Hardly a week has passed since the major graphics card manufacturers released their new driver software for download, when NVIDIA is already presenting us with its next current Game Ready 460. 89 WHQL driver. Interestingly, the release notes do not mention any new fixed problems, only additions to the list of known problems. Obviously, due to the short update period, the current version contains significantly fewer changes and updates than the driver before. Above all, the game Quake II RTX V 1.4.0 receives support for the new Vulkan Ray Tracing Extensions, and the CUDA 11. 2 Support and the finalized general support of ray tracing extensions added.

Extension of the NVIDIA control panel version 460. 89 WHQL:

• Control of the maximum image r ate of the background application has been added (page “Manage 3D settings”)
• “Color Accuracy Mode” function has been added (Display page> Customize Desktop Color Settings)

Known Issues Game Ready Version 460. 89 WHQL:

• Nicehash and other mining -Software: Mining software does not recognize the NVIDIA GPU
• GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: The desktop screen may flicker
• Steam VR Game: Jerks and delays occur when starting a game on
• HDR: When HDR is activated, the black levels are not displayed correctly
• G-SYNC NVIDIA Ampere GPU Architecture: The power consumption the GPU can increase in idle mode on systems with certain G-SYNC monitors with a higher refresh rate

  YouTube: The video playback stutters when scrolling down the YouTube page

  Notebooks: Some Pascal-based notebooks with high refresh rate screens may randomly access 60 Hz fall

  • G-Sync Vulkan Apps: Leis downturn occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from full screen mode to windowed mode via the game settings. To work around the problem, either start the game directly in windowed mode or disable G-SYNC

  GeForce RTX 3070 Clone mode: If the resolution is set to 2560 × 1440 @ 144 Hz is set, the power status remains at maximum power

  • NVIDIA Turing (or earlier) Windows Movies and TV-Player: When playing a 4k video in full screen mode on a 2560 × 1440 HDR monitor stretches the video extends beyond the edge of the screen

  On the NVIDIA homepage you can see the complete release notes and the driver for everyone Windows 10 – variants can be downloaded. The Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems are also supported and are also available on the manufacturer’s website.