta GPUs)
- VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
- VK_NV_corner_sampled_image
- VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
- VK_NV_mesh_shader
- VK_NV_representative_fragment_test
- VK_NV_scissor_exclusive
- VK_NV_shader_image_footprint
- VK_NV_shading_rate_image

OpenGL extensions for Turing GPUs:

- GL_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
- GL_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
- GL_NV_mesh_shader
- GL_NV_representative_fragment_test
- GL_NV_scissor_exclusive
- GL_NV_shading_rate_image
- GL_NV_shader_texture_footprint

Fixed Issues in this Release:

- Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]
- [Monster Hunter World]: Low frame rate in the game. [2335958]
- [Tom Clancy's The Division]: Graphics corruption occurs when using NVIDIA Gameworks settings. [2005096]
- [Call of duty WW II ][1x3 Surround]: The center Surround display renders black screen. [200370257]
- [Planetside 2][G-SYNC]: G-SYNC does not work with the game. [2221050]
- [ARCHICAD][OpenGL]: The OpenGL driver crashes the application. [2093819]
- [GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
- [YouTube][Mosaic with Sync]: Secondary GPU doesn't render video content on fullscreen YouTube video. [200402117]

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

- HOB
- Lake Ridden
- NieR:Automata
- Northgard
- Pure Farming 2018
- Raid: World War II
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
- TT Isle of Man

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

- Elder Scrolls: Online - Good
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey - Not recommended

Software Module Versions:

- nView - 149.34
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.5
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0907
- GeForce Experience - 3.15.0.164
- CUDA - 10.0

Compatible GeForce MX100 Series (Notebook):

- GeForce MX150, GeForce MX130, GeForce MX110

Compatible GeForce 10 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, GeForce GTX 1050

Compatible GeForce 900M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 980, GeForce GTX 980M, GeForce GTX 970M, GeForce GTX 965M, GeForce GTX 960M, GeForce GTX 950M, GeForce 945M, GeForce 940MX, GeForce 930MX, GeForce 920MX, GeForce 940M, GeForce 930M, GeForce 920M, GeForce 910M

Compatible GeForce 800M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 880M, GeForce GTX 870M, GeForce GTX 860M, GeForce GTX 850M, GeForce 845M, GeForce 840M, GeForce 830M, GeForce 825M, GeForce 820M, GeForce 810M

Compatible GeForce 700M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 780M, GeForce GTX 775M, GeForce GTX 770M, GeForce GTX 765M, GeForce GTX 760M, GeForce GT 755M, GeForce GT 750M, GeForce GT 745M, GeForce GT 740M, GeForce GT 735M, GeForce GT 730M, GeForce GT 720M

Compatible GeForce 600M Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 680MX, GeForce GTX 680M, GeForce GTX 675MX, GeForce GTX 670MX, GeForce GTX 660M, GeForce GT 650M, GeForce GT 645M, GeForce GT 640M, GeForce GT 640M LE 

About Graphics Drivers:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered.

When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset).

Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect.

That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.