NVIDIA 595.84 released as the new Recommended Driver for Linux

NVIDIA driver 595.84 was released today bringing a number of nice sounding fixes, especially for those of you gaming on Linux. That's why you're here right?

This release is a Recommended Driver, which NVIDIA says means it "meets the quality levels applied to Windows drivers that pass testing in Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), therefore providing the same attention to driver reliability, robustness, and performance for non-Windows operating systems (e.g., Linux)".

The full list of changes for NVIDIA 595.84 are:

• Fixed a bug that could cause suspend and resume to fail on systems with runtime D3 (RTD3) power management enabled.
• Fixed hangs or corruption problems in the following games:
  • 007 First Light
  • Assassin's Creed Origins
• Fixed a regression, introduced with the 595 driver series, which led to black screens in Total War: Warhammer III.
• Fixed an issue that could cause application hangs or a black screen in several games, including:
  • Crimson Desert
  • Elden Ring
  • Elden Ring Nightrein
  • ExoDomia
  • Far Far West
  • Grounded 2
  • Incursion Red River
  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
  • Paradise Nowhere
  • Screamer
  • Star Rupture
  • Windrose
• Fixed a bug that could prevent DKMS kernel module builds from succeeding after installing with nvidia-installer.
• Fixed a bug that caused delayed wakeups when multiple threads wait on the same Vulkan semaphore, leading to stutter and reduced performance in some applications
• Fixed a bug that could cause black screens after modesets in X11 applications using the Present extension.
• Fixed an issue where OpenGL buffers allocated with glBufferStorage and no storage flags were allowed to migrate from GPU memory to host memory.
• Fixed a regression introduced in 580.65.06, that caused some mode timings, such as 1920x1080@75, to no longer be available.
• Reverted a change that led to a user regression in 580.105.08 that caused display modes to be invalidated on a number of monitors.

Pictured - ELDEN RING

Last month NVIDIA also released the first in the 610 series that brings new features. But for those after a stable experience - you may want to stick with this one. Earlier last month they also revealed security flaws in their drivers again - so either way you need to ensure you're up to date.

Source: NVIDIA