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NVIDIA recently confirmed that it was still in the process of "actively investigating" black screen issues and other bugs plaguing some GeForce RTX 50 series owners, and now it's released new 'Game Ready' and 'Studio' driver packages that, according to the release notes, stomps out "various" black screen bugs.
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In case you missed it, NVIDIA recently pushed out a new WHQL-certified driver package for GeForce hardware, version 572.16. That went out on January 30 to coincide with the retail release of its GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 graphics cards. In the days since, however, NVIDIA has made available a hotfix GPU...
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If you're using an NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, NVS, or Tesla GPU, sit up and take notice. NVIDIA has just released a driver update that addresses several security vulnerabilities in its GPU drivers and vGPU software. We're used to seeing driver updates aimed at improving stability or performance, but this one is primarily...
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Bethesda has a hit on its hands with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a game that's earned a 'Very Positive' user review ranking on Steam, and high 80s critic scores on Metacritic (88 for PC and 86 for Xbox). That said, if you're running a GeForce GPU in your desktop or laptop and are having stuttering issues in...
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Have you checked out our review of Intel's Arc B580 "Battlemage" GPU yet? Hopefully, you already have and you're well aware that the Arc B580 is a competent entry-level GPU with solid 1080p and 1440p performance. We benchmarked 20 games, though, including the usual suspects alongside some more unusual titles, like...
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Bethesda has opened up early access for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle ahead of the game's broad release on Monday, December 9, and right cue, NVIDIA has come out with optimized GPU drivers to squeeze the most performance possible out of your GeForce RTX GPU. The latest GPU—version 566.36 WHQL—also includes some...
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If you read that headline and thought, "wait, didn't AFMF 2 already come out," then you're thinking of the preview release back in July. At that time, AMD released a beta driver that contained support for the AI-improved, driver-based frame generation technology, and invited users to help test it. As a beta driver, it...
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It's been nearly two decades since Crysis came out and brought modern gaming PCs (for the time period) to their knees (and four years since Crysis Remastered), prompting the popular meme, 'Yeah, but can it run Crysis?', which was the result steep system requirements and poor software optimizations. Lest there be any...
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Intel's GPU driver team has made a habit out of delivering massive performance increases on a surprisingly frequent basis. The latest round comes by way of the latest Intel Arc beta driver, version 31.0.101.5379, which brings big gains of up to 174% for Arc A-series graphics cards, and up to 117% for Core Ultra CPUs...
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It's barely been four weeks since we wrote about a WHQL-certified Intel Arc graphics driver purporting to deliver massive performance gains by triple-digit percentages in some titles. Our coverage led to Intel creating a cool graphic (see above) and lest anyone thought it was mere lip service, it's now offering...
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Ubisoft is on track to release Skull and Bones this Friday to PC and console, and in preparation for its debut on the former, NVIDIA is rolling out a new GeForce GPU driver that's optimized for the upcoming open-world action game. Part of that includes Day-1 ray tracing Deep Learning Super Sampling 2 (DLSS 2) support...
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Attention all GeForce graphics card owners, if you're system is inexplicable stuttering, the latest hotfix GPU driver from NVIDIA may be the salve to sooth your pain. Released last night, NVIDIAs hotfix driver version 551.46 purportedly addresses several situations in which stuttering may rear its ugly head, and it...
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Somewhere out there is an Intel Arc software engineer who's chugging a Red Bull while furiously hammering out driver code and wearing a t-shirt that reads, 'Big performance gains or bust'. Or maybe not. Either way, the continued development of Arc on the software side has been nothing short of impressive, with now yet...
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Intel deserves some kudos for maintaining a regular driver update schedule for its Arc GPU family. Even more impressive, though, is the effort its driver team has put into delivering chunky performance gains, with the biggest to date being a massive 750% improvement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. Intel's newest...
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NVIDIA rolled out a new 'Game Ready' GPU driver for GeForce owners this week, version 546.29 WHQL, which brings optimizations to Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition (not to be confused with the 2.1 update) and some bug fixes. Since then, however, NVIDIA has made available an optional GPU hotfix—version 546.31—to squash a...
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There are plenty of gamers who are having a blast in Alan Wake II, a survival horror game with bone-crunching system requirements (particularly if you want to play at a 4K resolution with max settings and ray tracing on high). If you're having performance issues while playing the game, you may need to dial back the...
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Bolt on your metal armor and pull out your automatic Beretta, because Robocop: Rogue City releases today. This new title from the developers of sleeper hit Terminator: Resistance has had almost no marketing, yet its extremely faithful adaptation of the film and Unreal Engine 5-powered graphics managed to garner the...
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Horror fans will get to see if Alan Wake II lives up to the hype when the game releases later this week. In the meantime, gamers who own an Intel Arc graphics card can download the latest Arc driver, version 31.0.101.4900, for a purportedly substantial performance gain at both 1080p and 1440p resolutions, according to...
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If you own an Intel Arc graphics card, congratulations, you're about to receive a huge performance boost in a whole bunch of games. All you have to do is apply the latest Arc GPU driver, version 31.0.101.4885. According to the release notes, double-digit performance gains are there for the taking, culminating in over...
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Okay, maybe "need" in our headline is a bit extreme. Don't try telling that to folks who are having a bear of a time getting up and running smoothly in Starfield on their Arc A770 or other Alchemist-based graphics card, though. In a statement last week, Intel said it was "aware of issues" with the game and was...
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It didn't take very long for Starfield to ascend in rankings on Steam with a peak of 234,502 concurrent players in just the first 24 hours, which already qualifies it for the seventh highest of all-time. To say it's off to a great start in terms of player interest is an understatement. Now the race is on to fine tune...
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Intel's efforts to improve its graphics drivers continue apace. We probably don't have to tell an audience of enthusiasts that Arc launched in a less than ideal state, and that lead to a sub-optimal first impression for the brand. Intel has been working hard ever since to correct course, and its regular driver...
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