… Related An RTX 3070 is living proof that software now matters more than hardware AI upscaling changed GPU aging forever, and the RTX 3070 is proof Nvidia's recent drivers feel like they were vibe coded into existence Release notes no longer inspire confidence At this point, I genuinely hesitate bef… …
… Nvidia's 2026 driver situation hasn't fared all that well, either The 50-series era is plagued by instability and bizarre QC Nvidia drivers used to be one of the safest updates you could install on a gaming PC. …
… Fortunately, while it's still a little more work than on Windows, modern official Nvidia drivers have made Linux gamers' lives a lot easier, especially when the GPU giant actively works on bugs and issues in open-source software. …
… Driver-level frame generation is the clearest example of where the software gap shows up in practice for me. Both vendors offer it: Smooth Motion on Nvidia, AFMF2 on AMD, but the implementations are far from equivalent. …
… Related All the settings in AMD, Intel, and Nvidia's drivers you need to enable Optimized defaults get your PC booting but there are tweaks to do for every GPU maker Do not force Resizable BAR globally on your PC That's where things might start to fall apart There's always a temptation to push furt… …
… Nvidia did eventually address the related issues in the later driver updates, but that's exactly the point. Windows players never had to wait for a fix, because the Nvidia ecosystem already optimized drivers on the platform before the game went live. …
… I thought that, like Nvidia, these issues may have been launch-related, and would be weeded out slowly as the drivers matured, but that doesn't seem to be the case. …
… Nvidia Profile Inspector – Revamped See at Github Related 5 ways the Nvidia app falls behind AMD Adrenalin AMD's GPU software is full of handy features. I've seen it, and now I can't unsee it If the Nvidia App is a polished gatekeeper, NVPI is the key to the castle. …
… You only need to open the Software & Updates tool, click on the Additional Drivers tab, and all the drivers for your hardware are listed right there. It gives me about a dozen options for my NVIDIA video card. …
… RAM firmware updates through software like iCUE are limited to modules from that specific manufacturer, and the process is opaque enough that most users wouldn't know where to begin. On top of that, drivers can compensate for a lot. GPU drivers handle far more than just rendering. …