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Title: Nvidia 581.42 driver brings optimizations for Battlefield 6 and DLSS 4 for FBC:
Post by: javajolt on September 30, 2025, 04:50:40 PM
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Nvidia has released a new graphics driver under version 581.42 WHQL. Today's release brings DLSS 4 support and optimizations for two games: Battlefield 6, which will be released on October 10, and FBC: Firebreak, which was released in June and is currently available on Steam during the Autumn sale.

As usual, the update introduces several gaming fixes:

As usual, the update introduces several gaming fixes:

   • Battlefield 2042: Increased GPU Crashing when calling CDXGISwapChain::Present()

   • Forza Horizon 4: light flickering on RTX 50 series

   • Planet Coaster 2: crashes after driver update

   • FPS significantly drops when using Smooth Motion with RivaTuner FPS cap

   • R580 drivers are causing stuttering in games using the GODOT engine

And here is the list of general fixes:

   • Adobe After Effects / Premiere Pro: crash on launch when Smooth Motion is enabled globally

   • Adobe Premiere Pro: Some system configurations can freeze during export using hardware encoding

   • When Video Noise Reduction is enabled, the chroma is grayscale

If you want to upgrade your graphics driver to the latest version, beware of the following known bugs:

   • Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game resolution is lower than the    native resolution of the display

   • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver update on some system configurations

Nvidia 581.42 WHQL is available on 64-bit systems with Windows 10 and 11 and the following graphics cards:

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You can download driver 581.42 WHQL from the official Nvidia website (http://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/) or the Nvidia app. Release notes are available here (http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.42/581.42-win11-win10-release-notes.pdf) (PDF).

source (http://www.neowin.net/news/nvidia-58142-driver-brings-optimizations-for-battlefield-6-and-dlss-4-for-fbc-firebreak/)