NVIDIA has released its GeForce Game Ready 527.56 WHQL driver, providing the best day-0 gaming experience for the latest new games featuring NVIDIA DLSS 3 technology, including Portal with RTX, which launches today, and updates for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Jurassic World Evolution 2.
The the new GeForce Game Ready 527.56 WHQL driver can be downloaded through GeForce Experience, while a full list of fixes in this driver for previously reported issues can be found here.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s next-gen update, which is due on December 14, will feature the following:
- RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) adds more immersive and realistic outdoor ray-traced lighting
- Ray-traced ambient occlusion improves shading around objects occluding light
- Ray-traced shadows improve the fidelity, clarity and visibility of shadows
- Ray-traced reflections increase the accuracy and quality of reflections on bodies of water and other suitably reflective surfaces
Fixed Issues in Version 527.56 WHQL
- [GeForce RTX 4090] Watch Dogs 2 may display flickering when staring at the sky
- [3858016]
- Games utilizing DLSS 3 may crash when ending a recording using Shadowplay or OBS
- with NVENC [3817185]
- Older versions of Minecraft Java Edition show corruption on screen [3870232]
- [Microsoft Surface Book 2] Display driver fails to install on GeForce GTX 1060
- [3876764]
- [RTX 4090] No display when hot plugging back and forth between DisplayPort and
- HDMI [3672801]
- Errors in Adobe Premiere and After Effects with H.264 and HEVC content [3881781]
Open Issues in Version 527.56 WHQL
- Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native
- resolution is used. [3624030]
- [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]
- [Halo Wars 2] In-game foliage is larger than normal and displays constant flickering
- [3888343]
- [Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay
- [3866530]
There are over 100 games and over 70 applications available with ray tracing support now, according to NVIDIA.