NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 616.56 (WHQL)

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 616.56 (WHQL)
Released July 28, 2026

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.56/61...10-release-notes.pdf
Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.56/61...uick-start-guide.pdf

Game Ready
Game Ready for STAR WARS Zero Company™
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS and RTX technologies including STAR WARS Zero Company™, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam..

Note: The driver support for the Geforce 10 series, Geforce 900 series, Geforce 700 series is discontinued. Last supported driver for this series is Game Ready Security Driver v582.66

Gaming Technology:

• N/A

Fixed Issues in Version 616.56 WHQL
Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• DOOM: The Dark Ages & Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: Frame rate may exceed V-SYNC when DLSS Frame Generation 3x or higher is used
• Outer Worlds: Texture flicker may be observed while playing after updating to R595 and R610 drivers

Fixed General Bugs

• ASUS Armory Crate: GameVisual color profiles are not getting applied when using R590 drivers
• Chief Architect: 610.47 driver crash on Geforce RTX 4000 series cards
• Claude Desktop: Driver incorrectly detects application as a 3D app
• Resolves issue that some instances can cause a driver crash with 32-bit DirectX 12 apps
• Tycho Tracker: Unable to create individual OpenCL buffers greater than 2GB

Known Issues in Version 616.56 WHQL

• “Prefer Maximum Performance” Power Management Mode may not be applied correctly 

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.56/61...ational-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.56/61...ational-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom