https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5492
 

GeForce Hotfix display driver version 546.08 is based on our latest Game Ready Driver 546.01.
 
This hotfix addresses the following issue:

• [Alan Wake 2] Addressing gradual stability and performance degradation over extended periods of gameplay [4334633]
• Windows 10 transparency effects are not displaying correctly after driver update [4335862]
• Random Bugcheck may be observed on certain systems [4343844] 

A GeForce driver is an incredibly complex piece of software, We have an army of software engineers constantly adding features and fixing bugs. These changes are checked into the main driver branches, which are eventually run through a massive QA process and released.
 
Since we have so many changes being checked in, we usually try to align driver releases with significant game or product releases. This process has served us pretty well over the years but it has one significant weakness. Sometimes a change that is important to many users might end up sitting and waiting until we are able to release the driver.
 
The GeForce Hotfix driver is our way to trying to get some of these fixes out to you more quickly. These drivers are basically the same as the previous released version, with a small number of additional targeted fixes. The fixes that make it in are based in part on your feedback in the Driver Feedback threads and partly on how realistic it is for us to quickly address them. These fixes (and many more) will be incorporated into the next official driver release, at which time the Hotfix driver will be taken down.
 
To be sure, these Hotfix drivers are beta, optional and provided as-is. They are run through a much abbreviated QA process. The sole reason they exist is to get fixes out to you more quickly. The safest option is to wait for the next WHQL certified driver. But we know that many of you are willing to try these out.  As a result, we only provide NVIDIA Hotfix drivers through our NVIDIA Customer Care support site.  
 
Click here to download the GeForce Hotfix display driver version 546.08 for Windows 10 x64 / Windows 11 x64. (I have placed the download link below)
 
https://international-gfe...ternational-dch.hf.exe
 
These Hotfix drivers represent a lot of additional work by our engineering teams, We hope they provide value for you.
 
 

It's good they addressed the performance issue with Alan Wake 2 since the requirements where pretty high to begin with for ray tracing to be enabled. To hear it got worse with the longer it ran really hurts a new high end release.

Kbird666
Anyone seeing Corruption/screen artifacting with this driver version ? I installed it yest. and today working I am see black squares in the Photos App and Outlook Windows as two examples.
 
Nothing on the desktop though, just to be clear, so I don't think it is a GPU Hardware issue (I hope) , I guess I will rollback to 545.92 for now.
 
KB  

Do a complete uninstall and reinstall of the NVIDIA drivers

rjohnson11

Kbird666
Anyone seeing Corruption/screen artifacting with this driver version ? I installed it yest. and today working I am see black squares in the Photos App and Outlook Windows as two examples. 
Nothing on the desktop though, just to be clear, so I don't think it is a GPU Hardware issue (I hope) , I guess I will rollback to 545.92 for now.
 
KB  

Do a complete uninstall and reinstall of the NVIDIA drivers

I went back to 545.92 and so far have not seen the 'black squares' corruption again on Apps so far.
 
KB
 
 

thanks for the driver feedback - I'll skip them

Ravenmaster

Kbird666

rjohnson11

Kbird666
Anyone seeing Corruption/screen artifacting with this driver version ? I installed it yest. and today working I am see black squares in the Photos App and Outlook Windows as two examples. 
Nothing on the desktop though, just to be clear, so I don't think it is a GPU Hardware issue (I hope) , I guess I will rollback to 545.92 for now.
 
KB  

Do a complete uninstall and reinstall of the NVIDIA drivers

I went back to 545.92 and so far have not seen the 'black squares' corruption again on Apps so far.
 
KB
 
 

I noticed the black squares corruption/artifacting too on my 4090. Going back to driver 537.98 solved the issue. The 546.01 and 06 drivers both seem borked.

Did you make a photo of this?