Nvidia launches its Geforce 466.27 WHQL driver for Metro Exodus, Mass Effect, and Resident Evil

  

GeForce Game Ready Driver

Game Ready Drivers provide the best possible gaming experience for all major new releases. 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 for the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition

This new Game Ready Driver provides support for the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, which adds additional ray-traced effects and NVIDIA DLSS 2.0 for greater performance and improved image quality. Additionally, this release also provides optimal support for Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Resident Evil Village, along with support for 5 new G-SYNC Compatible displays.

New Features and Other Changes

– Added support for DirectX 12 Agility SDK.
– This driver updates the hash limiter for the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB and is required for product shipped starting mid-May

Changes and Fixed Issues in Version 466.27

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

– [NVIDIA Reflex][Rainbow Six Siege]: Fixed a number of performance related issues related to
NVIDIA Reflex and Rainbow Six Siege.
– [HDMI 2.1:] In-game FPS may be capped to the display refresh rate when “Vertical sync” is set
to Off [3285334].
– [Rigid Gems][Prepar3D]: The applications may crash or fail to launch.[3285067/3286874]

Open Issues in Version 466.27 WHQL

As with every released driver, version 466.27 WHQL of the Release 465 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

– Yellow bang with Error Code 10 appears by the NVIDIA Platform Controllers and Framework Properties in Device Manager after Express or Custom driver installation without reboot.[200716134] Reboot the system to clear the error, otherwise Dynamic Boost cannot be enabled.
– [Mortal Shell]: Unusual increase in the brightness occurs when Shadow Quality is set to Low or Medium. [200724762] To work around, set the Shadow Quality to High or Ultra.
– [Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]: The game may crash on GeForce GTX 10 series GPUs. [200719668] ? [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
– [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
– [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
– [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]

 

  

Product Compatibility (Desktop graphics cards)