Nvidia Releases GeForce 350.05 Hotfix Driver to Alleviate DirectX Crashing Issues

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Hotfix addresses annoying game crashes

Back around mid-March, Nvidia released its game ready GeForce 347.88 WHQL driver, the recommended driver for Battlefield Hardline players, which coincided with the release. At the time, Nvidia also launched its new flagship graphics card, the GeForce Titan X. Everything seemed to go to plan, except that some gamers began complaining that the new drivers were causing crashes in Battlefield Hardline and Dragon Age: Inquisition. If you're one of them, you may find relief in Nvidia's GeForce 350.05 hotfix.
According to Nvidia, the hotfix addresses crashes in Battlefield Hardline that spit out a DirectX error message on some systems, and a TDR (Timeout Detection and Recovery) crash in Dragon Age: Inquisition. The hotfix is available in 32-bit and 64-bit form for both laptop and desktop systems -- you can find all four versions here.
More than just a simple hotfix, Chinese-language website Expreview claims (and Anandtech has confirmed) that Nvidia quietly slipped in OpenCL 1.2 support. It's an interesting addition, as Nvidia has chosen not to support OpenCL 1.2 up until now. Whether or not that means Nvidia will be more committed to the standard and is working on support for OpenCL 2.x remains to be seen.
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