GeForce Game Ready 596.36 driver for Conan Exiles Enhanced and the new RTX 5070 12GB Laptop GPU is here

NVIDIA has released GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.36 for GeForce RTX gamers, and in terms of new game support, this one is all about Conan Exiles Enhanced. This Unreal Engine 5 update to the long-running survival, crafting, action-RPG includes 9 years of expansions and additional content, with enhanced visuals.

The game is set to launch on May 5, with support for DLSS Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, and NVIDIA Reflex. Rebuilt on Unreal Engine 5, the game takes advantage of Lumen Global Illumination for improved lighting and Nanite Geometry to dramatically increase environmental detail and fidelity. Best of all, it's also a free upgrade for existing players.

In addition to Conan Exiles Enhanced support, the big thing with GeForce Game Ready Driver 596.36 is support for the new GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU with 12GB of VRAM, which is now available. Plus, a few gaming and general bug fixes. Here's a look at the full Release Notes.

GeForce Game Ready 596.36 Release Notes

Game Ready for Conan Exiles Enhanced

• This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4.5 technology including Conan Exiles Enhanced.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU (12GB)

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• God of War: Ragnarok: Certain textures may intermittently flash white during gameplay. (5856704)
• Assassins Creed Shadows: Flickering on character model clothing (5987951)
• The Crew Motorfest: Grass and vegetation flickering (5950261)

Fixed General Bugs

• Blocky artifacts when playing back H.264 content with DXVA 2.0 (6058551)
• Blender 5.0.1 EEVEE: Non-shader nodes connected to the material output rendered as black (zero value) (5965763)