Download: GeForce 378.78 WHQL driver brings improved DirectX 12 performance

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/09/2017 06:25 PM | source: | 199 comment(s)

Download the Nvidia GeForce GameReady 378.78 WHQL driver as released by NVIDIA. This driver is optimized for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands and includes DirectX 12 optimizations which provide additional performance increases for a variety of titles. During our testing we noticed good increases in titles like Hitman DX12.

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#5404214 Posted on: 03/09/2017 03:51 PM

Sold my card. Waiting for 1080ti !

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#5404215 Posted on: 03/09/2017 03:51 PM

PDF.
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/378.78/378.78-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf

EDIT:

Game Ready: Ghost Recon: Wildlands
Gaming Technology: DX12 optimizations
New Features: 1080Ti support.
SLI Profiles: Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Titanfall 2, Tom Clancy's The Division

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 378.78

The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

: The GFE FPS counter appears in the application.

: Blue-screen crash occurs on some notebook platforms.

: PhysX uses the CPU when Optimize for Compute Performance setting is OFF, resulting in a drop in performance.

: Driver error occurs when trying to compute with GPUGrid CUDA application.

: Driver error occurs when trying to compute PrimeGrid Genefer OpenCL tool.

: NvFBC H.264 encode crashes.

Windows 10 Issues

: Driver installation fails when attempting to perform a driver overinstall. To workaround, perform a clean installation.

: Black corruption appears while entering the in-game menu afte skippingthe cutscene.

: With FXAA enabled from the NVIDIA Control Panel, the application crashes when enabling the in-game Ansel UI.

Error code 43 appears in the Device Manager after installing the driver with observed with HDMI display connected.

: The display remains blank while over installing the driver, requiring a reboot.

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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