NVIDIA Releases Game Ready 445.87 WHQL Driver for Minecraft with RTX Beta, which Launches Tomorrow

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NVIDIA has released its latest Game Ready driver, 445.87 WHQL. It brings day-one support to Minecraft with RTX Beta on Windows 10, which will launch tomorrow, April 16, bringing fully path-traced rendering, physically based materials, and DLSS 2.0 to Mojang’s hit game.

The driver also includes support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered, Saints Row: The Third Remastered, and SnowRunner. Saints Row isn’t due until May 22nd, but Modern Warfare 2 and SnowRunner are coming soon on April 30 and April 28, respectively.

Additionally, 445.87 WHQL adds support for three new G-SYNC Compatible displays: the Acer XB273GP, Acer XB323U, and ASUS VG27B. For a complete list of all G-SYNC, G-SYNC ULTIMATE, and G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors, check out this page.

Users may download the new GeForce Game Ready 445.87 WHQL driver from NVIDIA’s driver page or through GeForce Experience. The complete release notes for the driver may be found here.

Fixed Issues in this Release

  • [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti][Rise Of The Tomb Raider – DirectX 12]: Blue-screen crash occurs after playing the game for 5-10 minutes. [2904755/2847526]
  • [Doom Eternal]: There is black flickering in the game. [2904116]
  • Some DirectX 11 games may fail to launch when Image Sharpening is enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel: [2901920]
  • [Notebook]: Graphical corruption may occur after resume from display sleep. [2859247]

Open Issues in Version 445.87 WHQL

Windows 7 Issues

  • [Notebook][H-Clone]: With the integrated graphics processor as the clone source, display settings cannot be changed from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200594188]

Windows 10 Issues

  • [Notebook][H-Clone]: With the integrated graphics processor as the clone source, display settings cannot be changed from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200594188]
  • [Notebook][GeForce 1050 Ti MaxQ]: The screen displays corruption after waking from display off. [2859247]
  • [SLI][Doom Eternal]: Corruption occurs in the game upon opening the Steam overlay. [200593967]
  • [Battlefield 5, Destiny 2][HDR]: With HDR enabled, the games appear too bright. [2909218]
  • [Monster Hunter World Iceborne]: Artifacts appear in the game. [2903858]
  • [Call of Duty – Warzone]: Freestyle does not work. (200593020)
  • [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
  • [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are unselectable. [2810884]
  • [Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan][G-SYNC]: When playing the game in Vulkan mode with G-SYNC enabled, flickering occurs after switching the game between full-screen and windowed mode.[200578641] To work around, either disable G-SYNC or play using an API other than Vulkan.
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