In case you weren't aware, this week sees the launch of both a new AAA game and premium graphics hardware. The first, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, is EA's long-awaited reboot in the free-running franchise; the second is of course the brand new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, which is available in Founder's Edition form from Friday June 10th. To augment the release of both products NVIDIA have published the GeForce 368.39 Game Ready Driver, offering optimal day-one compatibility for both the new hardware and software.
The GeForce 368.39 Game Ready Driver package has also been tailored for Edge Of Nowhere, a premium VR title developed by Insomniac Games and published by Oculus for the Rift HMD. More generally, new VRWorks features are supported in this driver update including Lens Matched Shading and Single Pass Stereo.
Early adopters of the GTX 1080 Founder's Edition will also be pleased to know that this package includes a promised fix for the fan ramping issues plaguing some units of the new flagship card. By including the fix it will also hopefully mean that day-one purchases of the GTX 1070 will not be affected by the problem.
The GeForce 368.39 Game Ready Driver can be downloaded directly from http://www.geforce.com/drivers or via the Driver section of the GeForce Experience App.
RELEASE NOTES:
What’s New in Version 368.39 WHQL
Prior to a new title launching, our driver team works up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix possible makes it into the Game Ready driver. As a result, you can be sure you’ll have the best day-one gaming experience for your favorite new titles.
Game Ready
Learn more about how to get the optimal experience for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and Edge of Nowhere.
Gaming Technology
Supports the new GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card which delivers the incredible speed and power of NVIDIA Pascal™—the most advanced GPU ever created. This is the ultimate gaming platform.
Virtual Reality
Supports the new GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 VRWorks features including Lens Matched Shading and Single Pass Stereo.
New Features
NVIDIA published the OpenGL extensions that expose the Pascal GPU architecture’s new hardware features. The extensions are available on GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs starting with the Release 367 drivers.
• Single Pass Stereo: GL_NV_stereo_view_rendering
• Lens Matched Shading: GL_NV_clip_space_w_scaling
• Improved Conservative Rasterization: GL_NV_conservative_raster_pre_snap_triangles
• Double Precision Atomic Operations: GL_NV_shader_atomic_float64
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
• Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - updated
• Homefront: The Revolution - added
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - updated
• The Witcher 3 - updated
• Total War: WARHAMMER - added
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - Not recommended
• Total War: WARHAMMER - Not recommended
• Virtual Battlespace 3 - Not recommended
3D Compatibility Mode Profiles
No compatibility mode profiles were added with this version.
Software Module Versions
• NView - 147.00
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.34.14
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.16.0318
• GeForce Experience - 2.11.3.5
Fixed Issues
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.
Windows 10 Fixed Issues
- [368.25] GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition cards spin fan up and down rapidly. [1771960]
- Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
- [368.22] X-Legend Entertainment reports that Laplace fails to launch. [200203264]
- [368.22] Stutter occurs during full-screen playback of YouTube videos in Edge browser. [1769515]
- [365.10] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain launches to a white screen. [1764610]
- System hangs during transition from monitor sleep to system sleep. [1757517]
- [SLI, 364.72] Tom Clancy's The Division stutters after 20–30 minutes. [1750263]
Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7 Fixed Issues
- Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
- WarThunder 3D Vision rating lowered. [1764596].
Prior to a new title launching, our driver team works up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix possible makes it into the Game Ready driver. As a result, you can be sure you’ll have the best day-one gaming experience for your favorite new titles.
Game Ready
Learn more about how to get the optimal experience for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and Edge of Nowhere.
Gaming Technology
Supports the new GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card which delivers the incredible speed and power of NVIDIA Pascal™—the most advanced GPU ever created. This is the ultimate gaming platform.
Virtual Reality
Supports the new GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 VRWorks features including Lens Matched Shading and Single Pass Stereo.
New Features
NVIDIA published the OpenGL extensions that expose the Pascal GPU architecture’s new hardware features. The extensions are available on GeForce GTX 1070 and GeForce GTX 1080 GPUs starting with the Release 367 drivers.
• Single Pass Stereo: GL_NV_stereo_view_rendering
• Lens Matched Shading: GL_NV_clip_space_w_scaling
• Improved Conservative Rasterization: GL_NV_conservative_raster_pre_snap_triangles
• Double Precision Atomic Operations: GL_NV_shader_atomic_float64
Application SLI Profiles
Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
• Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - updated
• Homefront: The Revolution - added
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - updated
• The Witcher 3 - updated
• Total War: WARHAMMER - added
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3DV profiles:
• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst - Not recommended
• Total War: WARHAMMER - Not recommended
• Virtual Battlespace 3 - Not recommended
3D Compatibility Mode Profiles
No compatibility mode profiles were added with this version.
Software Module Versions
• NView - 147.00
• HD Audio Driver - 1.3.34.14
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.16.0318
• GeForce Experience - 2.11.3.5
Fixed Issues
The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.
Windows 10 Fixed Issues
- [368.25] GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition cards spin fan up and down rapidly. [1771960]
- Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
- [368.22] X-Legend Entertainment reports that Laplace fails to launch. [200203264]
- [368.22] Stutter occurs during full-screen playback of YouTube videos in Edge browser. [1769515]
- [365.10] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain launches to a white screen. [1764610]
- System hangs during transition from monitor sleep to system sleep. [1757517]
- [SLI, 364.72] Tom Clancy's The Division stutters after 20–30 minutes. [1750263]
Windows 8.1/Windows 8/Windows 7 Fixed Issues
- Eliminate stuttering in Total War: WARHAMMER. [1767466]
- WarThunder 3D Vision rating lowered. [1764596].
