De Nvidia-driver van deze week, GeForce 497.09, mag een interessante zijn, want deze maakt de herlancering van de RTX 2060 met 12 GB geheugen officieel. In oktober doken er reeds geruchten op, omtrent een mogelijke lancering daarvan in januari 2022. Met deze driver lijkt die datum een feit te gaan worden, want Nvidia kaart alvast ondersteuning aan voor de zogeheten ‘RTX 2060 12GB’. Verder is GeForce 497.09 bestemd als Game Ready Driver voor ICARUS.
- ICARUS
Opvolgend zijn de opgeloste problemen aan de beurt, waarvan we een aantal belangrijke zien. Zo zijn gamma- en contrastproblemen verholpen met YouTube en crashes met Red Dead Redemption 2 en Doom Eternal. Uiteraard zijn er nog meer euvels verholpen, die hieronder zichtbaar zijn.
- [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]
Resterend zijn er nog de bekende problemen, waaronder met de recentelijke introductie van Nvidia Image Scaling. Daarnaast zijn er bekende kwestie met Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition, de Supreme Commander-games, Deathloop en meer.
- [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 Commander: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]
Voor alle informatie omtrent GeForce 497.09 kan je een blik werpen op de release notes. Via Nvidia’s officiële website kan je terecht voor de download, waaronder voor Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11.
