NVIDIA has just released a new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 581.57 WHQL driver offers optimal performance in ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

ARC Raiders will be released on October 30th. On the other hand, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 and The Outer Worlds 2 will come out on October 21st. All of these games will support DLSS 4. So, if you plan to get them, I suggest using this driver.

The NVIDIA GeForce 581.57 WHQL driver also comes with a number of bug fixes. For instance, it fixes some game stability issues that could be caused by the Steam overlay. It also addresses the random red/green visual glitches that could occur in Hell is Us. Madden 26 will be more stable now with these drivers. As such, the game will not crash as frequently on your PC.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will no longer display artifacts when starting a game after waking PC from sleep. It should also be more stable now with this new driver. Same goes for Delta Force. According to NVIDIA, the game will be more stable when using Smooth Motion. On top of that, the green team resolved some graphics corruption issues that could occur in Total War: Warhammer III.

From what I can see, there is no mention of the graphical issues that could occur in some Unreal Engine 5 games like Silent Hill f or Mafia: The Old Country. If you’re playing them, I suggest sticking with the 580.88 driver. I was able to finish both of them with that driver, without experiencing any visual artifacts. There is also no mention of a fix for the Anisotropic Filtering issue that plagues all the NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs. From what I’ve heard, NVIDIA will add this fix in an upcoming 585.xx driver.

Like always, you can download this new driver from this link. For those wondering, yes. There is still support for Windows 10. Below, you can also find its complete changelog.

NVIDIA GeForce 581.57 WHQL Driver Release Notes

Game Ready for ARC Raiders

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including ARC Raiders, Pax Dei, The Outer Worlds, 2, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• Steam overlay may cause game stability issues [5521892]
• Hell is Us: Random red/green visual glitches during gameplay [5505371]
• Black Myth: Wukong: Minor graphical glitch may randomly appear during gameplay after updating to R580 drivers [5453535]
• Madden 26: Stability issues after updating to R580 drivers [5446236]
• Games may crash if the installed game directory contains Chinese characters while Smooth Motion is enabled [5537563]
• Total War: Warhammer III: Graphics corruption [5363634]
• Delta Force: game stability issues when Smooth Motion is enabled [5540567]
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Display artifacts and stability issues when starting a game after waking PC from sleep [5467318]

Fixed General Bugs

• Black screen on Alienware AW2524H monitor after changing display settings [5430236]
• DxO Photolab 9: Stability issues when using the AI masks [5475130]

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John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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