NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 617.42 (WHQL)

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 617.14 (WHQL)
Released October 6, 2026

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/617.42/61...10-release-notes.pdf
Control Panel User's Guide (PDF):  us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/617.42/61...uick-start-guide.pdf

Game Ready
Game Ready for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games and updates supporting DLSS and RTX technologies including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, STAR WARS: Galactic Racer, Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, and Valor Mortis.

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 v582.78

Gaming Technology:

• N/A

Fixed Issues in Version 617.42 WHQL
Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• Assassin's Creed Shadows may crash to desktop after extended gameplay after updating to driver 616.56

Fixed General Bugs

• N/A

Known Issues in Version 617.42 WHQL

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

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows//617.42/6...ational-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows//617.42/6...ational-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom