AMD today put out the first Radeon Software release for the month of November 2021, with the Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.11.1 beta. These drivers add optimization for "Call of Duty: Vanguard," and "Forza Horizon 5." For the latter, the drivers provide a massive 23% performance gain at 4K with "extreme" settings over the previous driver, as tested on a machine with an RX 6800 XT graphics card. A couple of issues have been fixed. Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95T monitors were showing up display corruption with their resolution set at 5120 x 1440 @ 240 Hz, which has been fixed. Certain visual artifacts in the menu screen of "Call of Duty: Warzone," have been fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 21.11.1 beta

NVIDIA today released the latest GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 471.96 WHQL doesn't come with any new game optimizations tied to a game launch, but adds support for 6 new G-SYNC compatible displays, and adds 24 new titles to the GeForce Experience "Optimal" settings. The drivers also update scaling resolution in NVIDIA Image Sharpening feature. A handful bugs were also fixed. DPC latency being higher on 8 bpc color than 10 bpc color has been fixed. A problem detecting supported resolutions on Samsung Odyssey G9 has been fixed. A BSOD noticed when two of these displays are connected at 240 Hz, has also been fixed. NVDisplay.Container.exe constantly writing data to a ProgramData location has been fixed. Discrete NVIDIA GPUs frequently waiting up on notebooks with Windows 11, has been fixed. Topaz Denoise stability issues on "Turing" and "Volta" GPUs has been fixed. Grab the drivers from the link below.

DOWNLOAD: NVIDIA GeForce 471.96 WHQL

A listing has surfaced on Chinese website Taobao featuring what is being described as the 2021 update for the ultra-premium Samsung Odyssey G9 gaming monitor. It keeps the DNA of the Odyssey G9 - that means the 49" VA panel, 5120×1440 resolution and 1000R curvature remain. The devil, as always, is in the details; the new monitor is expected to feature a MiniLED backlight solution featuring 2048 dimming zones, which should enable a contrast ratio of 4,000:1 and an eventual, first-of-its-kind DisplayHDR 2000 certification by VESA. The current maximum under the standard stands at DisplayHDR 1400, so it's quite the jump for maximum HDR quality.