NVIDIA Studio Driver v580.97 (WHQL)

NVIDIA Studio Driver v580.97 (WHQL)
Released August 12, 2025

NVIDIA Studio Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/580.97/58...sd-release-notes.pdf
NVIDIA Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/580.97/58...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 the arrival of FLUX.1 Kontext NIM and Marmoset Toolbag's update to the latest Transformer model for NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution.

Fixed Issues in Version 580.97 WHQL
Fixed Applications Bugs:

• Blender: Black dots on reference image
• Cloudflare WARP: Display mode change blocked on Advanced Optimus systems
• World of Warcraft: displays artifacts when ray tracing is enabled
• Battlefield 2042: random square artifacts may appear around lights during gameplay
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered: Lower performance after updating to R575 drivers
• World of Warcraft: Artifacts when ray tracing is enabled
• Starcraft Remastered: Objects may display slight artifacts
• Cyberpunk 2077: Micro-stutter may be observed when VSYNC is enabled
• JX Online 3: Artifacts may appear on the water surface
• 32-bit games crash when using DXVK translation layer during startup
• Control: game may crash when ray tracing is enabled
• Battlefield 2042: Random square and flickering artifacts during gameplay
• ABZU: Corruption observed in the water
• EA Sports FC 25: General stability issues
• Dirt 5: Game crash on startup

Fixed General Bugs

• Samsung 57" Odyssey Neo G9 Flicker/Underflow when idle at desktop
• Some notebook displays may appear dim when an external HDR monitor is connected and display mode is set to "NVIDIA GPU only"
• GPU scaling option is missing from NVIDIA Control Panel / NVIDIA App when DSC monitor connected
• Windows Photos: Trimming a video in the may cause the colors to be changed
• GPU video memory runs at slightly lower speed after enabling NVIDIA Smooth Motion
• For some systems running hybrid graphics mode, dGPU may not go to sleep
• Samsung 57" Odyssey Neo G9: Momentary flicker may be observed when resizing window
• LGE 27GX790A-B: Blank screens when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode with HDR

Known Issues in Version 580.97 WHQL

• Cyberpunk 2077 will crash when using Photo Mode to take a screenshot with path tracing enabled
• Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game resolution is lower than the native resolution of the display
• Adobe Premiere Pro: Some system configurations can freeze during export using hardware encoding

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/580.97/58...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/580.97/58...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom