Nvidia Launches Geforce 418.91 Drivers for Metro Exodus and Battlefield V with DLSS

This week is a big one in the world of PC gaming, with Friday, February 15th marking the release of Metro Exodus, Crackdown 3, Far Cry: New Dawn and Anthem’s Early Access. All of which are big releases in their own right. 
 
To prepare for these new game releases, Nvidia has launched their new Geforce 418.91 WHQL driver for Metro Exodus and Battlefield V, which ship complete with optimisations for Nvidia’s RTX Raytracing and DLSS. With DLSS, Nvidia promises up to 40% more performance in Battlefield V and calls their driver a “must-have” for Anthem Early Access, Far Cry: New Dawn and Crackdown 3. 

Today, we have released our Early Access Performance Review for Metro Exodus, which includes some testing with Nvidia’s DLSS tech and RTX technology, albeit with their older 417.71 driver.  

Geforce 418.91

Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases, including Virtual Reality games. Prior to a new title launching, our driver team is working up until the last minute to ensure every performance tweak and bug fix is included for the best gameplay on day-1. 

Game Ready

Provides the optimal gaming experience when using DLSS and Ray Tracing in Battlefield V and Metro Exodus.

Software Module Versions

• nView – 149.34
• HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.13
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.18.0907
• GeForce Experience – 3.17.0.126
• CUDA – 10.0

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 418.91

The following sections list the important changes and the most common issues resolved in this version. This list is only a subset of the total number of changes made in this driver version. The NVIDIA bug number is provided for reference.

Fixed Issues in this Release

– [Battlefield 1]: Lines appear in the terrain with NVIDIA Control Panel anisotropic filtering override enabled.[1969966]
– [GeForce RTX 20 series]: Event ID 14 error appears in event viewer logs when Digital Vibrance setting is changed. [2488424]

Open Issues in Version 418.91 WHQL

As with every released driver, version 418.91 WHQL of the Release 418 driver has open issues and enhancement requests associated with it. This section includes lists of issues that are either not fixed or not implemented in this version. Some problems listed may not have been thoroughly investigated and, in fact, may not be NVIDIA issues. Others may have workaround solutions.

For notebook computers, issues can be system-specific and may not be seen on your particular notebook.

Windows 10 Issues

– [G-SYNC]: With a G-SYNC and G-SYNC Compatible display connected in clone mode, flashing occurs on games played on the G-SYNC display with G-SYNC
enabled. [200482157]
– [Apex Legends]: DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG error message may appear and then the game crashes.[2503360]
– [Hitman 2]: Pixelated corruption appears in the game. [2504274]
– [Iray][OptiX]: Iray GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]
– [HDR][Ni no Kuni 2]: Enabling HDR causes the application to crash when launched. [2483952]
– [ARK Survival]: Multiple errors and then blue-screen crash may occur when playing the game. [2453173]
– [Batman: Arkham Origins]: PhysX fog renders incorrectly [2451459]
– [Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox. [2107201]
– Dynamic Super Resolution (DSR) is not available for monitors with 4k2k timings. [2496987]
– Random desktop flicker occurs on some multi-display PCs [2453059]

Windows 7 Issues

– Random TDR events occur. [2500396]
– [iRay][OptiX]: iRay GPU acceleration crashes and falls back to CPU acceleration. [2503738]