NVIDIA Studio Driver v591.44 (WHQL)

NVIDIA Studio Driver v591.44 (WHQL)
Released August 12, 2025

NVIDIA Studio Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/591.44/59...sd-release-notes.pdf
NVIDIA Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/591.44/59...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 December NVIDIA Studio Driver provides optimal support for the latest new creative applications and updates including support for RTX optimizations in ComfyUI, NVFP8 and RTX optimizations in FLUX.2, NVIDIA LSS in Blender 5.0, and TensorRT-RTX in Topaz Video AI and Topaz Photo AI.

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 591.44 WHQL
Fixed Applications Bugs:

• Adobe Premiere Pro: Freeze During Export Using Hardware Encoding
• Vulkan apps crash when launched on Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Quad CPUs
• F1 25: Performance optimizations when using DLSS Frame Generation
• Battlefield 6: Gaming stability issues
• Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game resolution is lower than the native resolution of the display
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver update on some system configurations
• Starcraft Remastered: Objects may display slight artifacts
• Cyberpunk 2077: Micro-stutter may be observed when VSYNC is enabled
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver update on some system configurations
• Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name: Corruption after driver update on some system configurations
• Black Myth: Wukong: Lower performance in driver branches newer than R570
• Monster Hunter World: Iceborne: Some particle effects may be missing on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3: Gameplay becomes dim over time
• Madden 26: Stability issues
• Users running R580 branch drivers (58x.xx) or newer may observe lower performance in some games after updating to Windows 11 October 2025 KB5066835
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Random corruption on main character's sword corruption

Fixed General Bugs

• Sophos Home Antivirus: System stability issues
• Green line observed while viewing videos in Chromium browser on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs

Known Issues in Version 591.44 WHQL

• Unable to deselect "Show Notification Tray Icon" from NVIDIA Control Panel

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/591.44/59...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/591.44/59...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom