{"id":381711,"date":"2026-10-21T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=381711"},"modified":"2026-10-21T09:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:48:01","slug":"nvidia-geforce-driver-621-01-is-out-less-pc-game-stutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/nvidia-geforce-driver-621-01-is-out-less-pc-game-stutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia GeForce driver 621.01 is out: less PC game stutter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nvidia has pushed its GeForce driver to version 621.01<\/strong>. The headline change is support for Microsoft\u2019s Advanced Shader Delivery on Windows 11<\/a> and DirectX 12<\/a>, which Microsoft says is meant to cut down on shader compilation stutter in games that support it.<\/p>\n

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What that means in practice is pretty simple. Microsoft says Advanced Shader Delivery is supposed to keep games from compiling shaders while you’re already in the middle of playing. The company claims it can reduce up-front shader pre-compilation<\/strong> by as much as 95%, while also cutting the just-in-time shader work that leads to pauses, CPU spikes, and ugly frame-time hitches. Under the hood, Microsoft says this works through DirectX 12, the Agility SDK, and a State Object Database that lets Microsoft precompile shaders in the cloud across a wide range of hardware and driver combinations before they ever land on your PC.<\/p>\n\n

Right now, the launch list is short. Microsoft says Advanced Shader Delivery is only available in Gears of War: E-Day<\/a><\/strong> and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4<\/a>, and you need the Xbox PC app installed for the feature to turn on. Nvidia adds one extra detail here: Steam versions can still take advantage of it, as long as that Xbox app is on the system. Microsoft also says the feature works on AMD cards running Adrenalin 26.6.1 or newer, and on Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 machines with driver 2026.08.3 or later. All of that sits alongside Microsoft’s wider Direct3D 12 push, which also includes Work Graphs. Nvidia added support for that back in driver 551.76 on GeForce RTX 30-series cards and newer.<\/p>\n\n

If you play supported games on Windows 11, this is probably a driver update worth installing. Still, there isn’t much independent<\/strong> real-world testing yet.<\/p>\n

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Nvidia has pushed its GeForce driver to version 621.01. The headline change is support for Microsoft\u2019s Advanced Shader Delivery on Windows 11 and DirectX 12, which Microsoft says is meant to cut down on shader compilation stutter in games that support it. What that means in practice is pretty simple. Microsoft says Advanced Shader Delivery … Continue reading “Nvidia GeForce driver 621.01 is out: less PC game stutter”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":381710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-381711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t