NVIDIA Releases GeForce Game Ready 516.94 WHQL Driver with Support for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

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NVIDIA’s GeForce Game Ready 516.94 WHQL driver is now available to download via GeForce Experience or the GeForce Drivers site.

The new driver adds support for the much-anticipated PC port of Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, which was previously exclusive to PlayStation consoles for years but will soon be available to play in a definitive version with exciting upgrades that include a higher-quality ray-traced mode.

NVIDIA has shared a synopsis for the game and why Spider-Man fans might want to play the game on GeForce hardware.

In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in an original action-packed story. Play as an experienced Peter Parker, fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. On August 12th, 2022, Insomniac Games’ critically acclaimed action adventure game, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, comes to PC with numerous PC features, in collaboration with Nixxes Software.

By playing Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on a GeForce RTX graphics card, desktop or laptop, you’ll experience the incredible game, enhanced with NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA DLAA, and upgraded ray-traced effects that run fastest on GeForce RTX thanks to the dedicated RT Cores found on each RTX GPU.

NVIDIA’s new driver also “includes optimizations for Madden NFL 23 and the upcoming SUPER PEOPLE beta, and introduces support for 18 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming monitors and 13 new Optimal Playable Settings.”

Support For Newly Validated G-SYNC Compatible Displays

MANUFACTURERMODELHDRSIZELCD TypeResolutionVRR Range
ACERXB273U ZYes27IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-240Hz
ASUSXG256QNo25IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-165Hz
ASUSXG276QYes27IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-144Hz
ASUSPG48UQYes48OLED3840×2160 (4K)48-120Hz
AOCQ24G2Yes24IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-165Hz
Corsair32UHD144Yes32IPS3840×2160 (4K)48-144Hz
LG32GQ850Yes32IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-240Hz
LG32GQ950Yes24IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-165Hz
LG48GQ900Yes48OLED3840×2160 (4K)48-120Hz
LG49WQ95CYes49IPS5120×1440 (QHDx2)48-144Hz
LG TVLX1QYes55/48/42OLED3840×2160 (4K)40-120Hz
Philips27M1N5200PAYes27IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-240Hz
Philips27M1N5500ZAYes27IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-170Hz
Philips77OLED807/12Yes77OLED3840×2160 (4K)48-120Hz
PhilipsPHL24M1N5500ZYes24IPS2560×1440 (QHD)48-165Hz
PhilipsPHL252M1RPEYes25IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-240Hz
PhilipsPHL27M1N3200ZNo27IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-165Hz
PhilipsPHL27M1N5200PNo27IPS1920×1080 (FHD)48-240Hz

New Games Supported By GeForce Experience’s Optimal Settings

  • Battle Teams 2
  • Captain of Industry
  • Dinkum
  • F1 22
  • Hell Pie
  • Lineage II
  • Nightmare Breaker
  • Post Scriptum
  • PowerWash Simulator
  • Starship Troopers – Terran Command
  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN
  • Stray
  • Warstride Challenges

Fixed Issues in Version 516.94 WHQL

  • [Apex Legends] Improves gameplay stability. [3661210]
  • [Red Dead Redemption 2] Performance improvement when using DLSS is lower compared to previous drivers. [3700239]
  • [Overwatch] Game may freeze on launching a match. [3696921]
  • [MSI GE66 Raider 10UG/MSI GE76 Raider 10UH] Windows brightness setting does not work when notebook is in dedicated GPU mode. [3693207] [3693211]
  • [Chivalry 2] Toggling DLSS preset may cause gameplay to shimmer or show black rectangle. [3692024]
  • [Dungeons 3] Game will crash on startup. [3691274]
  • [Destiny 2] Game may randomly freeze after launching game or during gameplay. [3685638]
  • [Prepar3D] Light sources display flashing black boxes. [3684206]
  • [Xbox Application] Windowed G-SYNC engages and cause stutter/ sluggish performance in Xbox app. [3674419]
  • [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: With the GPU connected to an HDMI 2.1 audio/video receiver, audio may drop out when playing back Dolby Atmos. [3345965]

Open Issues in Version 516.94 WHQL

  • [RTX 30 series] PC monitor may not wake from display sleep when GPU is also connected to an HDMI 2.1 TV, and the TV is powered off. [3645633]
  • Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
  • Videos played back in Microsoft Edge may appear green if NVIDIA Image Scaling is enabled upon resuming from hibernate or booting with fastboot. [3624218]
  • [DirectX 12] Shadowplay recordings may appear over exposed when Use HDR is enabled from the Windows display settings. [200742937]
  • Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
  • [RTX 30 series] Lower performance in Minecraft Java Edition. [3702953]
  • External display may not be detected when connected via USB-C on certain Razer notebooks. [3690673]
  • [Forza Horizon 5] Rainbow like artifacts in game after driver update. [3685123]

The full release notes for NVIDIA’s GeForce Game Ready 516.94 WHQL driver can be found here.

Source: NVIDIA

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