NVIDIA today released the latest version of its GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 461.92 WHQL officially introduces NVIDIA Reflex support for “Overwatch.” The technology is designed to significantly reduce input lag and whole system latency, which should improve competitive gameplay as your mouse inputs get registered quicker with the game, making your hits accurate. The table below shows the impact of Reflex on whole system latency with “Overwatch.”

A number of issues were also fixed with GeForce 461.92. Some desktop applications flickering or stuttering when resizing the window on certain PC configurations; have been fixed. A random flickering noticed on top of the monitor on PCs with GeForce GTX 1660 Super, has been fixed. Pixellated black dots or artifacts noticed on the character model in “Red Dead Redemption 2” with the Vulkan renderer, has been fixed. Also improved are game loading times with “Rocket League.” The drivers optimize the shader cache with “Fortnite” to reduce intermittent stutter on certain PCs. An annoying bug with GeForce Experience in-game overlay launching when Zoom meetings start, has been fixed. Lastly, a BSOD when connecting to certain Samsung 8K TVs has been fixed. Grab the driver from the link below.

GeForce Game Ready Driver
Introduces NVIDIA Reflex support for “Overwatch.”

Fixed Issues in this Release

• Some desktop applications may flicker or stutter when resizing the window on some PC configurations
• [GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER]: Random flickering may appear across the top of the monitor on some PC configurations.
• [Vulkan][Red Dead Redemption 2]: The game may display pixelated black dots or artifacts on characters’ skin.
• [Rocket League]: Matches may take longer to load.
• [Fortnite]: Shader cache optimizations have been made to reduce intermittent stutter on some PC configurations.
• [Detroit: Become Human]: Game may crash when launched with Image Sharpening enabled.
• [Dungeon & Fighter]: The game may blink when choosing characters.
• [Zoom]: GeForce Experience In-game Overlay launches when a Zoom meeting starts.
• Enabling NVIDIA Surround with 4K HDMI 2.1 TVs may fail.
• Blue-screen crash may occur when connecting/disconnecting to/from the Samsung 8K TV.

Windows 10 Issues

• [Rainbow Six Siege][Vulkan]: Smoke appears pixelated. [3266916]
• [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
• [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218]
• [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]
• [G-SYNC][NVIDIA Ampere/Turing GPU architecture]: GPU power consumption may increase in idle mode on systems using certain higher refresh-rate G-SYNC monitors. [200667566]
• [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
• [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]