Monday, September 20th 2021
NVIDIA GeForce 472.12 Game Ready Drivers with Windows 11 Support Released
NVIDIA today released what is possibly its first official GeForce Game Ready driver with optimization for the release (RTM) of the Windows 11 operating system. GeForce 472.12 drivers come "game ready" for Windows 11, including a all the new graphics features introduced by the operating system. The drivers also pack optimization for "Alan Wake Remastered," including support for DLSS, which doubles frame-rates at 4K UHD. Also added is support for NVIDIA Reflex on "Deathloop," as well as the launches of "Diablo II: Resurrected," "Far Cry 6," "Hot Wheels Unleashed," "Industria," "New World," and "World War Z: Aftermath." The drivers also introduce CUDA 11.4.
NVIDIA also fixed a handful of issues. A stutter noticed in "Watch_Dogs Legion" with resizable-BAR enabled, has been fixed. A game crash with "Battlefield V" in DirectX 12 mode and HDR enabled, has been fixed. GPU clock speeds getting stuck at maximum with "Redshift3D" has been fixed. A bug with the upscaling factor setting in NVIDIA Control Panel, has been fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 472.12 WHQLGame Ready
NVIDIA also fixed a handful of issues. A stutter noticed in "Watch_Dogs Legion" with resizable-BAR enabled, has been fixed. A game crash with "Battlefield V" in DirectX 12 mode and HDR enabled, has been fixed. GPU clock speeds getting stuck at maximum with "Redshift3D" has been fixed. A bug with the upscaling factor setting in NVIDIA Control Panel, has been fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.
DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 472.12 WHQLGame Ready
- Windows 11
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Deathloop (NVIDIA Reflex technology)
- Diablo II: Resurrected
- Far Cry 6
- Hot Wheels Unleashed
- Industria
- New World
- World War Z: Aftermath
- Bravely Default II
- Deathloop
- GRIT
- Icarus
- Myst (2021)
- NBA 2K22
- Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
- The Legend of Heroes: Hajimari No Kiseki
- Twelve Minutes
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt
- [Watch Dogs Legion]: Stuttering may occur in the game with ReBAR enabled. [3356008]
- [Battlefield V][DirectX 12]: The game may crash with HDR enabled. [3353767]
- [Redshift3D]: GPU clocks may get stuck at the maximum rate. [3324452]
- [NVIDIA Control Panel]: After overinstalling the driver using express install when GPU scaling is enabled, the 0.59x upscaling factor is missing from the NVIDIA Control Panel scaling resolution list (Display > Change Resolution page). [200765424]
- [Deathloop][HDR]:TDR/corruption occurs in the game with Windows HDR enabled.
- If this issue occurs, toggle the Windows HDR setting.
- [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
- Tom Clancy's The Division 2 may display graphical artifacts. [200754013]
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed may crash on courses where players drive through water. [3338967]
26 Comments on NVIDIA GeForce 472.12 Game Ready Drivers with Windows 11 Support Released
Also, I don't see the problem with installing drivers on battery, as long as I have hours of battery life remaining. In fact, I would be more concerned about doing that on my desktop, since it doesn't currently have an UPS.