Download: GeForce 398.86 hotfix driver

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/07/2018 07:08 PM | source: | 66 comment(s)

Nvidia released a GeForce 398.8 hotfix driver. It fixes Windowed G-Sync mode may stutter after upgrading to Windows 10 April 2018 Update.

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nevcairiel
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#5571743 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:03 PM

Finally something to test. lets see how GSYNC works now!

hemla
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#5571746 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:07 PM

performance?

Blackfyre
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#5571747 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:09 PM

The Meme is dead, long live the meme.

There really seems to be a hotfix driver release after almost every every WHQL release at this point lol

CPC_RedDawn
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#5571752 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:15 PM

Are Nvidia trying to copy Intel's old tick > tock release with their drivers now?

WHQL > HOTFIX > WHQL > HOTFIX

Maybe their release model needs to change. AMD seem to be releasing more consistent drivers, plus adding in a ton of features and at least their UI looks like it was made in 2018 and not 2001.

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#5571755 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:22 PM

Thank you for pointing it out.

Clean 398.86 version in case anyone needs.

Branch:
r398_75-7 - 398.82
r398_75-8 - 398.86

Kolt
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#5571763 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:33 PM

The Meme is dead, long live the meme.

There really seems to be a hotfix driver release after almost every every WHQL release at this point lol

I immediately did a double take when I saw the post.. I thought to myself "no way is there ANOTHER HOTFIX"

I was wrong. This is no longer a joke, it's a reality.

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#5571770 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:44 PM

cryohellinc
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#5571771 Posted on: 08/07/2018 07:45 PM

Yeah. It would be so much better if people would have to live with the g-sync bug for another month or so.

We should start a petition. "We don't want quick bug fixes." Of course you're not forced to update the driver, but common logic be damned. It seems that in here, bug fixes are bad and made fun of.

GJ.
Reinstalling driver takes less time than talking about reinstalling it.

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#5571779 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:04 PM

Yeah. It would be so much better if people would have to live with the g-sync bug for another month or so.

We should start a petition. "We don't want quick bug fixes." Of course you're not forced to update the driver, but common logic be damned. It seems that in here, bug fixes are bad and made fun of.

GJ.
The real problem here is, they could have easily squeeze in this beta fix, not that it now needs another beta driver for it.

Talk about that bs slogan last minute optimizations for new games lol.

RealNC
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#5571780 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:09 PM

The real problem here is

The what problem now?

There was a bug. They fixed it and provided a way to get it without having to wait a long time for a driver to go through the WHQL nonsense. I'm not seeing any problem.

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#5571781 Posted on: 08/07/2018 08:09 PM

Also I think it's more like tick - tick - tick - tick...

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#5571799 Posted on: 08/07/2018 09:12 PM

This G-SYNC fix was supposed to be included in the v398.82 WHQL driver but NVIDIA needed to test it more so they held it back and decided to release a hotfix instead. I'm fine with that as it is better than having to wait another 2-3 weeks for the next certified driver.

I really don't see how anyone can take issue with this; if you would rather wait until the next WHQL driver which will include that fix then that is, of course, your choice. For everyone else who has been waiting months for this fix then they have a driver they can install now instead of having to wait longer for the next driver.

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#5571806 Posted on: 08/07/2018 09:41 PM

Well, as long as I'm a PC gamer, I don't think I will ever recover from my OCD. I blame Nvidia drivers.

I didn't say stop though.

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#5571808 Posted on: 08/07/2018 09:55 PM

from the geforce forums:

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a-id/4693 well a link wouldn't have hurt anybody, so here it is...

I'm just installing it now, but I have my doubts about it, it may be a beta kind of trial and error fix, since both the drivers download page and Mr. Guzman here are silent about it.

Edit:
Yep, juuust as I suspected... 398.86 really "fixes" Windowed G-Sync, but only as much as killing dwm.exe does it. Meaning the driver can now properly engage G-Sync on its' own even after a reboot, however it will still have stuttering/microlag, however you want to call it. So Windowed G-Sync is tecnically fixed, but practically it's not.

To elaborate, windowed G-Sync causes a weird frame time inconsistency issue, which causes perceivable microlag every few seconds, or even more often, depending on the game (not actual fps drops!!). This is NOT happening when running games in exclusive fullscreen mode, however quite a few games don't truly support fullscreen anymore. They don't have to however, since G-Sync officially supports windowed mode, thus we're not obliged to play in exclusive fullscreen anyways... which boils down to this feature still being broken.

Games Total War: Warhammer II (Campaign map benchmark) and War Thunder (Tank battle benchmark) can both be used to reproduce the above behavior.

Curious if anyone can confirm.

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#5571818 Posted on: 08/07/2018 10:48 PM

What the hell is "microlag"? People should really stop trying to explain themselves with new words.

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