NVIDIA has released the Game Ready Driver 617.42 on October 6, which primarily addresses a crash issue for Assassin's Creed Shadows and provides support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. This update includes DLSS and RTX optimizations for five games, although it lacks significant bug fixes beyond the mentioned crash resolution, which had been affecting players since the previous driver. The release follows a pattern of frequent updates, with three drivers launched in six weeks, indicating a strategy focused on day-one support for major game releases. While the update enhances performance for new titles, it does not address any lingering issues from earlier versions
NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 617.42 Released: Fixes Assassin's Creed Shadows Crash, Adds Call of Duty Support
NVIDIA shipped its third Game Ready Driver in about six weeks on October 6, this time priming your rig for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. The headline change is a fix for an Assassin's Creed Shadows crash-to-desktop tied to bug 6685219, the one genuine improvement in an otherwise lean release. Version 617.42 also adds DLSS and RTX optimization for five titles, though it quietly skips updates to NVIDIA's general bug-fix section. Grab the WHQL desktop build from the NVIDIA App or nvidia.com, but note the formal release notes were still catching up at launch.
