NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 397.31 for Windows 7 64-bit Download

Posted at December 21, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver 397.31 for Windows 7 64-bit Description

Game Ready

- Provides the optimal gaming experience for BattleTech and FrostPunk.

Fixed Issues in this Release:

- [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti][Doom]: The game crashes due to the driver reverting to OpenGL 1.1 when HDR is enabled. [2049623]
- [GeForce GTX 1060][Far Cry 5]: The game crashes after a few minutes of game play. [2096077]
- NvfbcPluginWindow temporarily prevents Windows from shutting down after launching a Steam game. [2068833]
- [Firefox]: Driver TDR error may occur when using Firefox. [2049523]
- [GeForce GTX 1060][Rise of Tomb Raider]: Flickering/corruption occurs when opening the in-game options UI. [200351146]
- [NVIDIA Control Panel][SLI][Diablo III]: With V-Sync on and SLI enabled, the game freezes after switching windows (ALT+TAB) a few times. [1951584]

New Features:

- NVIDIA RTX Technology: Developer preview for NVIDIA RTX ray tracing technology for DirectX 12. NVIDIA RTX supports the Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) API on NVIDIA Volta GPUs. In order to get started with developing DirectX Raytracing applications accelerated higherby RTX, you'll need the following: NVIDIA Volta GPU, NVIDIA driver version 396 or , Windows 10 RS4, Microsoft's DXR developer package, consisting of DXR-enabled D3D runtimes, HLSL compiler, and headers
- Vulkan 1.1: This driver release provides full support for the new Vulkan 1.1 API and passes the Vulkan Conformance Test Suite (CTS) version 1.1.0.3.
- HD Audio: This driver adds new sample rates 32 kHz, 88.2 kHz, and 176.4 kHz to the HDMI device for all GPUs.
- Display Driver Standalone Installer: The standalone display driver installer now removes extracted files after installing the driver, leaving a smaller footprint on the hard drive.
- Display Driver Libraries: Added new libraries (nvdlist.dll and nvdlistx.dll) to support Optimus and MSHybrid notebooks.
- NVDECODE API: Added a new API that lets the client reconfigure the decoder resolution and other post processing parameters (such as the display resolution, cropping rectangle, and aspect ratio of the decoded frame) without having to destroy and recreate the decoder instance. This API is useful in scenarios where the decoder instance initialization time takes up a significant portion of the overall decode execution time; for example, in back-to-back decoding of multiple short clips of different resolutions. The new API will be included in Video Codec SDK 8.2, which is expected to release in late Q2 2018.

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:

- Descenders
- Frostpunk
- Warhammer: Vermintide 2
- Far Cry 5

Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:

- Descenders - Good
- EVE Valkyrie - Warzone - Good

Software Module Versions:

- nView - 148.92
- HD Audio Driver - 1.3.37.1
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.17.0524
- GeForce Experience - 3.13.1.30
- CUDA - 9.2

This release supports the following APIs:

- Open Computing Language (OpenCL software) 1.2 for NVIDIA Kepler and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.0
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12 (Windows 10) 

About Graphics Drivers:

While installing the graphics driver allows the system to properly recognize the chipset and the card manufacturer, updating the video driver can bring about various changes.

It can improve the overall graphics experience and performance in either games or various engineering software applications, include support for newly developed technologies, add compatibility with newer GPU chipsets, or resolve different problems that might have been encountered.

When it comes to applying this release, the installation steps should be a breeze, as each manufacturer tries to make them as easy as possible so that each user can update the GPU on their own and with minimum risks (however, check to see if this download supports your graphics chipset).

Therefore, get the package (extract it if necessary), run the setup, follow the on-screen instructions for a complete and successful installation, and make sure you reboot the system so that the changes take effect.

That being said, download the driver, apply it on your system, and enjoy your newly updated graphics card. Moreover, check with our website as often as possible in order to stay up to speed with the latest releases.

  It is highly recommended to always use the most recent driver version available.

Try to set a system restore point before installing a device driver. This will help if you installed an incorrect or mismatched driver. Problems can arise when your hardware device is too old or not supported any longer.

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