NVIDIA has released GeForce Game Ready driver 461.40. The latest driver adds support for the company’s new GeForce RTX 30 Series laptops, as well as Bloober Team’s upcoming psychological horror game, The Medium, which releases on PC and Xbox Series X|S this Thursday, January 28. NVIDIA’s GeForce Game Ready driver 461.40 also delivers support for eight new G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors.
Support For Newly Validated G-SYNC Compatible Displays
| MANUFACTURER | MODEL | HDR | SIZE | LCD Type | Resolution | VRR Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer | XB253Q GP | Yes | 24.5″ | IPS | 1920×1080 | 50-144Hz |
| Acer | XB273GZ | Yes | 27″ | IPS | 1920×1080 | 48-240Hz |
| Acer | XV272S | Yes | 27″ | IPS | 1920×1080 | 48-165Hz |
| Asus | VG279QR | No | 27″ | IPS | 1920×1080 | 50-144Hz |
| Lenovo | G27Q-20 | Yes | 27″ | IPS | 2560×1440 | 48-165Hz |
| MSI | G273Q | Yes | 27″ | IPS | 2560×1440 | 60-165Hz |
| MSI | MAG251RX | Yes | 24.5″ | IPS | 1920×1080 | 48-120Hz |
| Philips | PHL 275M1RZ | Yes | 27″ | IPS | 2560×1440 | 60-170Hz |
Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 461.40
Fixed Issues in this Release
- [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: The game may crash on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs. [3220107]
- [X4: Foundations][Vulkan]: HUD in the game is broken. [3169099]
- [Resident Evil 2 Remake/Devil May Cry V] Games which used the RE2 engine may crash in DirectX 11 mode [200686418]
- [DaVinci Resolve]: Error 707, application crash, or application instability may occur. [3225521]
- [Adobe Premiere Pro]: The application may freeze when using Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration (CUDA). [3230997/200686504]
- [Zoom][NVENC]: Webcam video image colors on the receiving end of Zoom may appear incorrect. [3205912]
- [Detroit: Become Human]: The game randomly crashes. [3203114]
- [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game (without running any GPU hardware monitoring tool in the background) [3152190]
- [Assassin’s Creed Valhalla]: The game may randomly crash after extended gameplay [200679654]
- NVIDIA Broadcast Camera filter may hang. [200691869]
- [Zoom]: Chrome browser flickers with Zoom app. [200695072]
- [G-SYNC][Surround][RTX 30 series] PC may restart when enabling NVIDIA Surround with GSYNC enabled on RTX 30 series GPUs. [3202303]
Open Issues in Version 461.40 WHQL
Windows 10 Issues
- [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
- [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218]
- Wallpaper Engine app may crash on startup or upon resume from sleep. [3208963]
- [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
- [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
- [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
- [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
- [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]
- [G-Sync][Vulkan Apps]: Performance drop occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode using the in-game settings. [200681477] To workaround, either launch the game in windowed mode directly or disable G-SYNC.
You can download the new GeForce Game Ready 461.40 WHQL driver through GeForce Experience. The release notes can be found here.