Topic-Free Mega Thread - v 1.1.2021

JonasBeckman · November 17, 2021, 6:39am

GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 496.84 | NVIDIA (custhelp.com)

And from the Discord discussions there’s the hotfix driver.

Aemony · November 17, 2021, 6:10pm

 [Far Cry 6][DirectX 12][GeFOrce RTX 3070 Ti]: With ULTRA + DXR + HD textures set, the game
crashes at 4K. [3391784]

Oh, I think I ran into that issue once or twice the short time I had HD textures enabled.

JonasBeckman · November 18, 2021, 9:03am

21.11.3 AMD
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-21-11-3

Support For
Microsoft Flight Simulator™: Game of the Year Edition
Farming Simulator 22™
Additional Vulkan® extensions. Click here for more information.

Fixed Issues
Driver timeouts or game crashes may be experienced by some users while playing Battlefield™ 2042 on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6900 XT Graphics.
While playing DayZ™, some users may experience stuttering or poor performance on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 5700 XT Graphics.
Some users may experience elevated disk space consumption by the Multimedia Athena Dumps folder.

Known Issues
During Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy™ gameplay, some users may experience driver timeouts on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 5500 XT Graphics. A temporary workaround is to disable the Radeon™ Anti-Lag feature in Radeon™ Software.
Visual artifacts may be observed while playing Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800M Graphics.
While playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds™ with multiple displays connected in extended mode, Radeon™ Software may become unresponsive when the user is in the lobby and attempts to open Radeon Software on the secondary display via the context menu. A temporary workaround is to press the Alt + R keyboard shortcut if this happens.
Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.

It’s a older driver branch than the preview drivers but the fixes are newer.

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-vulkan

And the new Vulkan extensions supported with this driver.

JonasBeckman · November 25, 2021, 8:32pm

NVIDIA 496.98 “Hotfix”

GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 496.98 | NVIDIA (custhelp.com)

https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/496.98hf/496.98-desktop-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe

JonasBeckman · December 1, 2021, 4:34pm

497.09 NVIDIA

Fixed Issues in this Release

[Red Dead Redemption 2/Doom Eternal]: The game crashes with TDR or the system crashes while running the game. [200766423]

[Doom 3 BFG Edition]: The games shows corruption upon launch. [3407653]

[YouTube]: The YouTube web site randomly displays extreme contrast/gamma while idle or during video playback. [3420164]

[NVIDIA Image Scaling]: After performing a clean install or over install over version 496.49, NVIDIA Image Scaling resolutions do not appear in the game. [3434708]

Games do not launch correctly on GeForce GTX 750 Ti when NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled. [3442778]

[Notebook]: Black screen may be observed on some Optimus notebooks with 1440p/165hz panels when in discrete GPU mode. [3426730]

[Notebook]: eDP panel cannot be lit when booting to the desktop after switching to discrete mode. [3423400]

Using Adaptive Vertical Sync while G-SYNC is enabled may result in random black screen. [3437003]

Windows 10/11 Issues

[Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition]: After attempting to change resolutions, the resolution does not change and the game falls out of IFlip mode. [3442862] To apply the new resolution, press Alt+Tab.

[Supreme Command:Forged Alliance/Supreme Commander 2]: Performance drop when there is mouse movement. [3405920]

[Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled.
If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]

In multi-monitor configurations, the screen may display random black screen flicker.
[3405228]

[HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998]
To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.

[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4 [200779758]

[NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721]
Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.

[NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]
If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.

trowgundam · December 1, 2021, 6:21pm

Kind of surprised this isn’t the Game Ready driver for FFXIV Endwalker.

JonasBeckman · December 3, 2021, 8:41pm

And AMD 21.12.1
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 Release Notes | AMD

Support For

Halo Infinite™

Up to 17% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6900 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-434

Up to 19% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6800 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-435

Up to 16% increase in performance in Halo Infinite @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 21.12.1 on the 12 GB Radeon™ RX 6700 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.11.3.RS-436

Fortnite™

Icarus™

Blender 3.0™ on Radeon™ RX 6000 series Graphics.

Fixed Issues

While running SteamVR Home on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ VII Graphics, some users may experience a crash.

During Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy™ gameplay, some users may experience driver timeouts on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 5500 XT Graphics.

While playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds™ with multiple displays connected in extended mode, Radeon™ Software may become unresponsive when the user is in the lobby and attempts to open Radeon Software on the secondary display via the context menu.

Visual corruption may be observed on a vehicle’s logo or license plate number while playing Forza Horizon 5™ on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 500 series Graphics.

Known Issues

After upgrading to the latest Radeon™ Software, the Power Tuning component of a saved tuning profile may not load correctly when a user imports a previously saved tuning profile.

Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.

Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.

Important Notes

Users may observe visual artifacts while playing Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War on some AMD Graphics products such as Radeon™ RX 6800M Graphics. AMD is working with the game developers to resolve this issue.

JonasBeckman · December 20, 2021, 3:24pm

497.29 NVIDIA
NVIDIA DRIVERS GeForce Game Ready Driver WHQL

Windows 10/11 Issues

[Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. [200767905]
If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
[HDR][G-Sync]: Mouse pointer gets stuck after turning on HDR from the Windows Control Panel or after toggling G-Sync from the NVIDIA control panel. [200762998]
To work around, click the mouse (right or left button). The mouse cursor will be sluggish for a few seconds before returning to normal operation.
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721]
Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]
If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution.

JonasBeckman · January 12, 2022, 6:47am

AMD 22.1.1
https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-1-1

Support For
Monster Hunter Rise
God of War

Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War™ @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6900 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.RS-445
Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War™ @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 16 GB Radeon™ RX 6800 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.RS-446
Up to 7% increase in performance in God of War™ @ 4K Ultra Settings, using Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.1.1 on the 12 GB Radeon™ RX 6700 XT graphics card, versus the previous software driver version 21.12.1.RS-447

Fixed Issues
Connecting multiple monitors with high display bandwidths and differences in vertical intervals to a system may lead to high idle memory clock values being experienced by some users.
After upgrading to the latest Radeon™ Software, the Power Tuning component of a saved tuning profile may not load correctly when a user imports a previously saved tuning profile.
When some users zoom-in during Halo Infinite™ gameplay, they may experience visual corruption on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 5600 XT Graphics.
Flickering may be observed when playing Fortnite™ on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 6800 XT Graphics using DirectX® 12 with Radeon™ Boost enabled.

Known Issues
Enhanced Sync may cause a black screen to occur when enabled on some games and system configurations. Any users who may be experiencing issues with Enhanced Sync enabled should disable it as a temporary workaround.
Radeon performance metrics and logging features may intermittently report extremely high and incorrect memory clock values.
While playing Borderlands 3™ using DirectX® 12 with Radeon™ Boost enabled, longer than expected load times may be observed on some AMD Graphics Products such as Radeon® RX 6800 XT Graphics.

JonasBeckman · January 14, 2022, 1:18pm

NVIDIA 511.23 is out.

511.23

Windows 10/11 Issues
[Windows11][Far Cry 6]: Geometric corruption occurs in the benchmark and in gameplay. [3441540]
[NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
[Deathloop][HDR]: TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled. [200767905]
If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
[NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][Desktop]: The screen moves to the upper left corner on cold boot when Image Scaling is applied to the desktop. [3424721]
Do not apply NVIDIA Image Scaling to the desktop. It is intended only for video upscaling or for games which do not run with a scaling resolution unless the same Image Scaling resolution is applied on the desktop.
[NVIDIA Image Scaling][DirectX 11 video apps]: With Image Scaling enabled, video playback is corrupted or results in a system hang after performing an HDR transition. [3431284]
If HDR is required to be toggled from the Microsoft Control Panel, be sure to switch to a different Image Scaling resolution

JonasBeckman · January 19, 2022, 5:30am

AMD 22.1.2
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.1.2 Release Notes | AMD

JonasBeckman · February 2, 2022, 2:39pm

NVIDIA 511.65

BkNVR510_Win10.book (nvidia.com)
PDF

Security Bulletin: NVIDIA GPU Display Driver - February 2022 | NVIDIA (custhelp.com)
Security for February 2022

JonasBeckman · February 4, 2022, 5:45am

AMD 22.2.1
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.1 Release Notes | AMD

JonasBeckman · February 6, 2022, 7:32am

511.72
“Hotfix”
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5320

https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/511.72hf/511.72-desktop-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe

JonasBeckman · February 14, 2022, 4:53pm

GeForce Game Ready Driver | 511.79 | Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 | NVIDIA

Aemony · February 15, 2022, 3:51pm

Oh, new Nvidia driver already?!

JonasBeckman · February 17, 2022, 5:36am

Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.2 Release Notes | AMD

And another February driver from AMD.

JonasBeckman · February 25, 2022, 8:05am

AMD 22.2.3
Radeon™ Software Adrenalin 22.2.3 Release Notes | AMD

JonasBeckman · March 8, 2022, 6:30pm

anyone else having trouble getting into discord because of cloudflair? : discordapp (reddit.com)

Discord Status

Looks like the underlying Cloudflare system went down?

Aemony · March 9, 2022, 6:56am

Unknown what the issue was, but CloudFlare wasn’t the fault at least. It was a huge issue that affected a ton of major players such as Google, CloudFlares, and Amazon.