Applications:

- Provides the optimal experience for the latest releases of top creative apps, including Autodesk Maya 2019, 3ds Max 2020, Arnold 5.3.1.0, Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 16, and Daz 3D Daz Studio.

Hardware:

- Adds support GeForce GTX 1650 desktop, and GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and GTX 1650 notebook GPUs.
- Adds support for seven new G-SYNC compatible monitors
- Adds support for Oculus Rift S and HTC VIVE Pro Eye HMDs.

Other:

- Adds support for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (including Variable Rate Shading)
- Adds support for the latest driver security updates
- NVIDIA Control Panel -> Set Up Multiple Displays page: Added controls for merging two portrait monitors into a third landscape monitor.

Fixed Issues in this Release:

- [Quadro RTX 5000][Photoshop v20.0.4]; The application may crash occur. [2550087]
- [Titan RTX][Maya 2018]: The application crashes when rendering with REDSHIFT render window. [200510997]
- [OptiX][Arnold]: Errors occur with large shader disk cache. [2551569]
- [OptiX 6][Arnold]: Switching from 1x GPU to 2x GPUs (of the same GPU model) triggers a recompile of every program. [2549069]
- [OptiX][Arnold]: The startup time on the GTC robot scene takes significantly longer with PTX encryption than without the encryption. [2543391]
- [OptiX][Arnold]: The application may crash. [2481203]
- [OptiX][Arnold]: Startup time with cold shader cache is over one minute. [2399934]
- [Resolve Studio]: UHD performance has dropped. [2532482]
- [Cinema 4D]: Modulo operation produces incorrect result. [2494615]
- [Premiere Pro]: OpenGL driver exception occurs when launching the application. [2494092]
- [OpenGL][Modo v12]: Slow frame rendering when using “0x205f7e3b" profile. [2187572]
- [NVEnc][Resolve Studio]: Errors occur when encoding H.265 content. [2479871]
- [Vulkan driver][Octane Renderer]: Vulkan reports the wrong number of physical devices. [2417633]
- [OpenGL][Vulkan][Substance Painter & Designer]: Inter-operability memory sharing is not working correctly. [2309718]
- GeForce Experience Freestyle no longer detects World of Warships as a supported game. [2587083]
- [Adobe Premier Pro]: The application may crash or experience TDR events on some systems. [2557111]
- [GeForced RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: Slow performance in the game when using dual 4k output. [2548168]

This release supports the following APIs:

- Open Computing Language (OpenCL software) 1.2 for NVIDIA Kepler and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.1
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

- Adobe Dimension

Software Module Versions:

- nView - 149.77
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.16
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
- GeForce Experience - 3.18.0.102
- CUDA - 10.1
- Standard NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.940.0
- DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.954.0

Added or updated the following SLI profiles

- Anthem
- BattleTech
- Breathedge – AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
- Call of Cthulhu - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs
- Darksiders 3 - AFR enabled for Turing GPUs;
- DayZ
- Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna
- Dying Light: Bad Blood
- Farming Simulator 2019
- God's Trigger
- Hunt: Showdown
- Imperator: Rome
- Insurgency Sandstorm
- Resident Evil 7
- Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
- Tropico 6

Compatible GeForce RTX 20 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce RTX 2080, GeForce RTX 2070, GeForce RTX 2060

Compatible GeForce GTX 16 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1650

Compatible GeForce 10 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 1080, 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.