NVIDIA GeForce 531.18 WHQL Graphics Driver Released (* UPDATED: GeForce 531.79 *)

2023/02/28 JeGX

NVIDIA has released a new WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) gaming driver for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This driver belongs to the R530 family (530.xx to 534.xx) and brings the following changes:

Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new titles supporting NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology including Atomic Heart and the closed Beta of THE FINALS.

Gaming Technology
– Introduces support for RTX Video Super Resolution

Fixed Issues
– [Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay
– Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 occasional stability issues
– Enable Dead Space Resizable Bar profile
– Adobe After Effects / Media Encoder – issues with ProRes RAW files
– Adobe Premiere Pro application instability

More information HERE.

UPDATE: GeForce 531.29 WHQL

Fixed Issues
– Higher CPU usage from NVIDIA Container might be observed after exiting a game
– Stability issues may be observed on certain laptops with GeForce GTX 10/MX250/350 series GPUs
– Adobe application stability issues using 531.18

UPDATE: GeForce 531.41 WHQL

Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best day-0 gaming experience for the latest new games including the open beta for Diablo IV featuring NVIDIA DLSS 2 technology. Further support for new titles leveraging DLSS 2 technology include The Last of Us Part I, Smalland: Survive the Wild, and Deceive Inc. Additionally, this Game Ready Driver supports Resident Evil 4 and the addition of DLSS 3 technology to Forza Horizon 5. Lastly, this Game Ready Driver offers full support for the technology preview of Cyberpunk 2077’s Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode.

Fixed Issues
– Adobe application stability issues using 531.18
– Enscape crash at startup with 531.18
– Beamr – Issue with AV1 encoding in PTD=0 mode
– Derivative TouchDesigner – NVAR: crash when using multi-person tracking
– [Forza Horizon 5] Rainbow like artifacts in game after driver update
– [Portal with RTX] “Background application max frame rate” setting is getting engaged while game is in focus
– Disable Horizon Zero Dawn Resizable Bar profile on Intel platform

UPDATE: GeForce 531.61 WHQL

Gaming Technology
– Introduces support for the GeForce RTX 4070.

Fixed Issues
– [Assassin’s Creed Origins] Game may have stability issues when using 531.18.
– [The Last of Us Part 1] Game may randomly crash during gameplay on GeForce RTX 30 series GPUs
– [Hogwarts Legacy] [Regression] Black Screen/Hang on Launch at Shader Compilation Screen using Driver 531.18

More info is available HERE.

UPDATE: GeForce 531.68 WHQL

Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new titles including Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Dead Island 2.

Fixed Issues
– [Immortals Fenyx Rising] is randomly crashing to desktop after a driver update to 531.41.
– Shadowplay incorrectly getting engaged within EA Play application.
– [Counter Strike 2] Enabling Reflex may reduce performance.

More info is available HERE.

UPDATE: GeForce 531.79 WHQL

Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games including Redfall featuring DLSS 3 technology. Additionally, this Game Ready Driver supports the launch of titles supporting NVIDIA DLSS 2 technology including Showgunners and the upcoming Diablo IV Server Slam.

Fixed Issues
– [RTX 30 series] Application crash may be observed while playing Battlefield 2042/The Last of Us/Unreal Editor
– [Asus VG27WQ][Acer XV253Q] Highest monitor refresh rate is missing from the NVIDIA Control Panel after updating to NVIDIA display driver 531.41

More info is available HERE.

Downloads

THE FINALS

Atomic Heart

GeForce 531.18 quick test

GPU Caps Viewer

GPU Shark 2:

GeForce 531.29 quick test

GPU Shark 2:

GeForce 531.41 quick test

GPU Shark 2:

GPU Caps Viewer:

GeForce 531.61 quick test

GPU Shark 2:

GPU Caps Viewer:

GeForce 531.68 quick test

GPU Shark 2:

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GeForce 531.79 quick test

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OpenGL support

GeForce 531.18

GeForce 531.18 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 433 extensions for a GeForce RTX 3060 Ti or a RTX 4070 Ti on Windows 10 (v22H2). Same support than R528.xx.

GL_RENDERER: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.18
OpenGL extensions: 433

GeForce 531.29

Same OpenGL support than 531.18.

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.29

GeForce 531.41

Same OpenGL support than 531.18.

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.41

GeForce 531.61

Same OpenGL support than 531.18.

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.61

GeForce 531.68

Same OpenGL support than 531.18.

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.68

GeForce 531.79

Same OpenGL support than 531.18.

GL_VERSION: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 531.79

Vulkan support

GeForce 531.18

This driver exposes Vulkan 1.3.236 and 183 device extensions for a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti on Windows 10 22H2. This new driver adds 8 new extensions for a RTX 4070 Ti on Windows 10:

– VK_KHR_video_decode_h264 (see Vulkan 1.3.238)
– VK_KHR_video_decode_h265
– VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
– VK_KHR_video_queue
– VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one
– VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer (see Vulkan 1.3.235)
– VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
– VK_NV_low_latency (see Vulkan 1.3.242)

# of Vulkan devices: 1
- Device 1
  - name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
  - device type: VK_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_DISCRETE_GPU
  - device ID: 10DE-2782
  - API version: 1.3.236
  - NVIDIA driver version: 531.18.0.0
  - VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline information:
    - shaderGroupHandleSize: 32
    - maxRayRecursionDepth: 31
    - maxShaderGroupStride: 4096
    - shaderGroupBaseAlignment: 64
    - shaderGroupHandleCaptureReplaySize: 32
    - maxRayDispatchInvocationCount: 1073741824
    - shaderGroupHandleAlignment: 32
    - maxRayHitAttributeSize: 32
    - maxRayDispatchInvocationCount: 1073741824
  - VK_KHR_acceleration_structure information:
    - maxGeometryCount: 16777215
    - maxInstanceCount: 16777215
    - maxPrimitiveCount: 536870911
  - VK_KHR_driver_properties information:
    - driverName: NVIDIA
    - driverID_str: VK_DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY_KHR
    - driverID: 4
    - conformanceVersion: 1.3.1.3
    - driverInfo: 531.18
  - # of extensions: 183
  - VK_KHR_16bit_storage
  - VK_KHR_8bit_storage
  - VK_KHR_acceleration_structure
  - VK_KHR_bind_memory2
  - VK_KHR_buffer_device_address
  - VK_KHR_copy_commands2
  - VK_KHR_create_renderpass2
  - VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation
  - VK_KHR_deferred_host_operations
  - VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve
  - VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template
  - VK_KHR_device_group
  - VK_KHR_draw_indirect_count
  - VK_KHR_driver_properties
  - VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering
  - VK_KHR_external_fence
  - VK_KHR_external_fence_win32
  - VK_KHR_external_memory
  - VK_KHR_external_memory_win32
  - VK_KHR_external_semaphore
  - VK_KHR_external_semaphore_win32
  - VK_KHR_format_feature_flags2
  - VK_KHR_fragment_shader_barycentric
  - VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate
  - VK_KHR_get_memory_requirements2
  - VK_KHR_image_format_list
  - VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer
  - VK_KHR_maintenance1
  - VK_KHR_maintenance2
  - VK_KHR_maintenance3
  - VK_KHR_maintenance4
  - VK_KHR_multiview
  - VK_KHR_pipeline_executable_properties
  - VK_KHR_pipeline_library
  - VK_KHR_present_id
  - VK_KHR_present_wait
  - VK_KHR_push_descriptor
  - VK_KHR_ray_query
  - VK_KHR_ray_tracing_maintenance1
  - VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
  - VK_KHR_relaxed_block_layout
  - VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge
  - VK_KHR_sampler_ycbcr_conversion
  - VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts
  - VK_KHR_shader_atomic_int64
  - VK_KHR_shader_clock
  - VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters
  - VK_KHR_shader_float16_int8
  - VK_KHR_shader_float_controls
  - VK_KHR_shader_integer_dot_product
  - VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info
  - VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types
  - VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_uniform_control_flow
  - VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation
  - VK_KHR_spirv_1_4
  - VK_KHR_storage_buffer_storage_class
  - VK_KHR_swapchain
  - VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format
  - VK_KHR_synchronization2
  - VK_KHR_timeline_semaphore
  - VK_KHR_uniform_buffer_standard_layout
  - VK_KHR_variable_pointers
  - VK_KHR_video_decode_h264
  - VK_KHR_video_decode_h265
  - VK_KHR_video_decode_queue
  - VK_KHR_video_queue
  - VK_KHR_vulkan_memory_model
  - VK_KHR_win32_keyed_mutex
  - VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout
  - VK_KHR_zero_initialize_workgroup_memory
  - VK_EXT_4444_formats
  - VK_EXT_attachment_feedback_loop_layout
  - VK_EXT_blend_operation_advanced
  - VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle
  - VK_EXT_buffer_device_address
  - VK_EXT_calibrated_timestamps
  - VK_EXT_color_write_enable
  - VK_EXT_conditional_rendering
  - VK_EXT_conservative_rasterization
  - VK_EXT_custom_border_color
  - VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one
  - VK_EXT_depth_clip_control
  - VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable
  - VK_EXT_depth_range_unrestricted
  - VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer
  - VK_EXT_descriptor_indexing
  - VK_EXT_discard_rectangles
  - VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state
  - VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2
  - VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3
  - VK_EXT_external_memory_host
  - VK_EXT_fragment_shader_interlock
  - VK_EXT_full_screen_exclusive
  - VK_EXT_graphics_pipeline_library
  - VK_EXT_hdr_metadata
  - VK_EXT_host_query_reset
  - VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d
  - VK_EXT_image_robustness
  - VK_EXT_image_view_min_lod
  - VK_EXT_index_type_uint8
  - VK_EXT_inline_uniform_block
  - VK_EXT_line_rasterization
  - VK_EXT_load_store_op_none
  - VK_EXT_memory_budget
  - VK_EXT_memory_priority
  - VK_EXT_mesh_shader
  - VK_EXT_multi_draw
  - VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type
  - VK_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map
  - VK_EXT_opacity_micromap
  - VK_EXT_pageable_device_local_memory
  - VK_EXT_pci_bus_info
  - VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_cache_control
  - VK_EXT_pipeline_creation_feedback
  - VK_EXT_pipeline_robustness
  - VK_EXT_post_depth_coverage
  - VK_EXT_primitive_topology_list_restart
  - VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query
  - VK_EXT_private_data
  - VK_EXT_provoking_vertex
  - VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign
  - VK_EXT_robustness2
  - VK_EXT_sample_locations
  - VK_EXT_sampler_filter_minmax
  - VK_EXT_scalar_block_layout
  - VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage
  - VK_EXT_shader_atomic_float
  - VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation
  - VK_EXT_shader_image_atomic_int64
  - VK_EXT_shader_module_identifier
  - VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_ballot
  - VK_EXT_shader_subgroup_vote
  - VK_EXT_shader_viewport_index_layer
  - VK_EXT_subgroup_size_control
  - VK_EXT_texel_buffer_alignment
  - VK_EXT_tooling_info
  - VK_EXT_transform_feedback
  - VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor
  - VK_EXT_vertex_input_dynamic_state
  - VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats
  - VK_EXT_ycbcr_image_arrays
  - VK_NV_clip_space_w_scaling
  - VK_NV_compute_shader_derivatives
  - VK_NV_cooperative_matrix
  - VK_NV_copy_memory_indirect
  - VK_NV_corner_sampled_image
  - VK_NV_coverage_reduction_mode
  - VK_NV_cuda_kernel_launch
  - VK_NV_dedicated_allocation
  - VK_NV_dedicated_allocation_image_aliasing
  - VK_NV_device_diagnostic_checkpoints
  - VK_NV_device_diagnostics_config
  - VK_NV_device_generated_commands
  - VK_NV_external_memory
  - VK_NV_external_memory_win32
  - VK_NV_fill_rectangle
  - VK_NV_fragment_coverage_to_color
  - VK_NV_fragment_shader_barycentric
  - VK_NV_fragment_shading_rate_enums
  - VK_NV_framebuffer_mixed_samples
  - VK_NV_geometry_shader_passthrough
  - VK_NV_inherited_viewport_scissor
  - VK_NV_linear_color_attachment
  - VK_NV_low_latency
  - VK_NV_memory_decompression
  - VK_NV_mesh_shader
  - VK_NV_optical_flow
  - VK_NV_ray_tracing
  - VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder
  - VK_NV_ray_tracing_motion_blur
  - VK_NV_representative_fragment_test
  - VK_NV_sample_mask_override_coverage
  - VK_NV_scissor_exclusive
  - VK_NV_shader_image_footprint
  - VK_NV_shader_sm_builtins
  - VK_NV_shader_subgroup_partitioned
  - VK_NV_shading_rate_image
  - VK_NV_viewport_array2
  - VK_NV_viewport_swizzle
  - VK_NV_win32_keyed_mutex
  - VK_NVX_binary_import
  - VK_NVX_image_view_handle
  - VK_NVX_multiview_per_view_attributes
  - # of layers: 1
  - VK_LAYER_NV_optimus
  - # of memory heaps: 2
  - heap 1: 12010 MB
  - heap 2: 8148 MB
  - # of features: 55
  - robustBufferAccess:  YES
  - fullDrawIndexUint32:  YES
  - imageCubeArray:  YES
  - independentBlend:  YES
  - geometryShader:  YES
  - tessellationShader:  YES
  - sampleRateShading:  YES
  - dualSrcBlend:  YES
  - logicOp:  YES
  - multiDrawIndirect:  YES
  - drawIndirectFirstInstance:  YES
  - depthClamp:  YES
  - depthBiasClamp:  YES
  - fillModeNonSolid:  YES
  - depthBounds:  YES
  - wideLines:  YES
  - largePoints:  YES
  - alphaToOne:  YES
  - multiViewport:  YES
  - samplerAnisotropy:  YES
  - textureCompressionETC2:  NO
  - textureCompressionASTC_LDR:  NO
  - textureCompressionBC:  YES
  - occlusionQueryPrecise:  YES
  - pipelineStatisticsQuery:  YES
  - vertexPipelineStoresAndAtomics:  YES
  - fragmentStoresAndAtomics:  YES
  - shaderTessellationAndGeometryPointSize:  YES
  - shaderImageGatherExtended:  YES
  - shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats:  YES
  - shaderStorageImageMultisample:  YES
  - shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat:  YES
  - shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat:  YES
  - shaderUniformBufferArrayDynamicIndexing:  YES
  - shaderSampledImageArrayDynamicIndexing:  YES
  - shaderStorageBufferArrayDynamicIndexing:  YES
  - shaderStorageImageArrayDynamicIndexing:  YES
  - shaderClipDistance:  YES
  - shaderCullDistance:  YES
  - shaderFloat64:  YES
  - shaderInt64:  YES
  - shaderInt16:  YES
  - shaderResourceResidency:  YES
  - shaderResourceMinLod:  YES
  - sparseBinding:  YES
  - sparseResidencyBuffer:  YES
  - sparseResidencyImage2D:  YES
  - sparseResidencyImage3D:  YES
  - sparseResidency2Samples:  YES
  - sparseResidency4Samples:  YES
  - sparseResidency8Samples:  YES
  - sparseResidency16Samples:  YES
  - sparseResidencyAliased:  YES
  - variableMultisampleRate:  YES
  - inheritedQueries:  YES
  - # of hardware limits: 106
    - maxImageDimension1D: 32768
    - maxImageDimension2D: 32768
    - maxImageDimension3D: 16384
    - maxImageDimensionCube: 32768
    - maxImageArrayLayers: 2048
    - maxTexelBufferElements: 134217728
    - maxUniformBufferRange: 65536
    - maxStorageBufferRange: 4294967295
    - maxPushConstantsSize: 256
    - maxMemoryAllocationCount: 4096
    - maxSamplerAllocationCount: 4000
    - bufferImageGranularity: 1024
    - sparseAddressSpaceSize: 1099511627775
    - maxBoundDescriptorSets: 32
    - maxPerStageDescriptorSamplers: 1048576
    - maxSamplerAllocationCount: 1048576
    - maxPerStageDescriptorStorageBuffers: 1048576
    - maxPerStageDescriptorSampledImages: 1048576
    - maxPerStageDescriptorStorageImages: 1048576
    - maxPerStageDescriptorInputAttachments: 1048576
    - maxPerStageResources: 4294967295
    - maxDescriptorSetSamplers: 1048576
    - maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffers: 1048576
    - maxDescriptorSetUniformBuffersDynamic: 15
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffers: 1048576
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageBuffersDynamic: 16
    - maxDescriptorSetSampledImages: 1048576
    - maxDescriptorSetStorageImages: 1048576
    - maxDescriptorSetInputAttachments: 1048576
    - maxVertexInputAttributes: 32
    - maxVertexInputBindings: 32
    - maxVertexInputAttributeOffset: 2047
    - maxVertexInputBindingStride: 2048
    - maxVertexOutputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationGenerationLevel: 64
    - maxTessellationPatchSize: 32
    - maxTessellationControlPerVertexInputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationControlPerVertexOutputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationControlPerPatchOutputComponents: 120
    - maxTessellationControlTotalOutputComponents: 4216
    - maxTessellationEvaluationInputComponents: 128
    - maxTessellationEvaluationOutputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryShaderInvocations: 32
    - maxGeometryInputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryOutputComponents: 128
    - maxGeometryOutputVertices: 1024
    - maxGeometryTotalOutputComponents: 1024
    - maxFragmentInputComponents: 128
    - maxFragmentOutputAttachments: 8
    - maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments: 1
    - maxFragmentCombinedOutputResources: 4294967295
    - maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 49152
    - maxComputeSharedMemorySize: 2147483647 x 65535 x 65535
    - maxComputeWorkGroupInvocations: 1024
    - maxComputeWorkGroupSize: 1024 x 1024 x 64
    - subPixelPrecisionBits: 8
    - subTexelPrecisionBits: 8
    - mipmapPrecisionBits: 8
    - maxDrawIndexedIndexValue: 4294967295
    - maxDrawIndirectCount: 4294967295
    - maxSamplerLodBias: 15.000000
    - maxSamplerAnisotropy: 16.000000
    - maxViewports: 16
    - maxViewportDimensions: 32768 x 32768
    - viewportBoundsRange: -65536.000000 x 65536.000000
    - viewportSubPixelBits: 8
    - minMemoryMapAlignment: 64
    - minTexelBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
    - minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment: 64
    - minStorageBufferOffsetAlignment: 16
    - minTexelOffset: -8
    - maxTexelOffset: 7
    - minTexelGatherOffset: -32
    - maxTexelGatherOffset: 31
    - minInterpolationOffset: -0.500000
    - maxInterpolationOffset: 0.437500
    - subPixelInterpolationOffsetBits: 4
    - maxFramebufferWidth: 32768
    - maxFramebufferHeight: 32768
    - maxFramebufferLayers: 2048
    - framebufferColorSampleCounts: 15
    - framebufferDepthSampleCounts: 15
    - framebufferStencilSampleCounts: 31
    - framebufferNoAttachmentsSampleCounts: 31
    - maxColorAttachments: 8
    - sampledImageColorSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageIntegerSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageDepthSampleCounts: 15
    - sampledImageStencilSampleCounts: 31
    - storageImageSampleCounts: 15
    - maxSampleMaskWords: 1
    - timestampComputeAndGraphics: 1
    - timestampPeriod: 1.000000
    - maxClipDistances: 8
    - maxCullDistances: 8
    - maxCombinedClipAndCullDistances: 8
    - discreteQueuePriorities: 2
    - pointSizeRange: 1.000000 x 2047.937500
    - lineWidthRange: 1.000000 x 64.000000
    - pointSizeGranularity: 0.062500
    - lineWidthGranularity: 0.062500
    - strictLines: 1
    - standardSampleLocations: 1
    - optimalBufferCopyOffsetAlignment: 1
    - optimalBufferCopyRowPitchAlignment: 1
    - nonCoherentAtomSize: 64