nVIDIA GeForce Drivers v398.36 WHQL Findings & Fixes

nVIDIA GeForce Drivers v398.36 WHQL Windows 10 - (64-bit)
nVIDIA GeForce Drivers v398.36 WHQL Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 8 (64-bit)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/geforce-398-36-whql-driver-download.html

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (v398.36)

@Phoenix Are yoo ready, bruh? You're all welcome to the new barbeque party


Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 398.36 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  [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] Release 396 Graphics Drivers for Windows, Version 398.36 RN-08399-398.36_v01 | 14 Open Issues in Version 398.36 WHQL Open Issues in Version 398.36 WHQL As with every released driver, version 398.36 WHQL of the Release 396 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. Windows 10 Issues  [SLI][GeForce GTX 1080][G-SYNC][World of Warcraft: Legion][HDR]: Severe color corruption appears in the game after launching with the Windows HDR setting enabled. [200418344] This issue does not occur with the Windows HDR setting disabled.  [Surround][G-SYNC]: In Surround mode, the G-SYNC link in the NVIDIA Control Panel is missing. [200425004]  [Surround SLI][G-SYNC][Overwatch]: There is constant flickering in the game when played in a specific SLI Surround configuration (2 displays on master GPU and 1 display on slave GPU) with G-Sync mode enabled. [2130430]  [G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]  [Shadow Warrior 2][TITAN V]: After launching the game with Windows HDR setting enabled, there is flickering corruption when hovering the mouse over the game screen. [200408410] The issue does not occur with Windows HDR setting disabled.  [GeForce TITAN (Kepler-based)]: The OS fails after installing the graphics card on a Threadripper-enabled motherboard. [1973303]  [Netflix Edge Browser]: When playing a game in full-screen mode and playing a video from the Netflix Edge Browser, blue-screen crash occurs after multiple [Alt+Tab] switching between the two. [200415750] The issue does not occur when playing the Netflix video in a Chrome browser.  [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]  [NVIDIA Control Panel][Surround]: NVIDIA Surround hot keys do not work. [200394749]  Random DPC watchdog violation errors occur when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]  Using power monitoring in GPU monitor tools causes micro stutter. [2110289/2049879]

As usual... New is always better

 

I think I'll skip this driver. There seems to be high DPC latency issue still unresolved.

 

May have to test this, kinda hard to tell since it only happened once.

[G-SYNC]: G-SYNC may still be active after closing a game, causing the desktop to stutter. []

Using a 240Hz G-Sync panel.

Then again this is post Spring patch:

[G-SYNC]: Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creators Update. [2097340]

 

Effing finally! Been waiting for this fix for ages.

 

Anyone testing this with AIDA64 and MSI AB?

 

@0lok , @Vasudev included Optimus/Hybrid Win10 support (nv_dispi.inf_v398.36_Win10_Optimus_Hybrid...zip)

*INF MOD 398.36*​

GeForce_397.96_Win10.exe​

 

Any performance improvements to constant stuttering on Optimus laptops? Suddenly it stutters out of nowhere in game on prev. whql driver.

 

So here's something interesting. I used to always run the latest and greatest drivers from nVIDIA, believe it or not, after owning my GT75 for more than 2 months, I have yet to actually play a game on it. so today I had some free time and fired up Need For Speed Payback and started playing, I noticed that every minute or two, everything would become very stuttery like the FPS would drop down to 1 FPS then all of a sudden it would go back to buttery smooth. I thought it's a random glitch at first but then when it happened more frequently, I uninstalled the latest nVIDIA Driver v398.36 and installed the latest nVIDIA Driver from MSI's website which in this case was v391.48 and what do you know, the game was buttery smooth with 0 stuttering or glitches. So lesson learned, I will stay away from nVIDIA's crappy drivers and stick to the ones that MSI posts I guess they are tested by MSI that's why they are far behind in driver versions but at least they work.

 

How many times have I said new ain’t always any better, bruh? OS updates, new Software, drivers etc

 

Yep I'm getting the same thing. I'm going back to the MSI suggested driver as well.

 

Well I'm not going to upgrade now lol. I usually run my drivers for a long while, only upgrading when a new game release or fix pushes me in that direction.

I've been extremely happy since I stopped installing GFE a year or so ago. Only feature I ever wanted to use from it was the battery boost frame limiter and it didn't work for SLI anyway, and of course there are other ways to limit FPS.

 

Huh.. these seem to be working just fine for me, haven't seen any performance issues.

 

Try the development driver from Nvidia. Its actually beta but performs very great on my BGA maxwell. You can download it from Prema's website or j95's post #6. Benching scores will be low since its not certified. But during gaming it gives me more FPS than WHQL driver.
If you still want latest drivers use j95's modded drivers.
One more thing which I'll say after Pap's suggested me was to install desktop nv drivers and guess what I don't have power throttling whilst OC'ing my Maxwell BGA.

 

I've been having some issues ever since I updated from 398.11. I currently have 398.36.

After 398.11, I began randomly getting a black screen when loading Win 10 or after I reopened my lid from being in hibernation. Once I updated to 398.36, it appears to be fixed. HOWEVER now, I have Windows pop up some sort of notice about blah buttons to broadcast my game, etc. (I'm pretty sure these aren't Nvidia's notifications.) AND I've been getting BSOD randomly while browsing the internet or after I've been playing a game for quite some time. The BSOD is SynTP.sys and said Driver IRQL Not Less Or Equal.

I have a Powerspec 1510 (Clevo P650HS-G.) I read on another website that the issue may be where I'm getting the Nvidia drivers (I'm getting them from Nvidia); they said you should always get your Nvidia drivers from your OEM.

Here is what the Windows pop up looks like:

 

You can disable broadcast under Settings > Gaming section. I enable only game mode and broadcast is off.

 

How to fix: http://forum.notebookreview.com/goto/post?id=10235938#post-10235938

(IME you only need to delete from the keyboard filter, not the mouse.)

 

I had this problem and I fixed it with the generic synaptics version fresh from their website.

 

@Vasudev I went and disabled it...so far, so good. I did find out that my touch pad was back on. (I usually turn it off because I use a wireless mouse.)

@yrekabakery If I get a BSOD for the same error again, I'll try this fix. It appears to be a good fix for most people. However, will it permanently disable my keyboard and mouse?

@Hossbando Yeah, I read about that on another forum. Where did you find the drivers? I can't find drivers anywhere on their website.

 

If you do it right, it should not. But I would create a system restore point before attempting, just in case.

 

It seems that Synaptics have updated their website within the past few weeks they forgot to include the download links.
https://www.synaptics.com/resources#drivers
Zero links to any driver download on that page as of this post date.

 

I'm actually serious (and curious), can you cook an egg with that? I mean, even if the GPU itself is 90C the heatsink should be about 80C... is that enough to cook?

 

I thought it was just me. I have glitches on cities skylines, a white line that flashes on ROBLOX, and more frame stutters in City Car Driving. I play cities skylines only now, and it's bearable since its not fast paced.

Nvidia needs to get its game (Ha. ha.) up with its GameReady drivers (sorry. I just had to.) They add an entire 2-3 seconds to the boot sequence, which is infuriating when my parents' desktop (Pentium G4560 with cheapo $40 SSD vs my 8250U + top of the line (almost) 960 Evo) gets to the desktop faster.

 

DDU, Downgrade to 390 or 391 and wait. That works for me and should work for people looking over their shoulders to see if Ngreedia is going to stab them in the back (again).

 

INFs already included (PEG/Dedicated)
Vulkan 1.1.77

GeForce_398.58_Win10_Dev​

Optimus: v398.58_Win10_Optimus_Hybrid...zip​

@0lok , @Vasudev

 

Thanks I'm trying it now.
@judal57 Try this driver.

 

@j95 For some reason, 398.58 gave worse performance on Witcher 3 and wasn't playing nice with custom refresh rates. FPS was in 20-25 in Witcher 3 High settings at FHD whilst on older developer driver it was constantly above 60 and hovered between 65 and 75. Reverted back, deleted hidden/ghost monitors for the issue to be fixed.
Went back to 397.96.
I also tried Stock Nvidia developer driver w/ bloatware in secure and insecure boot modes. Maybe new W10 update wrecked.

 

Is there a decent guide for installing these custom drivers? I'm having a slightly hard time translating the engrish and shorthand from his website.

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...ql-findings-fixes.817880/page-4#post-10751360

https://premamod.wordpress.com/2017/08/15/j95-nvidia-inf/

 

https://null-src.com/posts/nvidia-notebook-driver-inf-mod/post.php

 

Please, could someone point to the best driver they used for all 2018th? Without 0.5s freezes on some actions in OS (Windows 7 x64) and without player crash playing HEVC etc as I had with 391.35. Is 391.48 worth it?
1st Maxwell Gen here 850M/860M. Would stay at 337.88 if newer games weren't so slow on it. Would be very grateful for help!

 

@j95 Can you also let me know how to modify inf file correctly instead of guessing section value on by one?

Currently im trying to install 870M to my P150EM Laptop, but i fails to install it correctly all the times with guessed section value. it always returns error 43, which happens when i installs driver with wrong section value. (it also happened when i tried to manually mod driver for 970M, it didnt happened and worked flawlessly with your driver inf mod.)

I am really curious how do you actually gets proper section value, without trying one by one.
Please let me know how can i achive that. Thanks.

 

Check Clevo's 'nvcvi.inf' sections from here (P150EM included) and then add/replace with 870M IDs.