NVIDIA The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game Ready Drivers Released

In time for the worldwide release of CD Projekt RED’s Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, GeForce 352.86 Game Ready drivers for Windows bring SLI compatibility and GFE optimisations.

In time for the worldwide release of CD Projekt RED’s Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, GeForce 352.86 Game Ready drivers for Windows bring SLI compatibility and GFE optimisations.

Following on from the earlier release of NVIDIA GeForce WHQL Drivers for Windows 10 comes a new set of drivers for those on Windows 7/8.1, in anticipation of the release of one of the hottest games of 2015.

The GeForce 352.86 Game Ready Drivers are the latest in a series of Game Ready Day 0 drivers made available by NVIDIA which preempt the release of a major Triple-A title. The latest title in question, as if you didn’t already know, is CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 2: The Wild Hunt – a title sure to test even the mightiest of GPUs. In keeping with the axoim of ‘every little helps’, these Game Ready drivers aim to give you the best possible launch day performance from your NVIDIA GPU, whether it houses the latest Maxwell-based GPU or even older Kepler and Fermi models.

Although small performance tweaks are likely in the driver package the headline improvements for 352.86 are improved SLI support and one-click optimisation options through GeForce Experience. The former is quite straightforward, whilst the latter is allows the seleciton of a Witcher 3 graphics quality profile based on NVIDIA’s analysis of your system capabilities. From that baseline you can tweak you personal settings as you see fit.

Release Highlights:

Just in time for the highly anticipated title The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this new GeForce Game Ready driver ensures you’ll have the best possible gaming experience. With
support for GeForce SLI technology and one-click game setting optimizations within GeForce Experience, you’ll have the best possible performance and image quality during gameplay.

Game Ready

Best gaming experience for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, including support for SLI Technology and GeForce Experience one-click optimizations.

Application Profiles

Added or updated the following SLI profiles:
• HairWorks: FurViewer – DX11 SLI profile added
• Magicka 2 – DX11 SLI profile added
• Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth – Updated DX11 SLI profile
• Witcher 3 – DX11 SLI profile added
• World Of Warships – DX9 SLI profile added

3D Vision Profiles

Added or updated the following profiles:

• Battlefield: Hardline – Not recommended
• Dying Light – Not recommended
• Killing Floor 2 – Not recommended
• Lords of the Fallen – Not recommended
• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Not recommended
• Project CARS – Not recommended
• The Crew – Fair
• The Witcher 3 – Not recommended
• Total War: Attila – Not recommended

3D Compatibility Mode Support

• Battlefield: Hardline – Excellent
• Dying Light – Excellent
• Elite Dangerous – Fixed profile
• Lords of the Fallen – Excellent
• Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – Excellent
• The Crew – Excellent
• Total War: Attila – Good

Software Modules

• HD Audio Driver – version 1.3.34.3
• NVIDIA PhysX System Software – version 9.15.0428
• GeForce Experience – version 2.4.3.22
• CUDA – version 7.5