[Nvidia GPU drivers] - Are 'game-ready' drivers for specific games or everything?

[TheTenaciousOtaku]

They are released prior to the release of specific games.

I'm confused as to whether 'game-ready drivers' are updates only for specific games or GPU's in general for across the board performance?

 

[ingtar33]

think of them as an add on to the prior driver, which has all the same features, plus support for the "game" they're designed for.

 

[TheTenaciousOtaku]

think of them as an add on to the prior driver, which has all the same features, plus support for the "game" they're designed for.

Thanks for the explaination ^. As of right now, the only available driver update I can see in GeForce Experience is an game-ready driver. Will the next core driver update appear above the current game-driver update or will they be combined? I don't want to waste data on updates for games I have no intention of ever playing

 

[photonboy]

You can easily find the CHANGES for every release though you may need to manually go to the NVidia driver site as I think Geforce Experience only shows the highlights of that.

Then, look down and see if any changes apply to your GPU, game, or for your version of Windows.

For example, you might see "SLI fix flickering for Spider-Man Sux" which is pointless if you do not have SLI and also that game.

The last update (v355.60) had absolutely nothing that applied to my specific setup.

Other:
NVidia drivers also eat up a lot of space. I recommend periodically looking at the Program Files where it's stored and delete older folders for drivers.

Finally, for Windows 10 (may apply to previous) I tried to "ADD" a game for 3D manage settings, however my game would not show up. Originally, Windows 10 had found and downloaded the drivers. I forget if I had to add Geforce Experience myself, but regardless the SOLUTION to this and other issues I've had in the past was this:

*Reinstall latest driver using Custom->Clean install.

 

[renz496]

In short they were performance optimization for the said games while at the same time also carry previous optimization. Also in general it is optimization for all card supported by the driver. But some new cards probably got tune more than older cards though it is pretty much standard practice by nvidia and AMD.