NVIDIA 595.45 Beta Linux Driver Released With Vulkan Updates and Wayland Changes
NVIDIA 595.45 Beta Linux Driver Released With Vulkan Updates and Wayland Changes
https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-595-45-04-beta-linux-driver-released/
Publish Date: 2026-03-05 10:01:00
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NVIDIA has released the 594.45 beta Linux display driver for 64-bit systems, introducing Vulkan enhancements, improved power management, and various bug fixes.
This update adds support for the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap and VK_EXT_present_timing Vulkan extensions, expanding functionality for developers and applications. NVIDIA has also improved Vulkan swapchain recreation performance to reduce stuttering when resizing application windows.
This release also addresses gaming stability. It resolves a bug that caused GPU hangs and Xid errors in Black Myth: Wukong, and fixes an issue where Vulkan swapchains stopped presenting new frames on X11.
The driver now supports DRI3 version 1.2 and enables the nvidia-drm kernel module’s modeset=1 parameter by default, improving integration with modern Linux display systems. The update also raises the minimum supported Wayland version to 1.20 and glibc to 2.27, reflecting ongoing platform modernization.
Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver 595.45 Beta
This release includes improvements to system suspend and power management. With NVIDIA’s open kernel modules and the NVreg_UseKernelSuspendNotifiers=1 parameter enabled, the nvidia.ko module now manages video memory preservation directly. For proprietary kernel modules, suspend and resume notifications continue to use the /proc/driver/nvidia/suspend interface.
Other notable changes include a new CudaNoStablePerfLimit application profile, which allows CUDA workloads to reach the P0 performance state. The update also enables nvidia-smi to reset GPUs while the nvidia-drm module is loaded with modesetting enabled, as long as no processes are using the GPU.
The release also resolves several desktop-related issues, including a bug that prevented the PowerMizer preferred mode dropdown in nvidia-settings from working on Wayland, and an issue that could cause adaptive sync displays to go blank when connected through active USB-C-to-HDMI adapters.
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