NVIDIA’s 610.88 WHQL Driver Fixes RTX 50 Crashes and Adds Game Support

NVIDIA released the GeForce 610.88 WHQL driver for Windows on July 28, 2026. The Game Ready update adds support for Halo: Campaign Evolved, the Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Beta, and Mistfall Hunter.

The release also addresses several game-specific problems. Players using RTX 50 Series graphics cards should see fewer crashes in Halo: Campaign Evolved, while Path of Exile 2 no longer suffers from intermittent long pauses after extended DX12 sessions. NVIDIA also included stability work for Silent Hill f.

Other fixes cover crashes in Strange Brigade and Zombie Army 4: Dead War when the NVIDIA App In-Game Overlay is active. The driver also improves frame pacing in some DX11 games when Smooth Motion and G-SYNC are enabled. General fixes address RTX Dynamic Vibrance being applied incorrectly to Wallpaper Engine and a Paint.NET crash during launch with NVIDIA Surround enabled.

The Windows 10 and Windows 11 64-bit driver is available through NVIDIA’s direct download. Players who do not need the fixes or support for the updated games can remain on their current driver. For comparison, NVIDIA’s earlier GeForce releases included updates such as the 591.59 WHQL stability and HDR fixes.

NVIDIA GeForce 610.88 WHQL Driver Release Notes

The largest changes affect Game Ready support, crashes in several games, and display behavior on G-SYNC monitors. NVIDIA also documented one remaining power-management issue under the open-issues section.

Game Ready for Halo: Campaign Evolved & Gears of War: E-Day Beta

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS and RTX technologies including Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day Multiplayer Beta, and Mistfall Hunter.

Fixed Issues

Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• [Halo: Campaign Evolved]: Resolved game crashes observed on RTX 50 Series GPUs with R610 drivers. [6259837]
• Path of Exile 2: Fixed intermittent long pauses that could occur after extended gameplay sessions in DX12 mode [5090018]
• Silent Hill F: Gaming stability improvements [6432954]
• [Strange Brigade/Zombie Army 4:Dead War]: Game may crash when exiting if NVIDIA App In-Game Overlay is enabled [6392324]
• Improves frame pacing in certain DX11 games when Smooth Motion is used while GSYNC is enabled [6300603]

Fixed General Bugs:

• RTX Dynamic Vibrance is incorrectly applied to Wallpaper Engine [6244021]
• Paint.NET may crash during launch when NVIDIA Surround is enabled [5366537]

Open Issues:

• “Prefer Maximum Performance” Power Management Mode may not be applied correctly [6007998]

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