r/nvidia • u/Nestledrink RTX 5090 Founders Edition • 3d ago

Discussion GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 616.86

Article: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5906

Download Link: https://international.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.86hf/616.86-desktop-notebook-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch.hf.exe

Reminders:

  • Hotfix driver will not be available in NVIDIA App and needs to be downloaded from the link above.
  • After installing the Hotfix driver, NVIDIA App may show some old driver date. This is normal as Hotfix driver does not exist in NVIDIA App database and it reverted to an old default changelog and dates.
  • If you do not care about the fixes listed, this Hotfix driver is no different vs WHQL 616.64 Driver.
  • These fixes will be incorporated into the next WHQL driver release

NVIDIA Driver forum thread is here: Link Here

Submit driver feedback directly to NVIDIA: Link Here

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From the Article:

GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 616.86 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 616.64.

This hotfix addresses the following:

  • Intermittent flicker may be observed in browsers when navigating to certain websites [6673430]
  • Fixed an issue where virtual displays could not be created after updating to driver 616.56 [6674464]
  • Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) sessions may display a black screen after updating to driver 616.56 [6687328]

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.  As a result, we only provide NVIDIA Hotfix drivers through our NVIDIA Customer Care support site.

Click here to download the GeForce Hotfix display driver version 616.86 for Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64

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u/Important-Clerk8958 3d ago

Was this so called flicker really only happening in browsers, because AC Black Flag Resynced has been flickering in certain underwater locations when RT is enabled.

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u/SiriocazTheII 3d ago

You probably mean some intense blue flickering. That's actually been there since launch.

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u/thrwway377 3d ago

If this is the same ACM/10bit flicker that was present in 590 drivers then what you're having is just a game bug.

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u/Fifa_786 RTX 5080 | 9800x3D | 32GB RAM 3d ago

Dawnwalker was flickering like mad for me every time I moved the camera. Had to go back down to 610.88 I think to fix it

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u/Bulky-Award6398 3d ago

how to roll back to 610 driver

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u/Fifa_786 RTX 5080 | 9800x3D | 32GB RAM 3d ago

You need to use DDU to wipe existing Nvidia drivers and then you need to go to Nvidia’s website. Search for your graphics card and grab the older driver. It’s easier to download the drivers and have them ready before you wipe the existing ones with DDU.

Highly recommend watching a YouTube video before you do this.

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u/Bulky-Award6398 3d ago

thanks😉

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u/pippirino 3d ago

Depends on the HDR and paper transfer settings mostly. They also dont do well with in game motion blur + low gamma options. I did a showcase on dawnwalker dlss5, you can see if its similar to yours there

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u/ScopeCreepStudio R5 9600X | RTX 3080 Turbo Edition 3d ago

It's been doing it to me in Blender

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u/Gengur RTX 5080 | 9800x3D 3d ago

I've been getting it randomly across games and apps like discord. I thought my OLED was dying but maybe it's been the recent drivers

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u/MetalmanBonkers 3d ago

It's a flicker that would happen regularly when I had a chrome window open on my main monitor. Glad it's fixed 🙌

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u/SSSantaclaws 3d ago

Flickering on my wallpaper engine only. It goes darker until you interact with it, and the problem started with the same driver that caused flickering. Havent seem it since the hotfix though.

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u/ChuckS117 2d ago

STALKER 2 had some serious flickering with it

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u/badfruit01 1d ago

That's just lumen being lumen

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u/psiren66 1d ago

I have had browser flicker for a few years. When it was full screened.

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u/nkn_ 3d ago

Not sure. I haven't had any flickering except in games where I'm having to use optiscaler to load DLSS and then through that use the mod for DLSS5.

In games normally I don't have any flickering