NVIDIA seemed to be on top of certain issues that owners of 4K 120Hz displays have been experiencing recently, so they decided to act.
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According to PCGamer, the recently released hotfix driver 466.47 from NVIDIA is intended to fix certain bugs that occur when connecting certain devices to 4K 120Hz displays. If you own a 4K monitor or a 4K TV with the aforementioned refresh rate, then this fix is for you.
The latest NVIDIA hotfix comes after multiple users complained of trouble connecting their gaming PCs and next-gen consoles to certain 4K 120Hz displays. With the advent of high resolution, high refresh rate gaming this generation, it makes sense that display problems would be fairly common.
Among these issues apparently included the 4K 120Hz setting not showing up in the NVIDIA control panel for RTX 20 and GTX 16 series GPU owners. Aside from that, there was also an issue wherein launching certain VR games would cause the system to freeze, if the system itself was connected to a 4K 120Hz panel.
However, there is a catch if you want to download the hotfix: you can't download it on the main driver page, so you'll need to visit the actual hotfix page to get it.
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NVIDIA Hotfix Release On Par With The Times
To say that the latest NVIDIA hotfix is perfect for the time is an understatement, because a 4K monitor or a 4K TV are both a little bit accessible now to more people. As such, the gaming industry is taking advantage of the boom in the sale of 4K panels, especially those with high refresh rates.
The current ninth generation of gaming is focusing a lot on high resolutions and refresh rates. Not only do the current-gen consoles (PS5 and Xbox Series X) have the ability to render games in 4K 120Hz, but also a handful of lower-end NVIDIA cards in the GTX 16 series. And these are the cards that are being targeted by the hotfix.
While GTX 16 series GPUs aren't really too powerful in terms of the sheer horsepower that 4K 120Hz requires, they can still play games at 4K.
Just take a look at this YouTube video, which shows how capable the GTX 1660 Super is at 4K. Compared to previous generation GPUs of the 1660's classification, which couldn't even sniff 1440p, this is an amazing result.
Not bad for what's supposed to be an entry-level GPU, right?
You may not be able to take advantage of the full refresh rate of a 4K 120Hz panel with a graphics card like this, but the option to go 4K is still a great thing to have.
VR Still Getting Attention
As for VR? Well, you should note that NVIDIA seems to be relegating resources to shore it up again after it fizzled out a bit from its 2016-2017 heyday. Recently, Team Green announced that it is bringing DLSS to three VR games, and it's worth noting that DLSS is only available to RTX series graphics cards.
It's highly likely that a few users already experienced issues with their systems crashing when launching certain VR titles at 4K 120Hz. As such, the latest hotfix came at a perfect time.
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Written by RJ Pierce
