NVIDIA STUDIO Notebook Graphics Driver 451.77 for Windows 10 64-bit

Applications

- This Studio Driver provides full support for the new DirectX 12 Ultimate graphics API. This includes support for DirectX Raytracing (DXR) version 1.1 as well as support for mesh shaders, sampler feedback, and variable-rate shading (VRS). Additionally, this driver supports Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling when used with the Windows 10 May 2020 Update.
 - In addition, this driver adds support for Vulkan 1.2 as well as optimal support and bug fixes for the latest creative applications from Adobe, Autodesk, Blender, Chaos, and Corel.

Changes:

- [Adobe Premiere]: Adjustments in Lumetri color panel causes video to appear noisy. [3038602]
- Blue-screen crash occurs pointing to 0x9F Power State Failure error. [3038621]
- [Quadro notebook][Balls][RTHDRIBL]: Bugcheck error occurs when running both applications (Balls and RTHDRIBL) at the same time. [200611835]
- [Just Cause 2]: The game does not detect CUDA files which results in missing "GPU Water Simulation" and "Bokeh Filter" settings. [2994570]
- [Sea of Thieves]: Issues with game rendering occur. [200614095]
- [Resident Evil 2 Remake]: The game may display random object and menu flickering. [2997880]
- [Devil May Cry 5]: The game may display random object flickering. [2997814]
- [Divinity Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition]: The game experiences low performance when hardware accelerated GPU scheduling is enabled. [3009631]
- [Maxon Cinema4D]: Line width range limit has been extended. [2725464]
- [Notebook]: Windows Mixed Reality headsets may display jitter when connected to the HDMI port linked to the NVIDIA Optimus notebook integrated graphics. [2971312]
- [G-SYNC]: G-SYNC does not work with DirectX 9 games if "Disable full screen optimizations" is selected. [2969897]
- Display brightness increases while enabling GPU scaling. [200612966]
- NVIDIA HD Audio may disappear after display goes to sleep. [2807732]
- The cursor turns into a grey rectangle when playing YouTube 4K HDR videos. [3009602]

New Features and Other Changes:

- Supports DirectX 12 Ultimate
- Supports Vulkan 1.2
- Supports hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling.
- Supports CUDA 11.0
- Added security updates for driver components

This release supports the following APIs:

- Open Computing Language (OpenCL software) 1.2 for NVIDIA Kepler and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.2
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12

Software Module Versions

- nView - 200.63
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.34
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
- GeForce Experience - 3.20.2.63
- CUDA - 11.0
- Standard NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.940.0
- DCH NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.958.0

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

- 7 Days to Die
- ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Blacksad: Under the Skin (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Blair Witch (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Close to the Sun (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later]
- Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
- Hell Let Loose (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later]
- Journey To The Savage Planet (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Monster Energy Supercross 3 (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- MotoGP 19 (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later]
- MXGP 2019 - The Official Motocross Videogame (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- eFootball PES 2020 (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Saints Row: The Third Remastered (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Tamarin
- Will To Live Online
- World War 3 (NVIDIA Turing GPUs and later)
- Yakuza Kiwami 2

Windows 10 Issues:

- [Sunset Overdrive]: The game may display random green corruption if Depth of Field is enabled from in-game settings. [2750770]
- [VR}: HDCP errors occur with Valve Index VR. [2967616]
- [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare]: Color banding may occur in the game after enabling Image Sharpening from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [2889337/3028436]
- [Call of Duty - Warzone]: Freestyle does not work. (200593020)
- [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
- [Zombie Army: Dead War 4][Ansel/Freestyle]: The Ansel & Freestyle tabs are unselectable. [2810884]
- [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan][G-SYNC]: When playing the game in Vulkan mode with G-SYNC enabled, flickering occurs after switching the game between full-screen and windowed mode.[200578641] To workaround, either disable G-SYNC or play using an API other than Vulkan.
- [Kepler GPUs]: With SLI/multi-GPU and G-SYNC enabled, TDRs may occur soon after launching an application. [200628981]
- Video playback on the secondary display lags/freezes while playing a game on the primary display if Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling is enabled [200586262]
- [Notebook][Advanced Optimus][The Witcher 3 WILD HUNT]: The game remains minimized when the NVIDIA Control Panel >3D Settings >Manage Display Mode is set to Automatic or Optimus, and cannot be restored to full screen. [200628973]
- [Notebook][H-Clone]: With the integrated graphics processor as the clone source, display settings cannot be changed from the NVIDIA Control Panel. [200594188]
- [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]
- [Notebook][G-SYNC]: Graphical corruption occurs when windowed G-SYNC+V-Sync is On while running applications in Clone/Duplicate mode. [200628911]
- [Notebook]: LVDS-display goes blank upon rebooting the system after driver installation on some systems. [200627952]

Compatible GeForce RTX 20 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2080, GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, GeForce RTX 2070, GeForce RTX 2060

Compatible GeForce GTX 16 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, GeForce GTX 1650 Ti, GeForce GTX 1650

Compatible GeForce 10 Series (Notebooks):

- GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1070, GeForce GTX 1060, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, GeForce GTX 1050 

About Graphics Drivers:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered.

When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset).

Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect.

That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.