Nvidia Geforce 551.61 WHQL Released With Support For Nightingale And Fixes

Nvidia released the Game Ready driver 551.52 last week which included support for some upcoming games, including “Skull and Bones”, but they missed including support for “Nightingale”, which has already been released. Now, with the Game Ready driver 551.61, the support has been added for the said title with DLSS 3 technology.

Other than that, this WHQL release also includes fixes for “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege” and some other apps.

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready 551.61 release summary

• Driver version: 551.61
• Driver type: Game Ready
• Driver size: 634.43 MB
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 11, Windows 10 x64
• Available languages: English
• Release Date: 22nd February 2024

Download Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 551.61

Click on the direct download links in the table below to download the latest Nvidia GeForce drivers for your supported hardware:

Note: Drivers for the older operating systems, like Windows 7, are still on older versions.

Alternatively, you can download these drivers directly from Nvidia’s website. Open the Nvidia GeForce Game Ready 551.61 page and click the “Download” button.

Once downloaded, simply run the executable package and follow the on-screen instructions to perform the installation.

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 551.61 changelog

New support and fixes

This driver release includes the following inclusions and improvements:

• This driver update supports the new gaming title “Nightingale” with DLSS 3 technology.
• Stability issues experienced when running Vulkan API in “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege” have been fixed.
• : The issue of the tone mapping not working properly with custom HDR brightness values in Windows with RTX Video HDR enabled is fixed.
• Poor black level quality in SDR video playback with Windows HDR setting enabled in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge is fixed.
• The issue of the filter settings not saving after quitting games with NVIDIA Freestyle is fixed.
• The stager in Adobe Substance 3D unable to initialize the viewport is fixed.
• The Vulkan version of Substance Painter not launching in Adobe Substance 3D is fixed.

Open issues

With these improvements, there are certain issues which still need addressing:

• Display issues for videos when using Edge browser with Netflix. Recommend using the Windows Netflix application as a workaround.
• The PC may randomly freeze when Windows Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling and NVIDIA SLI is both enabled on devices with GeForce GTX 10 or RTX 20 series.

To learn more about this driver update, refer to its Release Notes.

How to uninstall or rollback Nvidia GeForce display drivers

Sometimes, a new GPU driver might experience issues that are simply not fixable or avoidable. In that case, you may want to uninstall the driver and install another one, or revert it to the previous version.

To uninstall a graphics driver, go to Settings > Apps > Installed apps, search for “Nvidia Windows Display Drivers,” click Uninstall in front of it, and then click Uninstall again to confirm. Once the driver is removed, continue to install your preferred display driver.

To rollback to an older driver, open the Device Management Console, click “Display drivers” to expand it, right-click the Nvidia driver and click Properties, switch to the Driver tab, and then click Rollback. In case the “Rollback” button is grayed out, it means that there is no old driver available in the Windows cache to roll back to.

Also, Windows only stores one previous version of a driver, so you can only roll back to the one installed before the latest update.

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready driver history