nVIDIA GeForce Drivers v 391.01 WHQL Findings & Fixes

Windows 10 64 Bit
https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/391.01/391.01-notebook-win10-64bit-international-whql.exe

Windows 8.1/7 64 Bit
https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/391.01/391.01-notebook-win8-win7-64bit-international-whql.exe

Release Notes
https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/391.01/391.01-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf

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-1.

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Final Fantasy XV, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and World of Tanks 1.0.

Spoiler: What’s New in Version 391.01 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 Final Fantasy XV, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and World of Tanks 1.0

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
• Agents of Mayhem
• PixArk 3D Vision Profiles

3D Vision profiles:
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
• Final Fantasy XV Windows Edition - Not recommended
• Surviving Mars - Good
• Switchblade - Not recommended
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Fair

3D Compatibility Mode Profiles 2DD
No compatibility mode profiles were added with this version.

Software Module Versions
• nView - 148.92
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.36.6
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
• GeForce Experience - 3.13.0.85
• CUDA - 9.1

Spoiler: Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 391.01

The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.
Fixed Issues in this Release
 [BeamNG]: Dynamic reflections flicker in the game. [2057342]
 [Call of Duty WWII]: Flickering shadows occur in the game. [2053929]
 NvfbcPluginWindow prevents Windows from shutting down. [2053927]
 Booting from a cold boot results in black screen on a multi-monitor system. [2052447]
 [3DVision]: System shutdown time increases when Stereoscopic 3D is enabled. [2048107]
 [NVIDIA Control Panel]: The Display->Adjust desktop color settings->Content type setting is reset to “Auto-selected” after rebooting the system. [2047088]
 [GeForce GTX 980/1080 Ti]: OpenGL program may crash when trying to map a buffer object. [2044697]
 [Notebook][GeForce GTX 965M]: Drop in GPU performance occurs. [200379911]

Spoiler: Open Issues in Version 391.01 WHQL

As with every released driver, version 391.01 WHQL of the Release 390 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.
For notebook computers, issues can be system-specific and may not be seen on your particular notebook.

Open Issues
-After PC is left on for extended period of time, HDCP may be lost cause HTC Vive/Oculus Rift to launch to a black screen. Rebooting PC resolves issue.
-NieR:Automata randomly freezes with white screen
-Gears of War 4 may randomly crash
-Doom (OpenGL) may crash on launch if HDR is enabled in Windows
-Rise of the Tomb Raider displays partial flickering in DX12 mode
-Random TDR while using Firefox on Pascal GPUs

Windows 10 Issues
 [NVIDIA TITAN V][G-Sync]: G-Sync displays may go blank when switching between different overclocked memory clocks multiple times. [200361272]
 [SLI][GeForce GTX 780 Ti]: There is no display output when connecting the DisplayPort and two DVI monitors. [1835763]
 [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]
 [Pascal GPUs][Gears of War 4]: Blue-screen crash may occur while playing the game. [2008731]
 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Doom]: The game crashes due to the driver reverting to OpenGL 1.1 when HDR is enabled. [2049623]

 

Now the rest is up to @j95

 

@Phoenix Are yoo ready, bruh? Please, post your benchmarks


As usual... New is always better



Official 391.01 Game Ready WHQL Display Driver Feedback Thread (Released 2/26/18)

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) V17.0.8.3

@DRevan +rep

 

At least after several driver releases NVidia finally acknowledges this issue:

-Rise of the Tomb Raider displays partial flickering in DX12 mode

 

*INF MOD v391.01*

- ASUS non-Optimus models added (nv_dispi.inf + nvami.inf).


GeForce 388.76 Win10 PEG / Dedicated (Fully debloated).

- Included INF MOD, HD Audio, PhysX & Vulkan update v1.0.65

- Double click the installer to extract files -> run Setup.exe (Disable driver signing).

GeForce_388.76_Win10.exe

GeForce_388.84_Win10.exe


-----------------------------------

 

Wow, that was fast!
Thank you !

 

Well, just done the Bible of Modded Nvidia installs and benched them, With the same OC settings from the 390.77 Drivers the new ones barely get to 10,800 (10,796) in firestrike let alone the i7 6700HQ / GTX 1060 Notebook combo ranking #1 (10,865). Will see how gaming is like but so far me no such a happy bunny when it comes to bench scores right now.

See my sig for #1 on firestrike.

 

Breaking pretty badly on a 9560. Causes multi second pauses without any significant disk or CPU activity when opening Windows explorer and running CMD as admin. Persists across multiple reboots, rolling back to 390.77 fixes this.

Probably the worst driver for me so far this year.

Edit: Running Windows 10 1709 (16299.248), fully patched and up to date.

 

I will be updating nvidia driver when RS4 releases.

 

You probably have a serious issue with OS.
Because on my XPS 9650 it's working just great. Without any glitches and problems, no pauses, no reboots, at all.

 

Hey all. I just picked up a brand new "gaming laptop" yesterday, but I don't think it's performing very well, or as expected, with these particular drivers.

It's been a while since I messed with drivers and benches on a gaming PC of any sort, so any help or advice would be much appreciated!

64bit Firestrike Results (See attached JPG)
SCORE: 10,838
Graphics: 14,361
Physics: 8,176
Combined Score: 4,610

System Specs
Eluktronics Pro-X P957HR Laptop
i7-7700HQ CPU (Factory settings)
Nvidia 1070 GTX Max-Q (391.91 WHQL Drivers)
1920x1080 120Hz 5ms Display
Windows 10 Home (fully updated)

 

go to nVIDIA Control Panel, then Manage 3D Settings, then Power Management, change it from Optimal to Adaptive, then apply, then reboot

 

Thanks for the idea! Unfortunately, after changing it to ADAPTIVE and rebooting, my scores are now even lower than they were before... DOH!

What else can I try? Would the PremaMod above be something I should consider (with the "Clevo PEG," perhaps?) How about other Nvidia Control Panel settings? A few BIOS settings?

I just expected much better performance from this rig, so I do really appreciate the help!

Results with ADAPTIVE setting:
SCORE: 10,630
Graphics: 14,074
Physics: 8,109
Combined Score: 4,488

 

You could use DDU to wipe current driver and try j95 debloated nvidia driver 388.xx to get best performance.

 

OK, now we're getting somewhere! I did as you suggested and have seen great increases in the Overall, Physics, and Combined scores, with only a slight decrease in the Graphics score. (Strangely, I'm also now experiencing some REALLY terrible input lag and lockups in Chrome browser? Has that been seen around here before?)

New scores with j95's debloated 388.76
SCORE: 11,668
Graphics: 14,057
Physics: 10,711
Combined Score: 5,452

I'm getting there, though! Thank you!

 

Edit: Nevermind, figured it out!

Thank you!

 

Final results...for now. Thank you for the help!

Specs:
Eluktronics Pro-X P957HR laptop
Intel i7-7700HQ CPU
Nvidia GTX 1070 Max-Q
16GB DDR4 RAM
1920x1080 5ms 120Hz display
Windows 10 Home

WHQL 391.01 with INF Mod (Fire Strike test)
SCORE: 11,712
Graphics: 14,122
Physics: 10,710
Combined Score: 5,476

 

You mean Prema Mod BIOS?

@palehorse @Vasudev

Try these mods below for Optimus/Hybrid models. GTX 10xx & 9xx (Secure boot disabled).



GeForce_388.84_Win10.exe

nv_dispi.inf_v388.84_Win10_Optimus_GTX_10XX.zip

Extracted driver package -> Display.Driver folder -> copy nv_dispi.inf -> run setup.exe (driver signing disabled).


GeForce_391.01_Win10

nv_dispi.inf_v391.01_Win10_Optimus_GTX_10XX.zip

Display.Driver folder -> copy both nv_dispi.inf + matching INF -> run setup.exe (driver signing disabled).

Alienware = nvdmi.inf
ASUS = nvami.inf
Clevo = nvcvi.inf
MSI = nvmii.inf

Keep these folders only.

 

I can confirm the same too. windows explorer freezes consistently 2-3 sec upon opening. was afraid my ssd is dying but then just think back if theres any installation recently, it was NVidia's driver. as soon as I roll back to the previous driver, everything went back to normal.
What sort of bug is this?

 

Glad to see a confirmation. I also thought that my SSD was dying, but rolling back the driver using DDU to 390.77 fixes it.

I suspect it is maybe scanning through a list for optimus? This is totally pure speculation. No other ideas since it does not show explorer.exe running on the Nvidia GPU, and there are no significant CPU/Disk usage spikes.

 

you have a 1070MQ your score is supposed to be low

 

The performance of a 1070MQ is supposed to be roughly 10-15% less than that of a regular notebook 1070, and it's certainly not supposed to be lower than unmodded notebook 1060's.

With the latest 391.01 drivers and j95's INF mod, mine is still under-performing compared to the few other 1070MQ's I've seen tested.

Here's a decent list of benchmarks for the GTX 1070 Max-Q.

(reference my attached JPG for the various FireStrike results, specifically)

For comparison, my best overall Score so far is 11,712 with a Graphics score of 14,122, which is obviously not as good as it could/should be with the same specs. Hell, I'm not even reaching their minimum results yet!

 

I actually meant just the INF mod for the 391.01 drivers. Sorry for the confusion!

 

Your post shows that the other cards with your clockspeed (and thus TDP allowance; MQ cards have varying TDP allowances) all score within the ~14.4k to 14.66k range. Your own test at 14.36k is under their lowest test, but not far. I would say your performance *IS* normal. A little bit on the slow side, maybe, but normal.

To me you look pretty much on-par. Lower than you'd want, certainly, but it isn't cause for concern in my looking.

Have you attempted using max fanspeeds to run the benchmark and closing everything else before running it? As well as disabling any form of Gsync AND disabling any non-essential programs before testing? Note that those units are all tested in a ~25c environment with basically nothing running on them for the purpose of benches.