NVIDIA 537.13WHQL Bug Fixes & Bug Information

NVIDIA released graphics driver version 537.13WHQL on August 22, 2023.

Version 537.13WHQL fixes bugs in the game, but in some environments, there are issues that make the game unplayable, such as the screen turning black after launching the game.

Game Ready for Starfield

This new Game Ready driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games, including Starfield and the ICARUS: New Frontiers expansion.

Fix game bugs

• [Battlefield 2042] Applying GeForce Experience Freestyle filter may reduce game stability [4170804]
• [Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart] Performance fluctuations due to issues between DirectStorage and NVIDIA Reflex [4212649]

General bug fixes

• [Vegas Pro FX] Preview not working on some laptop configurations [3752618]

NVIDIA 537.13WHQL

NVIDIA 537.13WHQL Bug Information

NVIDIA GeForce ForumsThere have been various issues reported.

• When I start Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), the screen goes black after a few seconds.
• Striped (checkerboard) patterns appearing in Chromium-based applications
• World of Warships crashes on first launch
• My PC crashed after installing NVIDIA 537.13WHQL and I performed a system restore
• Enabling Nvidia Reflex causes a significant drop in FPS
• Screen flickering

Open Issue 2023/08/28:

• [Halo Infinite] Significant performance degradation observed on Maxwell-based GPUs. [4052711]
• [DaVinci Resolve] This driver implements a fix for a stability issue in creative applications that occurs under high memory usage. This fix has been identified in some cases as causing performance degradation when running DaVinci Resolve. This issue will be resolved in a future driver release. [4172676]
• Small checkerboard-like patterns may appear randomly in Chromium-based applications [3992875]
• Some monitors may experience random black screen flickers when in Display Stream Compression mode with the R530 driver [4034096]
• [GeForce RTX 4060] GPU monitoring utilities report incorrect idle power usage [4186490]
• Event Viewer logs nvlddmkm error at the end of OCCT Video RAM test if memory is full [4049182]
• [GeForce GTX 10/RTX 20 Series] Your PC may randomly freeze/bugcheck if both Windows Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling and NVIDIA SLI are enabled [4009884]
• Duplicating a G-SYNC display to an HDMI monitor may result in horizontal bands [4103923]
• A new NVIDIA icon is created in the system tray every time you switch users in Windows [4251314]
• [Alienware X17 R2 with GeForce RTX 3080 Ti] Display goes blank when launching a DirectX game while the laptop is in discrete GPU mode [4146369]
• Counter-strike: Global Offensive may experience a black screen when using the GeForce Experience in-game overlay [4257572]
• [RTX 4060 Ti] When using desktop apps, the display may randomly flicker and a black bar may appear at the top of the screen [4239893]

NVIDIA GeForce Forums

It is expected that other issues may arise in addition to these, so we recommend that you refrain from updating for a while.

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update information

2023 / 08 / 24:

I also noticed a striped pattern appearing for a moment when using Chrome.

2023 / 08 / 26:

Some users on the NVIDIA GeForce forums have reported that disabling hardware acceleration can help with striping and flickering issues in Chrome and Edge.

On or Off? Hardware Acceleration in Chrome and Edge

2023 / 09 / 02:

After trying out a few different patterns over the course of a few days, I was able to confirm that the small checkerboard and screen flickering glitches in Chromium-based applications disappeared.

• If you disable hardware acceleration only in your browser, such as Chrome or Edge
• If you turn off only Windows hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling:

If you disable only the hardware acceleration of your browser, such as Chrome or Edge, videos may stutter when watching YouTube videos in some environments, so we recommend turning off only the GPU scheduling using the Windows hardware accelerator.

In my environment, the issue only occurs when both are turned on.

2023 / 09 / 05:

Today I noticed a checkerboard pattern appearing for a moment while using Chrome.

I'm trying to turn off Windows hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling and Chrome hardware acceleration to see what happens.

2023 / 09 / 06:

The solution was found in a comment on the NVIDIA GeForce forums. (User:MojoJojo84）

The setup process for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge is almost the same.

1. Enter "chrome://flags" for Google Chrome or "edge://flags" for Microsoft Edge in the address bar and press Enter.

2. Type "Choose ANGLE graphics backend" in the search box and you'll see the following:

Select the graphics backend for ANGLE. D3D11 is used by default on most Windows computers. Using the OpenGL driver as the graphics backend may improve performance in some graphics-intensive applications, especially on NVIDIA GPUs. This may increase battery and memory usage. Video Playback – Windows

"Choose ANGLE graphics backend" – Google Translate

3. Change "Default" to "OpenGL".

4. Click the "Relaunch" button in the bottom right.

The setup is now complete.

I am currently checking with both Windows hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling and Chrome hardware acceleration turned on.

2023 / 09 / 11:

After changing to "OpenGL" the other day, the problem of the checkerboard pattern appearing for a moment has not occurred at all.

2023 / 09 / 13:

Version 537.34WHQL was released on September 12, 2023, but most of the bugs in version 537.13WHQL have not been fixed.

It's best to wait a while for the update.

2023 / 09 / 22:

Version 537.42WHQL was released on September 21, 2023, but this version still does not fix most of the issues from 537.13WHQL.

In some environments where version 537.42WHQL has been installed, FPS drops and blue screens have occurred.

2023 / 10 / 10:

Version 537.58 WHQL was released, but only fixed the following three issues:

• Added Microsoft Store/Xbox Game Pass application profile for Lies of P [4290286]

• [GeForce RTX 4060] GPU monitoring utilities report incorrect idle power usage [4186490]
• Increased DPC latency may be observed when GPU is connected via HDMI 2.1 FRL at 10bpc/12bpc [4253581]