NVIDIA GeForce 546.01 WHQL Graphics Driver Released (*** 2023.12.13 UPDATE: 546.33 WHQL ***)

NVIDIA has released a new WHQL (Windows Hardware Quality Labs) gaming driver for Windows 10 and Windows 11. R546.01 belongs to the R545 family (545.xx to 549.xx) and brings the following changes:

Game Ready for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Desynced, Jusant, and RoboCop: Rogue City.

Fixed Issues

Fixed Gaming Bugs
– [Halo Infinite] Increased loading times after updating to driver 545.84.
– [Halo Infinite] Significant performance drop is observed on Maxwell-based GPUs.

Fixed General Bugs
– Windows Event Viewer incorrectly logs an error when NVTOPPS stops.
– LG C3 OLED TV does not show up as a validated G-SYNC Compatible display in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
– Stable Diffusion significant performance reduction after driver update.

More gaming info: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Game Ready Driver Released.

 

UPDATE (2023.11.06): GeForce 546.08 HotFix

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 546.08 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 546.01.

This hotfix addresses the following issue:
– [Alan Wake 2] Addressing gradual stability and performance degradation over extended periods of gameplay
– Windows 10 transparency effects are not displaying correctly after driver update
– Random Bugcheck may be observed on certain systems

 

UPDATE (2023.11.14): GeForce 546.17 WHQL

Game Ready for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Starfield.

FIXED ISSUES:

Fixed Gaming Bugs
– [Alan Wake 2] Addressing gradual stability and performance degradation over extended periods of gameplay.
– [Counter Strike 2] Improved NVIDIA Reflex functionality and performance.
– [Starfield/Cyberpunk 2077] Stutter observed on some Advanced Optimus notebooks.
– [Control] Game stability issues over extended periods of gameplay.

Fixed General Bugs
– [OBS] Tearing issue when recording high resolution video.
– [Notebook] GPU can become frozen in maximum performance state.
– Windows 10 transparency effects are not displaying correctly after driver update.
– Random Bugcheck may be observed on certain systems.
– [Wallpaper Engine] Wallpaper shows tearing when cloned in multi-monitor configuration.
– [Firefox Beta] Increased page file memory use when enabling RTX Video Super Resolution.

More gaming news: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III GeForce Game Ready Driver

 

UPDATE (2023.12.04): GeForce 546.29 WHQL

Game Ready for Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition & More

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3.5 technology including Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Season 1. Further support for new titles leveraging NVIDIA DLSS technology includes the launch of THRONE AND LIBERTY which support DLSS 3, as well as the arrival of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Fortnite Chapter 5 which support
DLSS Super Resolution.

FIXED ISSUES:

Fixed Gaming Bugs
– [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2] Updated application profile.

More gaming news: New Game Ready Driver Released For Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Season 1, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition & More.

 

UPDATE (2023.12.05): GeForce 546.31 HotFix

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 546.31 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 546.29.

This hotfix addresses the following issues:
– [Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted.
– Intermittent stutter may be observed when V-SYNC is enabled.

 

UPDATE (2023.12.13): GeForce 546.33 WHQL

Game Ready for THE FINALS

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 3 technology including THE FINALS and Squad. Further support for new titles leveraging NVIDIA DLSS technology includes the launch of Fortnite Chapter 5 which features DLSS Super Resolution.

FIXED ISSUES:

Fixed Gaming Bugs
– [Discord] When streaming gameplay, colors may appear muted

Fixed General Bugs
– A new NVIDIA icon is created in the system tray each time a user switch takes place in Windows

More gaming news: THE FINALS GeForce Game Ready Driver Released – Install Now To Optimize The Fast-Paced Shooter, Which Features DLSS 3, DLAA, Reflex & RTXGI Ray Tracing.

 

Downloads

• latest version for win10/win11 64-bit (desktop+notebook) @ Geeks3D
• 546.33 win10/win11 64-bit @ NVIDIA
• 546.31 win10/win11 64-bit @ NVIDIA
• 546.29 win10/win11 64-bit @ NVIDIA
• 546.08 win10/win11 64-bit @ NVIDIA
• 546.01 win10/win11 64-bit @ NVIDIA

 

GeForce 546.01 quick test

GPU Shark 2:

 

OpenGL support

GeForce 546.01

GeForce 546.01 exposes OpenGL 4.6 and 433 extensions for a GeForce 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 546.01
OpenGL extensions: 433 

GeForce 546.17

Same OpenGL support than previous 546.01.

GeForce 546.29

Same OpenGL support than previous 546.01.

GeForce 546.33

Same OpenGL support than previous 546.01.

 

Vulkan support

GeForce 546.01

This driver exposes Vulkan 1.3.260 and 198 device extensions for a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti on Windows 10 22H2. Same Vulkan support than R545.84.

# 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: 1.3.260
  - NVIDIA driver version: 546.1.0.0

GeForce 546.17

Same Vulkan support than previous 546.01.

GeForce 546.29

Same Vulkan support than previous 546.01.

GeForce 546.33

Same Vulkan support than previous 546.01.