The highly anticipated Battlefield 5 game is finally going to release a few days from now on 15th Nov. Just in time, Nvidia decided to release its latest Nvidia Geforce Driver 416.81 that are specially optimized for Battlefield V on PC. Nvidia has been doing this for a while now and whenever a major triple-A title is about to be released Nvidia releases specialized drivers for the game to help with the performance on its Geforce Graphic Cards.
This time around, there are some major improvements and bug fixes as you will find in the changelog below. For example, Nvidia Geforce Driver 416.81 will fix the multi-monitor idle power draw being very high in the RTX cards. Furthermore, stuttering issues with HEVC video playback and the blue-screen crash when exiting games when using a G-Sync monitor with a non-G-Sync monitor has also been fixed.
Moreover, this driver update also fixes some general issues with ARK: Survival such as some minor cursor movement issues that was causing FPS drops but the main focus is on the upcoming Battlefield V game.
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Nvidia Geforce Driver 416.81 Changelog
Game Ready
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Battlefield V.Software Module Versions
- nView – 149.34
- HD Audio Driver – 1.3.38.4
- NVIDIA PhysX System Software – 9.18.0907
- GeForce Experience – 3.15.0.186
- CUDA – 10.0
Existing Support
This release supports the following APIs:
- Open Computing Language (OpenCLTM software) 1.2 for NVIDIA KeplerTM and later GPUs
- OpenGL 4.6
- Vulkan 1.1
- DirectX 11
- DirectX 12 (Windows 10)
Fixed Issues
- [Windows Defender Application Guard][vGPU][Surround]: Edge Browser with Application Guard cannot be opened when Surround is enabled. [200443580]
- [Turing GPU]: Multi-monitor idle power draw is very high. [2400161]
- [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti][G-Sync]: Blue-screen crash may occur when exiting games when using a G-Sync monitor with a non-G-Sync monitor. [2431628]
- [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti]: Stuttering occurs with HEVC video playback. [2414594]
- [GeForce GTX 970]: When audio playback is paused, audio receiver switches from multi-channel to stereo. Increased period from 5 seconds to 10 seconds. [2327715]
- [GeForce GTX 1060]AV receiver switches to 2-channel stereo mode after 5 seconds of audio idle. [2204857]
- [SLI][NVIDIA TITAN X][NVENC]: Recording and streaming of NVENC applications do not work. [2421622]
- [DirectX 11 games]: Mouse cursor causes FPS to go out of sync with windowed GSync.[2411009]
- [ARK Survival]: Improved game stability. [2420789]
- [Shadow of the Tomb Raider]: Improved game stability. [2416743]
- [Witcher 3 Wild Hunt]: Flickering occurs during gameplay. [200455193]
- [Monster Hunter World]: Corruption is seen when Volume Rendering is off. [2400914]
- [Far Cry 5]: Flickering occurs during gameplay. [2400207]
Open Issues
Windows 10 Issues
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[SLI[[GeForce RTX 2080/2080Ti]: Single GPU response slows down after enabling/ disabling SLI, requiring system reboot. [2384948]
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[GeForce GTX 1080Ti]: Random DPC watchdog violation error when using multiple GPUs on motherboards with PLX chips. [2079538]
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[GeForce GTX 780]: Activity on the desktop lags. [2423588]
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[SLI][HDR][Battlefield 1]: With HDR enabled, the display turns pink after changing the refresh rate from 144 Hz to 120 Hz using in-game settings. [200457196]
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[Firefox]: Cursor shows brief corruption when hovering on certain links in Firefox.[2107201]
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[G-Sync]: G-sync may not disengage after exiting games. [2418574]
Battlefield V Release Date
Battlefield V release schedule is a bit complicated depending on the platform and the version of the game you have bought but here is a simplistic breakdown
- November 9: EA Access (Xbox One) and Origin Access Premier (PC) subscribers can play the full game early.
- November 15: Those who have pre-ordered the Deluxe Edition, on any platform, (called early enlisters) will have access to the game on this date.
- November 20: The release of the Standard Edition
This is all, for now, let us know in the comments if you are all geared up for Battlefield V.