Last week NVIDIA announced and launched the first of their Creator Ready Drivers, a package release timed to coincide with major updates to creators tools such as Video Editors and CAD rendering tools. Today that is matched by the GeForce Game Ready 419.67 driver, a release that optimises for a few games made available over the past week.
A major launch just today has been Battlefield V: Firestorm, the franchise's long-awaited 'battle royale' mode. Given that this mode will see as many as 64-players duking it out in one huge map, it's no surprise that a few driver level tweaks would be desirable under the hood to keep things running smoothly.
Meanwhile, Shadow of the Tomb Raider's RTX Ray-traced Shadows and DLSS finally rolled out through an update to the game last week. Driver improvements soon after the unlocking of these features is something of a trend thus far, and SotTR is no exception.
The big release last week was Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, From Software's latest Soul's-style game that's been published by Activision. Early rumblings of performance issues on GeForce RTX cards specifically mean that this could be a opportune time to get a fix out to players.
And finally, Anthem will also receive some attention. Sadly it won't unlock any actual content for the game, but you can't have anything.
The GeForce Game Ready 419.67 drivers can be downloaded at GeForce.com/drivers or via the GeForce Experience App. 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and 10 are supported, as are NVIDIA graphics cards going as far back as the GTX 600-series (Kepler).
Release Notes
Whats New in Version 419.67 WHQL
Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V: Firestorm, Anthem, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Gaming Technology
Includes support for G-SYNC compatible surround mode and two new G-SYNC compatible monitors:
ASUS VG278QR
ASUS VG258
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
Devil May Cry 5 - Not recommended
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Not recommended
Software Module Versions
nView - 149.34
HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.13
NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
GeForce Experience - 3.18.0.92
CUDA - 10.1
NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.951.0
Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 419.67
- [DaVinci Resolve]: Performance drop occurs. [2532482]
- [Ghost Recon: Wildlands][Ansel]: The game experiences low performance and stuttering and then crashes when using Ansel. [2515076]
- [HDR][Far Cry:New Dawn DirectX 11]: Desktop brightness and color gets overexposed with ALT + TAB when Windows HDR is disabled and in-game HDR is enabled. [200495279]
- [Total War: Warhammer 2]: Poor performance when using antialiasing. [2506465]
- [Adobe]: Artifacts may appear in Adobe applications (fixed for single-GPU case).[2533911]
- [Apex Legends]: Screen gets corrupted when switching from windowed mode to fullscreen mode when Windows HDR is enabled.[2523309]
- [GeForce Experience]: Parts of the screen are cut off when recording video with Shadowplay. [2517587]
- [Turing][Star Citizen]: The game flickers and then crashes to the desktop. [2518104]
- [GeForce GTX 980]: NVAPI calls take a large amount of CPU time. [2418933]
- [Titan RTX]: Graphics card rises about 20 degrees Celsius when running NVLINK command to enable TCC mode. [2504836]
- [GeForce RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: The game exhibits slow performance. [2511725]
- [GeForce RTX 2070]: With two monitors connected and active, the second monitor flickers. [2517103]
Open Issues
- [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
- [SLI][HDR][Tom Clancy's The division II]: The game screen becomes unresponsive or goes blank when in-game HDR options are toggled. [200496967]
- [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
- [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
- [Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu. [2404783]
- Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]
Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1.
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V: Firestorm, Anthem, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Gaming Technology
Includes support for G-SYNC compatible surround mode and two new G-SYNC compatible monitors:
ASUS VG278QR
ASUS VG258
3D Vision Profiles
Added or updated the following 3D Vision profiles:
Devil May Cry 5 - Not recommended
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Not recommended
Software Module Versions
nView - 149.34
HD Audio Driver - 1.3.38.13
NVIDIA PhysX System Software - 9.19.0218
GeForce Experience - 3.18.0.92
CUDA - 10.1
NVIDIA Control Panel - 8.1.951.0
Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 419.67
- [DaVinci Resolve]: Performance drop occurs. [2532482]
- [Ghost Recon: Wildlands][Ansel]: The game experiences low performance and stuttering and then crashes when using Ansel. [2515076]
- [HDR][Far Cry:New Dawn DirectX 11]: Desktop brightness and color gets overexposed with ALT + TAB when Windows HDR is disabled and in-game HDR is enabled. [200495279]
- [Total War: Warhammer 2]: Poor performance when using antialiasing. [2506465]
- [Adobe]: Artifacts may appear in Adobe applications (fixed for single-GPU case).[2533911]
- [Apex Legends]: Screen gets corrupted when switching from windowed mode to fullscreen mode when Windows HDR is enabled.[2523309]
- [GeForce Experience]: Parts of the screen are cut off when recording video with Shadowplay. [2517587]
- [Turing][Star Citizen]: The game flickers and then crashes to the desktop. [2518104]
- [GeForce GTX 980]: NVAPI calls take a large amount of CPU time. [2418933]
- [Titan RTX]: Graphics card rises about 20 degrees Celsius when running NVLINK command to enable TCC mode. [2504836]
- [GeForce RTX 2080][Notebook][Resolume Arena 6]: The game exhibits slow performance. [2511725]
- [GeForce RTX 2070]: With two monitors connected and active, the second monitor flickers. [2517103]
Open Issues
- [SLI][Adobe]: With SLI enabled, artifacts may appear in Adobe applications. [2533911]
- [SLI][HDR][Tom Clancy's The division II]: The game screen becomes unresponsive or goes blank when in-game HDR options are toggled. [200496967]
- [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
- [Shadow of the Tomb Raider][Ansel]: Invoking Ansel in the game causes the game to slow down or crash. [2507125]
- [Ghost Recon Wildlands]: The game crashes when accessing the inventory menu. [2404783]
- Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]