nvidia’s-geforce-hotfix-driver-gets-these-popular-games-to-stop-freezing-and-crashing
Nobody likes it when a game freezes up or outright crashes (not even gaming masochists), so kudos to NVIDIA for pushing out a GeForce hotfix driver to handle that very factor in a handful of in style titles. The hotfix additionally guarantees higher general stability in some particular video games, and addresses a efficiency difficulty some folks have noticed in Red Dead Redemption 2.
As it applies to Red Dead Redemption 2, NVIDIA’s newest GPU driver (model 516.59) can apparently decrease the efficiency when utilizing DLSS, in comparison with earlier drivers. Applying the GeForce hotfix driver (model 516.79) addresses the difficulty. It’s not clear precisely how a lot of a efficiency drop (or acquire, with the hotfix) NVIDIA is speaking about, however hey, each little bit helps, right?
Here’s the complete listing of video games and fixes…
  • Apex Legends: Improves gameplay stability
  • Overwatch: Game could freeze on launching a match
  • Dungeons 3: Game will crash on startup
  • Red Dead Redemption 2: Performance enchancment when utilizing DLSS is decrease in comparison with earlier drivers
  • Destiny 2: Game could randomly freeze after launching game or throughout gameplay
  • Halo Infinite: Increase stability throughout gameplay
If you are not working into any of the above points, you would be high quality to skip the hotfix, because it would not embrace anything of be aware—there aren’t any safety patches, extra game optimizations, or anything not listed above. On the flip facet, if you happen to’ve been pulling your hair making an attempt to determine why Overwatch or Destiny 2 has been freezing up, you may as nicely give the hotfix a whirl.
The solely solution to get the hotfix is thru a guide download. NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience would not fetch hotfix releases, nor will you discover it when heading to NVIDIA’s driver download web page. The hyperlink to download the 516.79 hotfix could be discovered on the discharge notes web page.
Alternatively, you may await NVIDIA’s common driver update, which ought to include all of those identical fixes.