Nvidia has officially released the Game Ready 580.88 WHQL version for GeForce graphics cards. The new version brings performance optimizations and DLSS 4.0 support for several recent games, including Mafia: The Old Country and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This update, available for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users, also expands the list of games supported by DLSS and frame rendering technologies.
Nvidia GeForce 580.88 Driver Released
Games gaining DLSS 4.0 support with the 580.88 driver include Mafia: The Old Country, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and Dead Take. Additionally, 7 Days to Die has gained both DLSS Super Resolution and DLAA support, while Guardians of Azuma has also joined the list of games that support both Super Resolution and Frame Rendering technologies. DLSS integration aims to increase frame rates while maintaining visual quality in these games.
The driver update isn’t limited to new features. Nvidia has also addressed bugs and performance issues users were experiencing in various games and software. Game-specific issues addressed include visual artifacts when ray tracing is enabled in World of Warcraft, random frame corruption around light sources in Battlefield 2042, performance degradation in Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered after the R575 version, micro-stuttering with VSYNC in Cyberpunk 2077, and the inability to launch Dirt 5.
Additionally, the driver updates address issues such as black spots in the Blender reference image, color distortion when cropping video in Windows Photos, and stability issues specific to advanced Optimus systems in applications like Cloudflare WARP.
Additionally, incompatibilities identified on certain monitor models and systems running hybrid graphics mode have been addressed. For example, a brief screen flicker that occurred when resizing the window on Samsung’s 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 has been resolved. Similarly, an issue that caused the screen to go blank when HDR was enabled on LG’s DisplayPort 2.1-supporting LGE 27GX790A-B has been resolved.
Nvidia also announced an important future plan with the driver update. Following the final update to the Game Ready drivers, which will be released in October 2025, graphics cards with Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures will receive only security updates for three years.
Zero-day optimizations for these cards will end, but quarterly security fixes will continue until October 2028. Support for the Windows 10 Game Ready drivers has been extended until October 2026.
