Nvidia GeForce 511.79 WHQL driver optimizes Martha is Dead, Elden Ring, and more

Nvidia has released a new Windows WHQL-certified Game Ready GeForce driver version 511.79 today. The new driver is optimized for several new and upcoming titles like Elden Ring, among others. It also adds support for Nvidia's image upscaling technology called DLSS in Martha Is Dead and adds Reflex in one title.

Here's what the release notes says:

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for Elden Ring, GRID Legends, Total War: Warhammer III, and Martha is Dead featuring NVIDIA DLSS. In addition, this new Game Ready Driver offers support for the latest updates including Destiny 2: The Witch Queen and the introduction of NVIDIA Reflex in iRacing.

As usual, the new driver has plenty of fixes too. They are listed below:

• [Call of Duty: Vanguard][Assassins Creed Valhalla]: The games may display random corruption or white/black screen. [3503111/3525655]
• [Battlefield 2042]: The game may display color flashes on the screen. [3503086]
• [Corel Paint Shop Pro XI]: The application cannot be launched. [3510891]
• [G-SYNC]: After disabling G-SYNC on G-SYNC Compatible monitor and TV, G-SYNC cannot be re-enabled through the NVIDIA Control Panel. [3523157]
• Digital Vibrance is reset when monitor goes to sleep. [3519430]

There are still many unresolved issues that remain:

• Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
• [Grid Legends][GeForce RTX 3-series]: Background artifacts flicker. [3524560]  [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]
• [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][Ampere] Putting notebook to sleep by closing the lid and then waking up the notebook may cause Windows to reboot when in dGPU mode. [3444252]
• [NVIDIA Advanced Optimus][NVIDIA Control Panel]: After setting the display multiplexer type to “dGPU”, the setting is not preserved across a reboot or resume from S4. [200779758]
• The native resolution for a DVI or HDMI display may not be available from the display settings if the display contains an invalid EDID. [3502752]

The links to download the US driver are provided below:

Desktop GPUs:

Download: Windows 11, 10 - DCH

Notebook GPUs:

Download: Windows 11, 10 - DCH

You can find Nvidia's announcement post here.

Nvidia GeForce 511.79 WHQL driver optimizes Martha is Dead, Elden Ring, and more

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