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Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver Changelog

What's new in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 440.26 Beta

Oct 17, 2019
  • Updated the confirmation dialog box that is displayed when quitting the nvidia-settings control panel to report when there are pending configuration changes which will be lost if they are not applied or saved before quitting.
  • Enabled parallel GLSL shader linking by default; i.e., allow GL_ARB_parallel_shader_compile to work without first calling glMaxShaderCompilerThreadsARB().
  • Added support for HDMI 2.1 variable refresh rate (VRR) G-SYNC Compatible monitors on supported GPUs.For more details, see "Configuring Multiple Display Devices on One X Screen" in the README.
  • Added support for the GLX_NV_multigpu_context and GL_NV_gpu_multicast extensions.For more details, see the "Configuring SLI and Multi-GPU FrameRendering" chapter of the README, and the extension specifications:
  • https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/NV/GLX_NV_multigpu_context.txt https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL/extensions/NV/NV_gpu_multicast.txt
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Vulkan applications running on systems configured for SLI. Vulkan applications can now run while SLI is enabled; however, they will only be able to use a single GPU.
  • Simplified the nvidia-sleep.sh sample script to no longer depend on unreliable detection of the current VT through X server logs.
  • Added EGL support for PRIME render offload. Please see the PRIME Render Offload chapter in the README for configuration details.
  • Fixed a regression introduced in 435.19.02 that would cause some applications which use the VK_KHR_DISPLAY extension to result in a segmentation fault.
  • Enabled HardDPMS by default. See the README entry on the X configuration option "HardDPMS" for more information.
  • Fixed a bug which caused corruption in the following DXVK titles:
  • Saints Row IV
  • Saints Row: The Third
  • Added VP9 decode support to the NVIDIA VDPAU driver. See the VDPAU Support appendix in the README for supported VP9 decoder profiles.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause heapUsage values reported by VK_EXT_memory_budget to not immediately update after vkFreeMemory was called.
  • Changed GPU clock management strategy to more quickly ramp down clocks after a drop in GPU utilization.
  • Added X configuration option, "SidebandSocketPath", which controls the directory in which the X driver will create a pathname UNIX domain socket used to communicate with the NVIDIA OpenGL, Vulkan and VDPAU driver components.
  • The X driver will now create a fallback pathname UNIX domain socket in the directory specified by the "SidebandSocketPath" option, or /var/run by default, which will be used by other NVIDIA driver components if they are unable to connect to the default abstract socket.This fixes a bug where graphics applications run within a network namespace (which prevents the use of abstract sockets) were unable to take advantage of some driver features, such as G-Sync.
  • Fall back to system memory when video memory is full for some driver-internal allocations. This can help fix Xid 13 and Xid 31 cases in Vulkan applications when video memory is full.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause a blank screen on some DisplayPort monitors when logging in to GNOME, if the nvidia-drm kernel module parameter modeset=1 is specified.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented NVIDIA GPUs from entering the low-power D3 state when entering suspend-to-idle (s2idle). Note that on some systems this may expose an existing timing issue in the Linux kernel; see the "Known Issues and Workarounds" section of the "Configuring Power Management Support" chapter of the README for more details.

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 435.17 Beta (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Fixed a bug which caused the kernel to panic when exiting a single X server when multiple X servers were active and in an SLI configuration.
  • Fixed a regression introduced in the 430.* series of releases that caused a segmentation fault in libnvcuvid.so while using Video Codec SDK APIs on certain graphics boards.
  • Added initial experimental support for runtime D3 (RTD3) power management on Turing notebook GPUs.
  • Improved nvidia-bug-report.sh to collect runtime D3 (RTD3) power management information.
  • Improved nvidia-bug-report.sh to collect ACPI tables when the acpidump tool is available.
  • Added Vulkan and OpenGL+GLX support for PRIME render offload. Please see the PRIME Render Offload chapter in the README for system requirements and configuration details.
  • Added support for changing Digital Vibrance in the display controls section of nvidia-settings on Turing hardware.
  • Fixed the cuvidParseVideoData API in the NVCUVID driver to correctly propagate errors returned by the PFNVIDSEQUENCECALLBACK callback function to the application.
  • Fixed a bug that caused the NVIDIA X driver to behave incorrectly or crash when a client queried Xinerama information on X servers with a non-NVIDIA X screen as screen 0.
  • Fixed the "Image Settings" options in the "OpenGL Settings" page of nvidia-settings for Quadro GPUs. Previously, OpenGL rendering on Quadro would behave as if the "High Quality" option were selected regardless of the selection. Now, the setting will default to "High Quality" for Quadro but selecting a lower option will affect rendering accordingly. (Other GPUs are unchanged: the default remains "Quality", but other options can be selected if desired.)
  • Fixed a bug that could cause Vulkan applications to generate spurious warning messages about a missing NV-GLX extension.
  • Removed the non-GLVND OpenGL libraries from the NVIDIA Linux driver installation package. The GLVND OpenGL libraries were introduced in release 361.16, and have been installed by default since release 364.12, with the non-GLVND versions available as an alternative via the "--no-glvnd-glx-client" and "--no-glvnd-egl-client" installer options. As the non-GLVND libraries are no longer included in the installation package, these options will no longer have any effect.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented nvidia-drm from marking preferred modes properly when reporting display information via the DRM-KMS API.
  • Updated nvidia-installer to make compiler mismatches non-fatal when adding precompiled kernel interfaces to an installer package using the "--add-this-kernel" option, to be more consistent with the behavior when installing without precompiled interfaces.
  • Fixed the NvEncodeAPI driver to correctly reject the encoding of sequences with resolutions smaller than what the NVENC supports.

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 430.09 Beta (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Added support for the following GPU:
  • GeForce GTX 1650
  • GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q Design
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Max-Q Design
  • Fixed a bug that could cause the display to be driven at a low
  • resolution when configuring PRIME display offloading with
  • nvidia-xconfig --prime`.
  • Added HEVC YUV 4:4:4 decode support to the NVIDIA VDPAU driver.
  • Added the new per-decoder profile capability bit
  • VDP_DECODER_PROFILE_SUPPORTED_CHROMA_TYPES to the NVIDIA VDPAU driver.
  • Added new VdpYCbCrFormats VDP_YCBCR_FORMAT_Y_UV_444 and
  • VDP_YCBCR_FORMAT_Y_U_V_444 for accessing YUV 4:4:4 surfaces via
  • VdpVideoSurfaceGetBitsYCbCr() and VdpVideoSurfacePutBitsYCbCr()
  • in the NVIDIA VDPAU driver.
  • Added support for creation of YUV 4:4:4 video surfaces in the NVIDIA VDPAU driver.
  • Raised the minimum supported X.Org xserver version to 1.7 (video driver ABI version 6).
  • Updated the NVIDIA VDPAU driver to support allocating VDPAU video surfaces with explicit field or frame picture structure.
  • Added support for the GL_NV_vdpau_interop2 OpenGL extension, which allows VDPAU/OpenGL surface sharing with explicit field or frame picture structure. Picture structure selection by applications can avoid the need for implicit surface structure conversion by the OpenGL implementation.
  • Updated nvidia-installer for better compatibility with ncurses when libncurses.so.6 exposes the ncurses reentrant ABI, such as on openSUSE Leap 15 and SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 381.09 Beta (Apr 6, 2017)

  • Added support for the following GPUs:
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Quadro M520
  • TITAN Xp
  • Restored support for the following GPU:
  • GRID K520
  • Improved compatibility with recent kernels.
  • Fixed a bug that caused "nvidia-settings --query all" to print many duplicate entries.
  • Fixed a bug that caused applications to crash in some situations when calling glXMakeCurrent while OpenGL threaded optimizations were enabled.
  • This frequently occurred when Steam was attempting to make a video appear full-screen.
  • Fixed a bug that caused VDPAU applications to use the blit presentation queue when a previous VDPAU application didn't shut down cleanly.
  • Fixed hangs and crashes that could occur when an OpenGL context is created while the system is out of available memory.
  • Fixed a bug that caused corruption when OpenGL windows were moved or resized.
  • Fixed a bug that caused X screens that use Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none" to be resized to 640x480 when using "xrandr -s" to change the screen configuration.
  • Fixed a kernel crash that occurred when attempting to map large user memory allocations into CUDA.
  • Disabled OpenGL threaded optimizations by default, initially enabled in 378.09, due to various reports of instability.
  • Added support for the following Vulkan extensions:
  • VK_EXT_acquire_xlib_display
  • VK_EXT_display_control
  • VK_EXT_display_surface_counter
  • VK_EXT_direct_mode_display
  • VK_KHX_external_memory
  • VK_KHX_external_memory_fd
  • VK_KHX_external_semaphore
  • VK_KHX_external_semaphore_fd
  • These extensions require a Vulkan loader version >= 1.0.42.
  • Removed the X driver's logo splash screen and the corresponding NoLogo and LogoPath xorg.conf options.
  • Added the "ResamplingMethod" MetaMode option, adding support for bicubic resampling methods when scaling screen transformations are in use. See the README for more details.
  • Fixed a bug that left HDMI and DisplayPort audio muted after a framebuffer console mode was restored. For some displays, this caused the display to remain blank.
  • Fixed a bug that caused audio over DisplayPort to stop working when the monitor was unplugged and plugged back in or awoken from DPMS power-saving mode.
  • Fixed a regression that caused corruption in certain applications, such as window border shadows in Unity, after resuming from suspend.

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 340.23.03 Beta (Sep 12, 2014)

  • You will need any one of the following Fermi, Kepler or Maxwell based GPUs to get access to all the OpenGL 4.5 and GLSL 4.50 functionality:
  • Quadro series: Quadro K6000, Quadro K5000, Quadro K4000, Quadro K2000, Quadro K2000D, Quadro K600, Quadro 6000, Quadro 5000, Quadro 4000, Quadro 2000, Quadro 2000D, Quadro 600, Quadro 410
  • GeForce 700 series: GeForce GTX TITAN Z, GeForce GTX TITAN Black, GeForce GTX TITAN, GeForce GTX 780 Ti, GeForce GTX 780, GeForce GTX 770, GeForce GTX 760, GeForce GTX 760 Ti (OEM), GeForce GTX 750 Ti, GeForce GTX 750, GeForce GTX 745, GeForce GT 740, GeForce GT 730
  • GeForce 600 series: GeForce GTX 690, GeForce GTX 680, GeForce GTX 670, GeForce GTX 660 Ti, GeForce GTX 660, GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GeForce GTX 650 Ti, GeForce GTX 650, GeForce GTX 645, GeForce GT 645, GeForce GT 640, GeForce GT 630, GeForce GT 620, GeForce GT 610, GeForce 605
  • GeForce 500 series: GeForce GTX 590, GeForce GTX 580, GeForce GTX 570, GeForce GTX 560 Ti, GeForce GTX 560 SE, GeForce GTX 560, GeForce GTX 555, GeForce GTX 550 Ti, GeForce GT 545, GeForce GT 530, GeForce GT 520, GeForce 510
  • GeForce 400 series: GeForce GTX 480, GeForce GTX 470, GeForce GTX 465, GeForce GTX 460 SE v2, GeForce GTX 460 SE, GeForce GTX 460, GeForce GTS 450, GeForce GT 440, GeForce GT 430, GeForce GT 420, GeForce 405
  • The extensions listed below are part of the OpenGL 4.5 core specification, but they can also be used in contexts below OpenGL 4.5 on supported hardware:
  • ARB_clip_control
  • ARB_conditional_render_inverted
  • ARB_cull_distance
  • ARB_derivative_control
  • ARB_direct_state_access
  • ARB_ES3_1_compatibility
  • ARB_get_texture_subimage
  • KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior
  • KHR_robustness
  • ARB_shader_texture_image_samples
  • ARB_texture_barrier
  • KHR_context_flush_control
  • These new ARB extensions are also provided:
  • ARB_pipeline_statistics_query
  • ARB_sparse_buffer
  • ARB_transform_feedback_overflow_query
  • KHR_blend_equation_advanced
  • These additional extensions are also provided:
  • EXT_polygon_offset_clamp
  • NV_uniform_buffer_unified_memory

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 325.05.14 Beta (Oct 11, 2013)

  • Quadro series:K600, K5000, K4000, K2000D, K2000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000
  • GeForce 700 series:GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760
  • GeForce 600 series:GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605
  • GeForce 500 series:GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510
  • GeForce 400 series:GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405
  • The extensions listed below are part of the OpenGL 4.4 core specification, but they can also be used in contexts below OpenGL 4.4 on supported hardware:
  • For OpenGL 4 capable hardware:
  • ARB_buffer_storage
  • ARB_clear_texture
  • ARB_query_buffer_object
  • For OpenGL 3 capable hardware:
  • ARB_enhanced_layouts
  • ARB_multi_bind
  • ARB_texture_mirror_clamp_to_edge
  • ARB_texture_stencil8
  • ARB_vertex_type_10f_11f_11f_rev
  • These new ARB extensions are provided:
  • For GeForce 6xx and above capable hardware:
  • ARB_bindless_texture
  • ARB_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
  • For OpenGL 4 capable hardware:
  • ARB_compute_variable_group_size
  • ARB_indirect_parameters
  • ARB_shader_draw_parameters
  • ARB_shader_group_vote
  • ARB_sparse_texture
  • These new NV extensions are provided:
  • NV_blend_equation_advanced
  • NV_bindless_multi_draw_indirect
  • NV_gpu_program5_mem_extended

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 325.05.13 (Aug 30, 2013)

  • This release provides beta support for OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 on capable hardware.

New in Nvidia OpenGL Display Driver 325.05.03 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Quadro series:K600, K5000, K4000, K2000D, K2000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000
  • GeForce 700 series:GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760
  • GeForce 600 series:GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605
  • GeForce 500 series:GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510
  • GeForce 400 series:GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405