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#5384602 Posted on: 01/24/2017 05:19 PM
Release notes.
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/378.49/378.49-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Conan Exiles early access, and the For Honor closed beta.
New Features
Added support for the following products:
•GeForce GTX 1050 notebook
•GeForce GTX 1050 Ti notebook
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
•Battlefield 1
•Deus Ex: Breach Standalone - added DirectX 11 profile
•Diablo III - added DirectX 11 profile
•Dreadnought(2016) - added DirectX 11 profile
•LEGO: Minifigures Online - added SLI-Single profile
•Sid Meier's Civilization VI
•Shooter Game (HDR) - added DirectX 11 profile
•Sniper Elite 4 - added DirectX 11 profile
•Space Hulk: DeathWing - added SLI-Single profile
•Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
•Watch Dogs 2
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:
•Resident Evil 7 - not recommended
•Conan Exiles - not recommended
3D Compatibility Mode Profiles
These games must be run in DirectX 10/11 mode to see improvements and are not compatible with 3D Vision Surround mode. See “3D Compatibility Mode” on page 5 for more information.
Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:
•Watch Dogs 2 - excellent
Windows 10 Fixed Issues
Random flashes occur in the game.
: The system reboots after switching to full-screen mode while playing the game.
: Random TDR/black screens occur when running GPU-intensive Direct X applications after updating to Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
The graphics card is not detected upon installing the driver.
Rain puddles appear dark.
A superfluous audio end point entry appears in the Windows Sound Devices panel after resuming from hibernate mode.
Assassins Creed - Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces.
: Texture flickering occurs in the game with SLI enabled.
Flickering corruption appears in the game if the multi-GPU option is enabled from the in-game settings.
Work unit errors occur.
SLI profile needed.
Windows 10 Issues
Only red and blue colors are visible when playing videos at resolutions >= 1080P on one surround monitor.
Game crashes pointing to ntdll.dll when changed to full-screen and to windowed full-screen.
For Honor silently crashes if intro video is skipped and instant replay is on.
Level loading hangs in Gears of War 4.
Driver install/overinstall requires reboot.
Installer prompts for reboot during express overinstall of 372.69 driver on 372.54.
Quantum Break window either remains blank or freezes in game scene in windowed mode.
Surround Display icon disappears after rotate mode set to portrait.
Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled.
Display driver stopped responding while running benchmark LuxBall HDR (Simple Bechmark:217K triangles).
Blank screen observed on an ASUS Tiled display when system resumes from shutdown or hibernation with Fast boot option enabled from BIOS.
Windows 8.1/Windows 8 Issues
While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel.
The NVIDIA Control Panel video color settings have no effect on YouTube flash video playback within Internet Explorer 10.
Windows 7 Issues
Battlefield 1 hangs when campaign loaded with Fast Sync enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled.
While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel.
Release notes.
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/378.49/378.49-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Conan Exiles early access, and the For Honor closed beta.
New Features
Added support for the following products:
•GeForce GTX 1050 notebook
•GeForce GTX 1050 Ti notebook
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
•Battlefield 1
•Deus Ex: Breach Standalone - added DirectX 11 profile
•Diablo III - added DirectX 11 profile
•Dreadnought(2016) - added DirectX 11 profile
•LEGO: Minifigures Online - added SLI-Single profile
•Sid Meier's Civilization VI
•Shooter Game (HDR) - added DirectX 11 profile
•Sniper Elite 4 - added DirectX 11 profile
•Space Hulk: DeathWing - added SLI-Single profile
•Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands
•Watch Dogs 2
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:
•Resident Evil 7 - not recommended
•Conan Exiles - not recommended
3D Compatibility Mode Profiles
These games must be run in DirectX 10/11 mode to see improvements and are not compatible with 3D Vision Surround mode. See “3D Compatibility Mode” on page 5 for more information.
Added or updated the following compatibility mode profiles:
•Watch Dogs 2 - excellent
Windows 10 Fixed Issues
Random flashes occur in the game.
: The system reboots after switching to full-screen mode while playing the game.
: Random TDR/black screens occur when running GPU-intensive Direct X applications after updating to Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
The graphics card is not detected upon installing the driver.
Rain puddles appear dark.
A superfluous audio end point entry appears in the Windows Sound Devices panel after resuming from hibernate mode.
Assassins Creed - Syndicate shows intermittent flickering black or white patches on game character faces.
: Texture flickering occurs in the game with SLI enabled.
Flickering corruption appears in the game if the multi-GPU option is enabled from the in-game settings.
Work unit errors occur.
SLI profile needed.
Windows 10 Issues
Only red and blue colors are visible when playing videos at resolutions >= 1080P on one surround monitor.
Game crashes pointing to ntdll.dll when changed to full-screen and to windowed full-screen.
For Honor silently crashes if intro video is skipped and instant replay is on.
Level loading hangs in Gears of War 4.
Driver install/overinstall requires reboot.
Installer prompts for reboot during express overinstall of 372.69 driver on 372.54.
Quantum Break window either remains blank or freezes in game scene in windowed mode.
Surround Display icon disappears after rotate mode set to portrait.
Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled.
Display driver stopped responding while running benchmark LuxBall HDR (Simple Bechmark:217K triangles).
Blank screen observed on an ASUS Tiled display when system resumes from shutdown or hibernation with Fast boot option enabled from BIOS.
Windows 8.1/Windows 8 Issues
While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel.
The NVIDIA Control Panel video color settings have no effect on YouTube flash video playback within Internet Explorer 10.
Windows 7 Issues
Battlefield 1 hangs when campaign loaded with Fast Sync enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Street Fighter V performance drop (pause and play) observed when the game is played at 4K resolution with SLI enabled.
While a stereoscopic 3D video with stereoscopic 3D enabled is played, the monitor refresh rate switches to 60 Hz after changing the resolution using the Windows control panel.
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#5384603 Posted on: 01/24/2017 05:21 PM
I'm not seeing that setting on a 1060 laptop, will check and see if I see it on my desktop. Sounds like a really good option, if it actually does what it says it does and well at that.
I'm not seeing that setting on a 1060 laptop, will check and see if I see it on my desktop. Sounds like a really good option, if it actually does what it says it does and well at that.
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#5384605 Posted on: 01/24/2017 05:26 PM
Odd, dont have that option.
It's not just you, it is a new option. Wonder what it does though...
Odd, dont have that option.
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#5384622 Posted on: 01/24/2017 05:51 PM
Maybe FAHBench would give some insight.
It's not just you, it is a new option. Wonder what it does though...
Maybe FAHBench would give some insight.
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Is it just me or is there a new option under 3D Settings called:
"Optimize for Compute Performance"?
It's not just you, it is a new option. Wonder what it does though...