NVIDIA Studio Driver v596.36 (WHQL)

NVIDIA Studio Driver v596.36 (WHQL)
Released April 28, 2026

NVIDIA Studio Driver Release Notes (PDF):  us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/596.36/59...sd-release-notes.pdf
NVIDIA Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/596.36/59...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 April NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications and updates including Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve 21, Wondershare Filmora, Maxon Redshift 2026.4, Lightricks LTX Desktop, and Reincubate Camo. In addition, this NVIDIA Studio Driver offers support for the new GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU (12GB)..

Note: The driver support for the Geforce 10 series, Geforce 900 series, Geforce 700 series is discontinued. Last supported driver for this series is v581.57

Fixed Issues in Version 596.36 WHQL
Fixed Applications Bugs:

• Blender 5.0.1 EEVEE: Non-shader nodes connected to the material output rendered as black (zero value)
• God of War: Ragnarok: Certain textures may intermittently flash white during gameplay
• Assassins Creed Shadows: Flickering on character model clothing
• The Crew Motorfest: Grass and vegetation flickering
• Arknights: Endfield: stutter may be observed in some gameplay
• Halo Infinite: Texture corruption may occur on R595 drivers
• HITMAN World of Assassination: Game stability issues when NVIDIA Smooth Motion is enabled
• Game stability issues after enabling DLSS FG when Instant Replay is enabled

Fixed General Bugs

• Blocky artifacts when playing back H.264 content with DXVA 2.0

Known Issues in Version 596.36 WHQL

• N/A

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/596.36/59...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/596.36/59...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom