download NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 497.09 WHQL

Download NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 497.09 WHQL

Highlights

Game Ready for ICARUS

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-1 gaming experience for ICARUS, which utilizes NVIDIA DLSS and NVIDIA RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) to maximize performance and image quality. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest new titles including Chorus and Halo Infinite.

New Features and Other Changes

• Added support for the GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Support For Newly Validated G-SYNC Compatible Displays

Our newest Game Ready Driver driver also adds support for 6 new G-SYNC Compatible displays that deliver a baseline Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) experience that makes your gaming smoother and more enjoyable.

New Games Supported By GeForce Experience’s Optimal Settings

GeForce Experience’s one-click optimal settings enable you to instantly configure game options for your system’s hardware, giving you smooth, optimized gameplay. Over 1000 titles are supported, and since our last driver release we’ve added support for 5 more:

• Farming Simulator 22
• Halo Infinite
• Inscryption
• Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
• Crab Game

Fixed Issues

• [Red Dead Redemption 2/Doom Eternal]: The game crashes with TDR or the system crashes while running the game. [200766423]
• [Doom 3 BFG Edition]: The games shows corruption upon launch. [3407653]
• [YouTube]: The YouTube web site randomly displays extreme contrast/gamma while idle or during video playback. [3420164]
• [NVIDIA Image Scaling]: After performing a clean install or over install over version 496.49, NVIDIA Image Scaling resolutions do not appear in the game. [3434708]
• Games do not launch correctly on GeForce GTX 750 Ti when NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled. [3442778]
• [Notebook]: Black screen may be observed on some Optimus notebooks with 1440p/165hz panels when in discrete GPU mode. [3426730]
• [Notebook]: eDP panel cannot be lit when booting to the desktop after switching to discrete mode. [3423400]
• Using Adaptive Vertical Sync while G-SYNC is enabled may result in random black screen. [3437003]

Known Issues

• [Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition]: After attempting to change resolutions, the resolution does not change and the game falls out of IFlip mode. [3442862]
  To apply the new resolution, press Alt+Tab.
• [Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop when there is mouse movement. [3405920]
• [Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled.
  If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
• In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker./3405228]
• [HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998]
  To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.
• [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]
• [NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721]
  Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
• [NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]
  If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.

Package Contents

• NVIDIA RTX Desktop Manager – 202.21
• HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.94
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.21.0713
• GeForce Experience – 3.24.0.123
• CUDA – 11.4
• DCH NVIDIA Control Panel – 8.1.961.0

Product Compatibility