NVIDIA’s Latest Hotfix Driver Addresses Black Screens, Game Crashes

Tsing · Oct 2, 2020

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NVIDIA has released hotfix driver version 456.71. You’ll want to grab this one if you’re experiencing black screens after launching games in full-screen mode when G-SYNC is enabled. The hotfix also addresses crashes in Fortnite when in-game RTX Shadows/Reflection is active, as well as lower frame rates in Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition when hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is turned on.

Original Support Notes:

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 456.71 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 456.55.

The hotfix addresses the following issues:

Launching a game in full screen mode may trigger a black screen on adaptive sync monitors if G-SYNC is...

Riccochet · Oct 2, 2020

Last driver has been crashing COD:MW on my 1080Ti.

Burticus · Oct 2, 2020

Riccochet said:
Last driver has been crashing COD:MW on my 1080Ti.

IMHO, If you have older cards, NEVER update your GPU drivers unless you have to for specific reasons / titles.

NVIDIA’s Latest Hotfix Driver Addresses Black Screens, Game Crashes

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