NVIDIA 581.80 Readies Black Ops 7 and Supercharges FFVII Rebirth with DLSS MFG

NVIDIA 581.80 lands just in time for a stacked week of PC launches

NVIDIA’s latest Game Ready driver, version 581.80, arrives with the kind of timing PC players love: right before a wave of big releases and updates. The headline is clear – this driver is tuned for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, which is set to dominate the month – but it also spreads love across strategy epics and indie experiments, while paving the way for a major feature drop in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. If you’ve been sitting on a backlog, this is the sort of update that can squeeze out extra frames and clean up the hitching that creeps in on day-one builds.

What’s optimized in 581.80

First up, Black Ops 7. NVIDIA’s driver team has targeted shader compilation, latency paths, and stability for launch day so RTX owners can jump in with fewer bumps. That’s crucial given the crowded shooter calendar that already saw blockbuster entries earlier this season – having a driver aligned to the biggest release helps keep the competitive meta focused on skill, not stutter.

Grand strategy gets a refresh too. Europa Universalis V returns after a long hiatus, and it ships with DLSS Super Resolution plus an optional transformer model toggle inside the NVIDIA app for those chasing even cleaner reconstruction. City-building fans aren’t left out: Anno 117: Pax Romana is covered with DLSS Super Resolution optimizations ahead of its debut, helping dense urban vistas render crisply without crushing your GPU.

Recently launched titles benefit as well. The open-world crash sandbox Wreckreation supports DLSS Super Resolution (with an optional transformer model), and the dinosaur-survival co-op Deathground takes full advantage of DLSS 4: Super Resolution, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation (MFG), and DLAA. That suite matters because the latest DLSS stack can lift performance where the GPU is the bottleneck and still preserve detail when you’re barreling through foliage or sprinting from a raptor.

FFVII Rebirth gets faster – now with Frame Generation and MFG

The most intriguing note in today’s update is on Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The game already launched with DLSS Super Resolution, but Square Enix is rolling out DLSS Frame Generation and Multi Frame Generation support. On GeForce RTX 40 and 50 Series cards, expect higher perceived fluidity in busy combat arenas and smooth traversal in towns where CPU threads are juggling AI, physics, and streaming. MFG extends frame synthesis beyond a single frame look-ahead, helping stabilize motion in camera pans and particle-heavy scenes. As always, pairing DLSS with NVIDIA Reflex is a smart move to keep input latency in check when synthetic frames are in the mix.

Next up: The Last Caretaker

Looking a few days ahead, The Last Caretaker enters Early Access with the full DLSS 4 suite – Super Resolution, Frame Generation, and Multi Frame Generation. It’s a waterlogged Earth survival-crafting setup where you pilot a machine charged with safeguarding what’s left of humanity. Ocean-scale vistas, volumetric weather, and distant structures are exactly the scenarios where DLSS helps maintain clarity without sacrificing frame rate.

Early user sentiment: stable and already paying off

Initial community impressions are positive: players describe the driver as “very stable so far” and say it’s “already doing wonders” in demanding scenes. That tracks with what we typically see from NVIDIA’s Game Ready cadence – the company tunes for the handful of titles that will dominate playtime in any given week, then follows with hotfixes if edge cases surface.

Quick tips before you dive in

• Install via GeForce Experience or the NVIDIA app; consider a clean install if you’re jumping several versions.
• Enable DLSS Super Resolution first, then add Frame Generation/MFG on RTX 40/50 where frame pacing allows.
• Keep Reflex on in fast shooters to balance higher FPS with responsive input.

The short list of what’s improved

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – launch-day Game Ready optimizations.
• Europa Universalis V – DLSS Super Resolution with optional transformer model in the app.
• Anno 117: Pax Romana – DLSS Super Resolution at debut.
• Wreckreation – DLSS Super Resolution support.
• Deathground – DLSS 4: SR, FG, MFG, and DLAA enabled.
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – new DLSS Frame Generation + Multi Frame Generation update.
• The Last Caretaker – full DLSS 4 suite for Early Access launch.

If any of these are on your playlist, 581.80 is a low-effort, high-impact upgrade – one that aligns features you already own with the games you’ll be playing this week.