NVIDIA has released a brand new driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce 471.11 WHQL driver offers optimal performance in Doom Eternal with its upcoming Ray Tracing and DLSS patch.
Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for LEGO Builder’s Journey which includes several ray-traced effects and performance-accelerating DLSS, the latest update for Rust which adds NVIDIA DLSS technology, F1 2021, and the new NVIDIA Reflex integration in Escape from Tarkov.
It’s also worth noting that release 470 will be the last driver branch to support desktop Kepler GPUs.
Furthermore, the NVIDIA GeForce 471.11 WHQL driver comes with a number of bug fixes. For instance, it fixes some random flickering issues in World of Warcraft: Shadowlands. It also fixes the incorrect color issues in games when using sharpen Freestyle filter with HDR on NVIDIA Ampere GPUs.
You can download this new driver from here. Below you can also find its complete changelog.
NVIDIA GeForce 471.11 WHQL Driver Release Notes
Game Ready Driver
This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the latest new titles and updates, including the latest patch for DOOM Eternal which introduces ray-trace reflections and NVIDIA DLSS technology. Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for LEGO Builder’s Journey which includes several ray-traced effects and performance-accelerating DLSS, the latest update for Rust which adds NVIDIA DLSS technology, F1 2021, and the new NVIDIA Reflex integration in Escape from Tarkov.
Advance Notice of Discontinued Support
Release 470 will be the last driver branch to support desktop GPUs based on the Kepler architecture.
Fixed Issues
- [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game
- [SLI][GeForce GTX 980M]: The system locks with a black screen upon booting into Windows.
- [Surround][GeForce RTX 3090]: With Surround active, setting Bezel Correction disables Surround.
- [Crossfire][GeForce Experience][FreeStyle]: Freestyle might not work on Crossfire after the game is updated.
- [HDR]: Some specific HDMI displays might show some flickering in HDR mode.
- [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background.
- [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: Colors may appear incorrect in games if sharpen Freestyle filter is used with HDR enabled.
- Display may flicker or lose signal when launching a game on an adaptive-sync VRR monitor in multi-monitor configuration when sharing the same display mode
- DisplayPort monitor may not wake from sleep when connected in extended mode with an HDMI 2.1 display that is powered off.
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I’ll wait for the usual hotfix.
DLSS is old news. Everybody is impresssed with AMD’s FSR
People with garbage gpus: too lazy to reduce resolution and apply a sharpening filter
AMD: have some FSR
We are really going backwards, lmao
He is a fanboy did you notice the tone of his comment, he is trying to advertise FSR without explanation he only says that everyone is impressed which is a BIG F*CKING LIE…..Digital Foundry made a review about FSR and the image quality was trash even at FSR Ultra Quality mode.
Just block him if he continues posting fanboy junk
I’m guessing you haven’t seen the Digital Foundry review of FSR yet? So far it isn’t looking good if Godfall is any indication. I would use TAA over it if I ever needed to anyway.
I like playing some Arcane Dimensions and good new Qadddicted maps regularly. I tried Doom 2016 last week for the first time. I finished it, and still have nightmares. The Bethesda logo at the start should have been a warning sign, but I thought how bad can it get. id is dead. They literally made AND killed the shooter genre with Doom. What’s left is a twitching corpse for idiots with the attention span of a fly.
Quake, on the other hand, is very much alive. And that gives me hope.