NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 581.08 (WHQL)

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 581.08 (WHQL)
Released August 19, 2025

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.08/58...10-release-notes.pdf
Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.08/58...uick-start-guide.pdf

Game Ready for Mafia: The Old Country
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience and supports the introduction of new features within the latest NVIDIA App beta release.

Gaming Technology

• Support for Global DLSS Overrides and NVIDIA Smooth Motion support for GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

Fixed Issues in Version 581.08 WHQL
Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• Cyberpunk 2077: Crash when using Photo Mode to take a screenshot with path tracing enabled
• Marvel Rivals: Negative performance impact when using 580.88 driver
• Forza Motorsport: Game crashes if using Smooth Motion while bringing up NVIDIA App overlay statistics
• Gray Zone Warfare: Game stability issues
• ARK: Survival Ascended: Game stability issues

Fixed General Bugs

• Potential memory leak when using NVENC hardware encoding
• Power cycling monitor can result in monitor flickering when NVIDIA App is installed
• NVIDIA App game filter issues after driver update

Known Issues in Version 581.08 WHQL

• Counter-Strike 2: Text may appear slightly distorted when in-game resolution is lower than the native resolution of the display
• Adobe Premiere Pro: Some system configurations can freeze during export using hardware encoding
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth: Light flickering after driver update on some system configurations

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.08/58...ational-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/581.08/58...ational-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom