NVIDIA has today released GeForce Game Ready 531.18 WHQL driver. The driver brings support for Atomic Heart DLSS3, THE FINALS closed beta and adds RTX Video Super Resolution, which uses AI to improve quality of videos streamed through Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge on GeForce RTX 30 and 40 Series GPUs.
Game Ready For Atomic Heart Available Now With DLSS 3
In Mundfish’s Atomic Heart, humans live in a utopia full of wonders, in harmony with their loyal and fervent robots. But with the upcoming launch of a new neural network version allowing them to control robots just mere days away, terrifying machines, superpowered robots and mutated creatures rise up against their creators, and only you can save Atomic Heart’s idealized world.
When Atomic Heart launched on February 21st, GeForce RTX gamers had class-leading performance, plus support for NVIDIA DLSS 3, NVIDIA DLSS 2 and NVIDIA Reflex.
When DLSS 3 is enabled, 4K performance with a GeForce RTX 4090 is boosted by 90% to 184 FPS, and with a GeForce RTX 4080 it’s increased by 80% to 146 FPS. With a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti at 1440p, DLSS 3 increases performance by 62%, running at max settings at over 160 FPS. DLSS 3 can also help boost performance in CPU-bound scenarios.
Game Ready For THE FINALS Closed Beta
Embark Studios’ THE FINALS is an upcoming free-to-play shooter set in a highly destructive world, making each match unique. Players form teams of three and enter tournaments with multiple teams duking it out simultaneously to progress to the next round. The goal is to collect, carry, and bank boxes of cash – the team with the most cash at the end of the round wins. But team wipes and steals see the pendulum of success swing widely from moment to moment, putting contestants on the edges of their seats each and every match.
On March 7th, a new two-week closed beta begins, giving gamers a chance to sample THE FINALS before its launch later this year. To participate, simply head to the game’s Steam page, and sign up via the button near the top of the page. Once the beta begins and your participation is confirmed, you’ll be able to download the game client via your Steam Library.
Selected players will discover support for NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex and hardware-accelerated RTXGI ray tracing, accelerating performance, making gameplay more responsive, and enhancing image quality.
RTX Video Super Resolution Now Available!
Available today with the new Game Ready Driver, RTX Video Super Resolution uses AI and RTX Tensor Cores to improve the quality of video watched in a Chrome or Edge browser by removing blocky compression artifacts and upscaling video resolution. This improves video sharpness and clarity, and lets people watch online content – whether from Twitch, YouTube, Netflix or Hulu – in its native resolution on high-resolution displays up to 4K.
Before enabling RTX VSR on your PC, your Chrome or Edge browser will need to be updated to the latest version. Chances are, your browser has already been updated. To enable VSR on your GeForce RTX 30 or 40 series PCs, open the NVIDIA control panel and under “Adjust Video Settings”, enable “Super resolution”.
Users can specify quality levels between 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). Higher quality levels will result in sharper images and improved artifact reduction. Higher quality levels require additional GPU resources, so if users need more horsepower to run creative apps or games while playing video, the quality level can be adjusted. All 30 and 40 series RTX GPUs are able to comfortably upscale using quality level 1, and xx70 class or higher are able to play most content at quality level 4.
New Games Supported By GeForce Experience’s Optimal Settings
- Atomic Heart
- Company of Heroes 3
- Hogwarts Legacy
- PERISH
- Sons Of The Forest
- The Settlers: New Allies
- Warlander
Fixed Issues
- [Steam version] Forza Horizon 4 may freeze after 15-30 minutes of gameplay [3866530]
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 occasional stability issues [3934963]
- Enable Dead Space Resizable Bar profile [3954048]
- Adobe After Effects / Media Encoder – issues with ProRes RAW files [3957455] [3957469]
- Adobe Premiere Pro application instability [3940086]
Known Issues
- Toggling HDR on and off in-game causes game stability issues when non-native resolution is used. [3624030]
- Monitor may briefly flicker on waking from display sleep if DSR/DLDSR is enabled. [3592260]
- [Halo Wars 2] In-game foliage is larger than normal and displays constant flickering [3888343]
- [GeForce RTX 4090] Watch Dogs 2 may display flickering when staring at the sky [3858016]
- Increase in DPC latency observed in Latencymon [3952556]
You can download the new driver from NVIDIA’s site here or through GeForce Experience
