We think worth upgrading to Hotfix 516.79 driver.

Anyway, please, note the following PSA too:

Note that 516.XX drivers are part of a new GeForce display driver branch/family (versions 515.xx to 520.xx), so if you decide to update, I recommend performing a clean installation of the new driver after using the DDU tool to uninstall your previously installed version.

Having any Xbox Play Anywhere game installed, you may want to apply the following workaround to prevent a possible not driver-based source of intermittent hitching/stuttering/freezing when playing non-Xbox Play Anywhere games:

‘We disable hidden Xbox Xvdd SCSI Miniport storage controller to work around a possible hitching/stuttering/freezing when testing non-Xbox games (source), except for testing MS/Xbox games.’

You need the Xbox app (updated to the latest version), a minimum of an Xbox Play Anywhere game installed on your system (needs to be run once time at least to generate the game’s settings/saves game files, reportedly stored in the Xvd drives), and the Microsoft Gaming Services app and associated processes/services running, to trigger the installation and creation of the hidden XVDD SCSI Miniport and Xvd disk drives, and hence, the possible occurrence of hitching issue due to the random and intermittent connection/disconnection of the Xvd disk drives when playing non-Xbox Play Anywhere games.

This Microsoft/Xbox-based bug would have nothing to do with being the Xbox Game Bar enabled, disabled, installed, or uninstalled, and Hypervisor and Virtualization-based security enabled or disabled.

We also recently noticed these hitches/stutters when the MS Gaming Services decides to enable, disable, or remove any (hidden) Xvd disk drives while playing non-Xbox Play Anywhere games.

Finally, you will have to re-enable the Xvdd SCSI Miniport storage controller to be able to play your Xbox Play Anywhere games again by following the method described in the linked thread above (credits to Object01-[xboxvenue] user).

I hope it helps. Regards! 🙂

(Turing)