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Title: Nvidias new 418.91 WHQL driver optimizing Metro Exodus and DLSS in Battlefieil V
Post by: javajolt on February 13, 2019, 06:52:50 PM
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Nvidia today released the GeForce Game Ready WHQL-certified 418.91 drivers, bringing optimal experience and further optimizations to users utilizing ray tracing and the recently-added (http://eaassets-a.akamaihd.net/dice-commerce/Casablanca/Update_Notes/20190212-01/Battlefield_V_Chapter_2_Lightning_Strikes_Update_12022019_FINAL.pdf) DLSS support in Battlefield V. It also optimizes for Metro Exodus, which releases in two days – with pre-load available on Steam (http://twitter.com/MetroVideoGame/status/1095389361082978305).

It may be worth noting that Nvidia has previously released three drivers optimizing performance (http://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-geforce-driver-41722-whql-now-available-with-improved-ray-tracing-in-battlefield-v) for Battlefield V.



Additionally, there are a few bug fixes in this release:

Quote
• [Battlefield 1]: Lines appear in the terrain with NVIDIA Control Panel anisotropic filtering override enabled.[1969966

• [GeForce RTX 20 series]: Event ID 14 error appears in event viewer logs when Digital Vibrance setting is changed. [2488424]
There's a long list of known issues as well, including an acknowledgment for a game-crashing bug (http://old.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/anwlpv/performance_issues_and_crashes_devs_please_show/) in Apex Legends:

Windows 10 Issues

• [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC enabled. [200482157]

• [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]

• [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]

• [Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]

• [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]

• [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]

• [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]

• [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]

• Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]

• Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

Windows 7 Issues

• Random TDR events occur after updating to driver 418.81. [2500396]

• [iRay][OptiX]: iRay GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]

Additional Issues

• 2079538 - Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with LX chips

Workaround: Use the following tool to enable MSI mode as a temporary workaround (only apply changes to each NVIDIA GPU installed):
github.com/CHEF-KOCH/MSI-utility/releases (http://http//github.com/CHEF-KOCH/MSI-utility/releases)

• 2449346-The Witcher 3 will BSOD with Bad Pool error randomly during gameplay

• 2451459-Batman: Arkham Origins: Physx fog rendering incorrectly

• 2453173-ARK Survival may crash with bad pool caller error and eventual BSOD

The 418.91 WHQL-certified drivers can be downloaded via the GeForce Experience app on Windows or via the links down below. The complete release notes are available here (http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/418.91/418.91-win10-win8-win7-desktop-release-notes.pdf).

Desktop GPUs:
Download: Windows 7, 8, 8.1 (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142734/en-us?cjevent=003f93522fb411e981b900010a1c0e0e) | Windows 10 – Standard (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142736/en-us?cjevent=9db9d7002fb411e983d900000a1c0e10) / DCH (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142739/en-us?cjevent=b24790d42fb411e983a100020a1c0e13)

Notebook GPUs:
Download:  (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142737/en-us?cjevent=c81314c42fb411e983ec00000a1c0e11[/color) | Windows 10 - Standard (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142738/en-us?cjevent=d4812eea2fb411e983a100020a1c0e13) / DCH (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/142740/en-us?cjevent=e24005742fb411e983a100020a1c0e13)

source (http://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-releases-41891-whql-driver-optimizing-metro-exodus-and-dlss-in-battlefield-v)