NVIDIA Studio Driver v616.56 (WHQL)

NVIDIA Studio Driver v616.56 (WHQL)
Released August 26, 2026

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

Release Highlights:
NVIDIA Studio Drivers provide artists, creators, and 3D developers the best performance and reliability when working with creative applications. To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond.
Applications:
The August NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications and updates including Lightroom, and performance updates for LTX-2.5, and ComfyUI for WAN-Animate-2 and MiniMax-H3.

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

Fixed Issues in Version 616.56 WHQL
Fixed Applications 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.
• 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
• Tycho Tracker: Unable to create individual OpenCL buffers greater than 2GB

Fixed General Bugs

• Resolves issue that some instances can cause a driver crash with 32-bit DirectX 12 apps

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...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/616.56/61...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom