NVIDIA Releases Game Ready Driver version 460.79-WHQL for Cyberpunk 2077

NVIDIA has released the latest version of its Game Ready Drivers which are ready for Cyberpunk 2077. In addition, this driver provides optimal day-1 support for the official launch of Minecraft with RTX for Windows 10.

NVIDIA’s Game ready drivers are part of its GeForce Experience application which ensure the most optimized playing experiences for GeForce RTX and GeForce GTX graphics card owners. The latest Game Ready Driver version is 460.79-WHQL NVIDIA also promised that they are going to ensure every performance tweaks and bug fixes to be included in the day-1 patch which is going to be available as soon as the game unlocks.

The latest drivers also adds support for 5 new G-Sync compatible monitors including 2 Acer monitors, and 1 from Gigabyte, MSI, and Philips.

Click here to download the Game Ready Driver version 460.79-WHQL for Cyberpunk 2077 and Minecraft with RTX for Windows 10.

The complete release notes for GRD version 460.79-WHQL are listed below. (Credit to NVIDIA).

Game Ready for Cyberpunk 2077

This new Game Ready Driver provides the ultimate gaming experience for Cyberpunk 2077. In addition, this driver provides optimal day-1 support for the official launch of Minecraft with RTX for Windows 10.

New Features and Other Changes

NVIDIA Control Panel

• Added Background Application Max Frame Rate control (Manage 3D Settings page)
• Added Color Accuracy Mode feature (Display > Adjust Desktop Color Settings page)

Fixed Issues

• [Forza Motorsport 7]: The curb may display a black strip during a race on certain tracks. [2781776]
• When setting the refresh rate higher than 100Hz, the color format switches from RGB to ycbcr422. [3053990]
• [GeForce RTX 3090][SLI][G-SYNC]: When G-SYNC is enabled in SLI surround (3x monitors), the system locks up when launching a game. [3167493]
• [GeForce RTX 3-series]: NvAPI_GPU_GetGPUInfo() returns an incorrect number of GPU Tensor Cores. [3140329]
• [MPC-HC]: The video player crashes when playing 1088 pixel-width videos. [3148082]
• [5k display]: When the display is set to 5k resolution, you cannot set the color settings from the NVIDIA Control Panel > Change resolution page. Either the controls are greyed out or they revert to the default after applying any change. [200630939/3182567].

Known Issues

• [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game. [3152190]
• [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher-refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
• [Freestyle][Vulkan apps]: With the freestyle filters applied, a blue-screen crash occurs when pressing [Alt+Tab] while running Vulkan applications. [200667477]
• [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
• [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]
• [G-Sync][Vulkan Apps]: Performance drop occurs when using G-SYNC and switching from full-screen mode to windowed mode using the in-game settings. [200681477]. To workaround, either launch the game in windowed mode directly or disable G-SYNC.
• [GeForce RTX 3070][Clone Mode]: When the resolution is set to 2560×1440 @ 144Hz, the performance state is stuck at maximum performance. [200678414]
• [NVIDIA Turing or later][Windows Movies and TV Player]: When playing a 4k video in fullscreen mode on a 2560×1440 HDR monitor, the video extends beyond the edge of the screen. [3186830]

You can download the latest drivers right now for increased support for both Cyberpunk 2077 and Minecraft for your Nvidia GPUs.