Here's your Nvidia update for this week - early October 2026:
1. New Game Ready Driver - 617.42 WHQL
Released Oct 6, 2026 - this is the big one right now.
Adds support for DLSS 4.5 and optimizations for:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen
MS Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 7
Valor Mortis
Available via Nvidia App and official driver page for Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11
2. Windows 10 - Last Call
October 2026 is the FINAL month for regular Windows 10 Game Ready / Studio drivers.
From November 2026, all new Game Ready drivers will be Windows 11 only. Windows 10 will only get quarterly security fixes until October 2029. If you're still on Wind with GTX/RTX 20xx/30xx/40xx/50xx, time to plan an upgrade.
3. Linux Driver - 615.78.08
Also dropped Oct 7, 2026. Focused on gaming on Linux:
Adds VK_NV_low_latency2 revi for verification (less latency/stutter with Frame Generation)
Fixes for Woodland HDR crashes and suspend issues
4. Market & Business
Stock hit an all-time high ∼$237.75 on Oct 2, pushing market cap to ∼$5.7T, now pushing towards $6T - up ∼ 28.3% in 2026 alone
Nvidia plans to invest in AI chipmaker d-Matrix - reported Oct 8, to make its tech work with rival chip designs
Trump financial disclosure on Oct 8 showed he bought up to $1.6M and sold up to $1M in Nvidia stock in August, same day he prepared to award CEO Jensen Huang the National Medal of Science
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1. New Game Ready Driver - 617.42 WHQL
Released Oct 6, 2026 - this is the big one right now.
Adds support for DLSS 4.5 and optimizations for:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen
MS Flight Simulator 2024 Sim Update 7
Valor Mortis
Available via Nvidia App and official driver page for Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11
2. Windows 10 - Last Call
October 2026 is the FINAL month for regular Windows 10 Game Ready / Studio drivers.
From November 2026, all new Game Ready drivers will be Windows 11 only. Windows 10 will only get quarterly security fixes until October 2029. If you're still on Wind with GTX/RTX 20xx/30xx/40xx/50xx, time to plan an upgrade.
3. Linux Driver - 615.78.08
Also dropped Oct 7, 2026. Focused on gaming on Linux:
Adds VK_NV_low_latency2 revi for verification (less latency/stutter with Frame Generation)
Fixes for Woodland HDR crashes and suspend issues
4. Market & Business
Stock hit an all-time high ∼$237.75 on Oct 2, pushing market cap to ∼$5.7T, now pushing towards $6T - up ∼ 28.3% in 2026 alone
Nvidia plans to invest in AI chipmaker d-Matrix - reported Oct 8, to make its tech work with rival chip designs
Trump financial disclosure on Oct 8 showed he bought up to $1.6M and sold up to $1M in Nvidia stock in August, same day he prepared to award CEO Jensen Huang the National Medal of Science
Want me to check if driver 617.42 is compatible with your specific GPU, or help you update it?
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