NVIDIA are back with their second major driver release of June 2016 in the form of the GeForce 398.36 WHQL Drivers. Part of their on-going Game Ready program of day-0 updates for major game launches, this particular iteration offers optimum support for Ubisoft's The Crew 2 which opened up early access on PC today.
In common with prior driver updates, the GeForce 398.36 WHQL Drivers also bring new SLI profiles - this time most notably for Dark Souls Remastered - and a set of bug fixes. In particular Gears of War 4's DirectX 12 implementation has a blue screen error fixed, plus G-SYNC and HDR modes have been issued with improvements.
The release notes for these drivers also introduce a new list of identified issues in need of attention, and likely to get it next time around. HDR and G-SYNC are common culprits, likely only recently identified due to more wide-spread availability of HDR and/or G-SYNC monitors.
As always, this driver package can be downloaded from GeForce.com/drivers or through the GeForce Experience App. Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 (32 & 64-bit versions) operating systems are supported, as are cards with Kepler, Maxwell, Pascal and Volta architectures (typically 600-series and on). Since April 2018 Fermi and older GPUs are no longer compatible with the regular driver packages.
Release Notes:
Whats New in Version 398.36 WHQL
Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team
is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-one.
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew 2.
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
Dark Souls Remastered
Hand of Fate 2
Need for Speed Payback
Super Mega Baseball 2
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
Output Zero - Good
Software Module Versions
nView - 149.21
HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
GeForce Experience - 3.14.0.139
CUDA - 9.2
Fixed Issues
[Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4][DirectX12]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
[Sterescopic 3D][NVIDIA Control Panel]: Switching the 3D display setting On and Off from the Windows display settings page has no effect on the NVIDIA Control Panel stereoscopic 3D settings page. [2045222]
[G-SYNC]: G-SYNC may still be active after closing a game, causing the desktop to stutter. []
[Surround]: Multiple games crash when launched in Surround mode. [2181329]
[HDR]: With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flickering in the video. [200410646]
[Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs with Driver_Power_State_Failure error upon bootup. [2168487]
Black Screen appears when booting Windows after installing the 397.93 display driver. [200418217]
Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team
is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-one.
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for The Crew 2.
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
Dark Souls Remastered
Hand of Fate 2
Need for Speed Payback
Super Mega Baseball 2
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
Output Zero - Good
Software Module Versions
nView - 149.21
HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.4
NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
GeForce Experience - 3.14.0.139
CUDA - 9.2
Fixed Issues
[Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4][DirectX12]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
[Sterescopic 3D][NVIDIA Control Panel]: Switching the 3D display setting On and Off from the Windows display settings page has no effect on the NVIDIA Control Panel stereoscopic 3D settings page. [2045222]
[G-SYNC]: G-SYNC may still be active after closing a game, causing the desktop to stutter. []
[Surround]: Multiple games crash when launched in Surround mode. [2181329]
[HDR]: With HDR turned on, non HDR full-screen video playback may cause corruption/flickering in the video. [200410646]
[Notebook]: Blue-screen crash occurs with Driver_Power_State_Failure error upon bootup. [2168487]
Black Screen appears when booting Windows after installing the 397.93 display driver. [200418217]
