NVIDIA had recently released the new GeForce Game Ready Driver, which promised performance optimizations for the upcoming DOOM: The Dark Ages with path tracing and DLSS Ray Reconstruction. The update hit in June and has gotten the gaming community buzzing, though not all noise for good.
Immediate division among the players. Some, like César Wade, appear to be rather excited about it. “Listos para la actualización 🤘🏻 #GeForceSummer #RTXOn,” he tweeted. There are outright skeptics like Marc Naseth: “Is it safe to upgrade yet though? 50 series drivers been kinda garbage.” And really? Alas, he is not alone.
The comments back and forth quickly turned into a battleground for experience sharing. There have been celebrations from people like Field, “I’ve used every single driver without one issue on 5090.” And then there is that Marc Naseth: “Every driver upgrade has caused my 5090 to either F up resolution, blue screen or a multitude of other issues.” Oof.
And then, there might even be a few rounds of bizarre rogue niche-but-annoying bug reports. Lily Aarseth: “4K 120 FPS HDR HEVC files made on the 5090 are still partially corrupt, they won’t open on Mac.” Who tests that? But, hey, it’s an outright problem for any of you content-centric folk.
And the DOOM madness must not get forgotten about. Driver made DOOM: The Dark Ages crash repeatedly until he could roll back, Nathanial Jacobs said straight. Meanwhile, HH reported weird stuttering in Marvel Rivals that wasn’t there before. It’s like a whack-a-mole game for NVIDIA with these updates.
The million-dollar question: Should you install it? If you are rocking a 5090, then maybe wait in the dust. In another variant, TJ 7 had said, “I’ll be on that Driver till GamersNexus gives the Green Light.” Wise call.
At the end of the day, NVIDIA is pushing flashy features for DOOM: The Dark Ages, and yet games seem to take the backseat for some users. So there’s one thing for sure: it’s a sick gamble to catch driver updates in 2025.
Yeah, so, consider bookmarking that DDU tutorial. One day, you will want to thank yourself for that.
