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NVIDIA GeForce 417.01 WHQL available for download, optimized for Darksiders 3


NVIDIA has released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, theĀ NVIDIA GeForce 417.01 WHQL driver is optimized and provides the optimal gaming experience for Darksiders III.

For what it’s worth, we’ve re-tested Darksiders 3 in 4K on our RTX2080Ti with this new driver and performance remained the same. There were still drops to 45-55fps and the only way we could improve performance was by lowering the Shadows from Epic to High (there were still drops below 60fps though).

This driver also allows gamers to apply refresh rates higher than 30Hz on 4K monitors, fixes Frame Rate Limiter 2, addresses an issue that prevented G-sync from being disengaged after exiting games, and resolves an issue that made Ansel images appear incomplete when the resolution was set to 30X or greater.

Those interested can download the driver from here, and you can find the complete changelog below.

NVIDIA GeForce 417.01 WHQL Release Notes

Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Darksiders III.

Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

  • Artifact

Software Module Versions

  • nView – 149.34
  • HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.4
  • NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.18.0907
  • GeForce Experience – 3.16.0.122
  • CUDA – 10.0

Fixed Issues

  • Monitor refresh rates higher than 30 Hz cannot be applied on 4k monitors. [2423614]
  • Frame Rate Limiter 2 may not work. [2423316]
  • [Turing GPUs]: Event ID 14 error may occur if CSM is disabled in the system BIOS.[2434721]
  • [GeForce TX 650]: Shadowplay recordings are corrupted. [2416982]
  • [G-Sync]: G-sync may not disengage after exiting games. [2418574]
  • [GeForce Experience][Ansel]: Ansel images appear incomplete when the resolution is set to 30x or greater. [2082395]