
Nvidia's brand-new graphics card lineup debuts today with the GeForce RTX 5090 and GeForce RTX 5080 GPUs. To match them, the company has now released the GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.16 WHQL driver. It touts support for the new hardware, as well as Nvidia's new and improved DLSS 4 upscaler with multi frame generation, as well as optimizations for a couple of new games.
As such, those looking to jump into Marvel's Spider-Man 2 or Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will want to install this driver for optimal performance.
Here are all the technology upgrades this driver brings along, which are mostly for 50 series cards:
- DLSS 4: New AI innovations further enhance image quality, and accelerate performance. And DLSS Multi Frame Generation, in conjunction with the suite of other DLSS technologies, multiplies frame rates by up to 8X on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs
- DLSS 4 Overrides: Upgrade over 75 games and apps to DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation using a new NVIDIA app feature
- NVIDIA App: RTX Video Super Resolution optimizations and enhancements, new multiple display settings, Advanced Optimus support, and more are introduced in a new NVIDIA app update
- NVIDIA Broadcast: Update the popular app now to add two new AI-powered effects
- RTX Game Updates: Get Game Ready for DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, RTX Mega Geometry, RTX Hair, and Neural Radiance Cache, in new updates for Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle™, and Star Wars™ Outlaws
- NVIDIA Smooth Motion: A new driver-based AI model delivers smoother gameplay by inferring an additional frame between two rendered frames on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs
- New G-SYNC Compatible Displays: Another 19 gaming displays are now supported
Here are the fixed issues of this driver:
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- Certain G-SYNC Compatible monitors may display flickering when game FPS drops below 60FPS [5003305]
- [G-SYNC] Indiana Jones and the Great Circle may display micro-stutters when Vertical Sync is disabled [5015165]
- Improved stability for Ubisoft games using the Snowdrop engine [4914325]
Fixed General Bugs
- [Evernote/QQ/Asus Armoury Crate] displays higher than normal CPU usage [4730911]
- Motion blur renders incorrectly in some more cases in Blender Cycles [4912221]
- [KeyShot2024] TDR on loading the scene Camera Keyframe Animation [4909719]
Lastly, the known issues are these:
- Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted [4995658]
- [VRay 6] Unexpected Low Performance on CUDA Vpath Tests for Blackwell GPUs [4915763]
The Nvidia 572.16 driver is now available for install via Nvidia app and GeForce Experience. Standalone links can be found here. Here are the official release notes (PDF).
UPDATE: Nvidia has also revealed that a number of GPU vulnerabilities are being addressed with this driver. From the seven Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) listed on Nvidia's January 2025 Security Bulletin, two are given High severity scores. Here are all the CVE IDs, severity scores, and their impacts:
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver
- CVE‑2024‑0150: 7.1 - Information disclosure, denial of service, and data tampering
- CVE‑2024‑0147 : 5.5 - Denial of service, data tampering
- CVE‑2024‑53869: 5.5 - Information disclosure
- CVE‑2024‑0131: 4.4 - Denial of service
- CVE‑2024‑0149: 3.3 - Information Disclosure
NVIDIA vGPU Software
- CVE‑2024‑0146: 7.8 - Code execution, denial of service, information disclosure, data tampering
- CVE‑2024‑53881: 5.5 - Denial of service
Nvidia recommends downloading the latest driver update from its download page. For vGPU software and Cloud Gaming, updates can be found from the company's Licensing Portal.
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