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NVIDIA today released GeForce 391.24 WHQL software. The drivers add more optimization for “Sea of Thieves,” and two new NVIDIA Freestyle post-fx filters – “Old Film” and “Tilt-Shift.” The drivers address issues related to VR headsets from both HTC and Oculus, in which the headset would stop working after several application launches or resumption of system from hibernation. A bug that prevented Freestyle from being enabled on games that support it, is fixed. MPC-HC no longer stutters in the first couple of seconds of the video playback. A driver TDR error with Mozilla Firefox was fixed. A rare bug that caused stuttering on “Rise of Tomb Raider” when opening the in-game menu on GTX 1060, was fixed.

You can download the new GeForce 391.24 WHQL drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

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AMD has released the latest version Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition. Version 18.3.3 Beta is the third release for this month, and features a major API update, in addition to game optimization. The drivers introduce support for the Vulkan 1.1 API. In addition, the drivers provide optimization for “Sea of Thieves,” and “A Way Out.” An intermittent stuttering issue was fixed with “Forza Motorsport 7.” A system hang seen on “Star Wars Battlefront 2,” on multi-GPU systems, was fixed. Also fixed are flickering and objects disappearing from the scene, with “Final Fantasy XV.”

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.3.3 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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AMD has released Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.3.2 Beta, its second significant driver release for this month. These drivers include heavier optimization for “Final Fantasy XV.” This includes up to 4 percent higher frame-rates at 1080p compared to the older 18.3.1 drivers, when tested with a Radeon RX Vega 64; and up to 7 percent higher frame-rates at the same resolution, when tested with the RX 580 8 GB. It also fixes a stuttering issue noticed in the game, when rendering scenes with heavy particle effects.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.3.2 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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AMD has released its first Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition drivers for this month, version 18.3.1 Beta. The drivers come with optimization for “Final Fantasy XV,” and “Warhammer: Vermintide II.” It also includes some fine-tuning for Dota 2 that delivers up to 6 percent higher frame-rates than 17.12.1 drivers, at 4K Ultra HD, when tested with an RX 580 graphics card. The drivers also fix application crashes with “Sea of Thieves,” multi-GPU flickering seen in “Middle-earth: Shadow of War,” and some color-corruption noticed with “World of Tanks” in certain multi-GPU configurations.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.3.1 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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NVIDIA today released the latest version of their driver suite, which aims to bring users’ systems up to scratch towards playing the latest games with as much performance and stability as possible. The new 391.01 version of NVIDIA’s driver suite brings GameReady improvements that pave the way towards Final Fantasy XV – Windows Edition’s release. This driver release packs a bigger punch than just Final Fantasy XV, though; it’s also a Game Ready driver release for the upcoming Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and for the upcoming World of Tanks’ graphics engine upgrade, which will bring tons of graphics features, updates and improvements to the base World of Tanks experience.

You can download the new GeForce 391.01 Game Ready Drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

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AMD had released the latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition. Version 18.2.3, the third release for this month, comes with optimization for “Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age,” “Sea of Thieves,” and “Brass Tactics.” With “Sea of Thieves,” the drivers enable up to 29% higher frame-rates at 4K UHD, when measured with Radeon RX Vega 64, and up to 39% higher frame-rates at 1080p, when measured with an RX 580. With FFXII, it enables up to 13% higher frame-rates at 1440p measured with an RX Vega 64, and up to 20% higher frame-rates at 1080p, with an RX 580.

A host of FreeSync-related bugs are addressed with this release. They correct a bug experienced with FreeSync kicking in during online video-playback in Google Chrome, causing flickering; rapid frame-rate changes between minimum and maximum FPS ranges when gaming in certain system configurations; which causes stuttering; and a flickering observed on FreeSync-capable displays when performance metrics overlay is enabled with Enhanced Sync. A Radeon Overlay flickering noticed on Vulkan API games was fixed. A display corruption issue with “Fortnite” was fixed.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.3 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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AMD has released the WHQL version of its Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.1 Beta drivers, which the company had introduced just five days ago. There’s no apparent difference between this driver version and the previously released one, other than the WHQL certification – this might mean some additional stability in the new driver release compared to its Beta version, though mileage may vary.

Just as a friendly reminder, the Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.1 drivers add support for Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, while fixing a number of bugs with FreeSync and the Vulkan API, among others.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.1 WHQL drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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AMD today released its latest version of Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition. Version 18.2.1 Beta adds optimization for “Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age.” It also corrects a bug with AMD FreeSync which caused it to switch between minimum and maximum refresh-rate range, causing a stutter. FreeSync compatibility with Samsung CF791 displays, was also improved. It also corrects a game launch issue with “Sid Meier’s Civilization V” on hybrid graphics systems. Radeon Chill compatibility is improved with games that use the Vulkan API (such as “Doom” and “Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.” Texture and artifact glitches were corrected in games such as “NFS: Payback” and “Hyperdimension Neptunia.”

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.2.1 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.

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NVIDIA has released the latest update to its GeForce software. Version 390.77 WHQL drivers come game-ready for four of the week’s hottest game releases, including “Metal Gear Survive,” “Black Desert Online,” “Kingdom Come: Deliverance,” and “War Thunder.” It adds or updates SLI profiles for “DiRT 4,” “Hot Lava,” “Metal Gear Survive,” and ” Ode.” The drivers address several issues specific to Windows 10, such as display corruption/blanking when, for example, multiple displays are connected to a GTX 780 Ti SLI setup; G-Sync displays connected to TITAN V with its memory being overclocked; or a BSOD crash when “Gears of War 4″ on GeForce 10-series GPUs.

You can download the new GeForce 390.77 WHQL Game Ready Graphics Drivers from GeForce Experience and GeForce.com.

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AMD late Thursday released Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.1.1 Beta drivers to the public. Bearing the same version numbering as the early-January 18.1.1 Alpha release, these drivers have a more detailed change-log, which includes the game crash fix for DirectX 9 games; freezing experienced in DRM-protected video playback, a stability issue affecting Windows 10 “Movies & TV” app, color corruption on Radeon Overlay when running multiple game and 3D applications, PUBG menu flickering in multi-GPU systems, and more.

The new Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.1.1 Beta drivers are available online at the AMD driver download page.