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    Nvidia’s Gamescom Game Ready driver improves performance, latency and sharpness

    Oct 01, 2019 3 minutes
    BY GORDON MAH UNG

    Nvidia wants everyone to know that those nifty graphics features AMD and Intel have been touting are cute, but watch this. At Gamescom in mid-August, Nvidia dropped the Gamescom Game Ready driver, a massive update that:

    • Increases frame rates by as much as 23 percent in some games

    • Decreases the mouse click–to–reaction latency in games

    • Adds integer scaling

    • Allows you to personalize image sharpening

    The bread and butter of the driver are performance improvements for , , , and . Performance improvements vary by game, resolution and GPU, but the buffs seem fairly decent, with most of the improvements in the doubledigit range.

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