Applications

- Provides optimal support and bug fixes for the latest Studio applications including Redshift Renderer, Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve, Foundry MODO, and more.

Changes Issues in this Release:

- [DaVinci Resolve Studio]: Shared memory of the non-Display GPU is not flushed when switching Resolve projects multiple times. [2780691]
- [Redshift3d][CUDA]: CUDA memory leak with cuMemHostAlloc/cuMemFreeHost occurs when there is more than one device/context active in the app. [2723104]
- [Optix 6 Denoiser][HDR]: Artifacts appear in HDR mode when tiling is in effect. [2805048]
- [Optix][Demand Load] Artifacts appear in non-square, non-mipmapped textures. [2775776]
- [RayTracing]: V-Ray intersection artifacts appear when 2D displacement is enabled in a scene. [2762996]
- [Quadro RTX/P-series][OpenGL]: Image Copy does not work between different GPUs. [2790838]
- [Maya]: The application locks up during clFlush() call when using OpenCL / OpenGL interoperability. [2644947]
- [Modo]: The application crashes when monitors are connected to separate GPUs in a dual GPU system. [2211845]

Other Changes:

- NVIDIA Control Panel>3D Settings>Maximum Frame Rate control Extended the slider values to minimum=20, maximum=1000.
- Added Virtual Reality - Variable Rate Super Sampling (VRSS) setting to the NVIDIA Control Panel ->Manage 3D Settings page. VRSS improves image quality by applying super sampling selectively on the central region of a frame.This feature is available for VR applications profiled for VRSS. 

Added or updated the following application profiles:

- Adobe (beta variants)
- Siemens Star-CCM+ apps
- Siemens Star-CCM+ VR apps
- VRED - added VREDGo.exe to profile
- Modo - updated 'Luxology Modo' app profile name to 'Foundry Modo'
- Modo - enabled "Threaded Optimization"

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

Software Module Versions:

- nView - 149.77
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.21
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
- GeForce Experience - 3.20.2.34
- CUDA - 10.2
- Standard NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.940.0
- DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.956.0 

Windows 10 Issues:

- [Alchemist]: The application crashes when either changing the display resolution or switching to another display with a different resolution. [2732353] To workaround, avoid changing the resolution, or disconnecting from or connecting to an external display with the application opened. 

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.

  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.