This New Driver Should Resolve Problems With Flickering On G Sync Monitors Over HDMI
Nvidia just released the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 417.75. This should be great news for those of you who’ve been having flickering issues on G Sync monitors. People have been waiting a long time for Nvidia to do something like this. Even though this has been welcome news, there’s always bound to be kinks that need working out. This is where the hotfix comes in.
This Hotfix Should Fix Any Problems You Might Be Having With Your G Sync Monitor
This hotfix should fix the issue for those of you who are running GeForce graphics over HDMI on multiple monitors. The new driver only works on Windows 10 64 bit. There are 2 versions of this driver which means that even if you’re an older version of Windows 10, you’ll still be able to download the driver. This driver doesn’t specify if it’s valid for FreeSync compatible display or not. If you have one of these displays you’ll have to download the driver and test it yourself. Here is the statement from Nvidia’s download page about the hotfix.
- This is GeForce HotFix driver version 417.75 that addresses the following:
- G-SYNC monitor may display random desktop flicker when an HDMI monitor is also connected to the same graphics card
- It can be accessed here:http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4770
More information about Hot fix drivers:
A GeForce driver is an incredibly complex piece of software, We have an army of software engineers constantly adding features and fixing bugs. These changes are checked into the main driver branches, which are eventually run through a massive QA process and released.
Since we have so many changes being checked in, we usually try to align driver releases with significant game or product releases. This process has served us pretty well over the years but it has one significant weakness. Sometimes a change that is important to many users might end up sitting and waiting until we are able to release the driver.
The GeForce Hotfix driver is our way to trying to get some of these fixes out to you more quickly. These drivers are basically the same as the previous released version, with a small number of additional targeted fixes. The fixes that make it in are based in part on your feedback in the Driver Feedback threads and partly on how realistic it is for us to quickly address them. These fixes (and many more) will be incorporated into the next official driver release, at which time the Hotfix driver will be taken down.
To be sure, these Hotfix drivers are beta, optional and provided as-is. They are run through a much abbreviated QA process. The sole reason they exist is to get fixes out to you more quickly. The safest option is to wait for the next WHQL certified driver. But we know that many of you are willing to try these out.
These HotFix drivers represent a lot of additional work by our engineering teams, I hope they provide value for you. We’ll try it out and see if people like the idea and want us to continue.
You can get the correct driver for your monitor in the link above. I hope this helps any of you that might be having problems with their G Sync monitors since updating to the last driver. New implementations of anything will always have hiccups, so it’s great that Nvidia is working to squash this problem as soon as possible until they can get it on their next main driver release.