Applications:

- The February NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications including Maxon’s Redshift renderer which supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing exclusively on NVIDIA RTX GPUs.

Technology:

- Includes support for GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti Studio laptops

New Features and Other Changes:

- Security updates 
- OpenCL Vulkan Interop: New external memory and semaphore sharing extensions provide a generic framework that enables OpenCL to import external memory and semaphore handles to synchronize with the external runtime, coordinating the use of shared memory.
- NVIDIA OpenCL Compiler Upgrade: The embedded OpenCL Just-In-Time compiler will offer an opt-in version utilizing CLANG 7.0 and NVVM 7.0 components, providing support for 16-bit floating point and 128-bit integer data types.
- Added Dead by Daylight- EGS Version application profile.
- Added support for the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB GPU.

Fixed Issues in this Release:

- [Windows11][Far Cry 6]: Geometric corruption occurs in the benchmark and in gameplay. [3441540]
- Multiple apps report stutter (or light to poor hitching) due to allocation creation. [3426466]
- [Notebook]: With Advanced Optimus configured in dGPU mode, notebook will display a black screen. [3502766]
- Some 3440x1440 monitors may display a black screen when selecting a DLDSR resolution. [3502478]
- [DirectX 12]: GeForce Experience Freestyle filters may cause game to flicker. [3496529]
- [Forza Horizon]: The game freezes when applying livery or vinyl to certain cars when ray tracing is enabled. [3506220/3506340]

This release supports the following APIs:

- Open Computing Language (OpenCL software) 3.0 for NVIDIA Maxwell and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.3
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12

Software Module Versions

- NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager - 202.44
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.39.3
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.21.0713
- GeForce Experience - 3.24.0.126
- CUDA - 11.6
- DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.962.0

Known Issues:

- [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
- [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
- [Call of Duty: Vanguard]: The game may display random corruption. [3503111]
- Battlefield 2042]: The game may display color flashes on the screen. [3503086]
- DVI monitor EDID may not be detected correctly on certain monitors. [3502752]

Compatible GeForce RTX 30 Series:

- GeForce RTX 3090, GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, GeForce RTX 3070, GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, GeForce RTX 3060, GeForce RTX 3050 

Compatible GeForce RTX 20 Series:

- GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2080, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070, GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2060

Compatible GeForce 16 Series:

- GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1660, GeForce GTX 1650

Compatible GeForce 10 Series:

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

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.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.