Nvidia driver 621.01 cuts system RAM use in Gears of War: E-Day

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

With Advanced Shader Delivery, Gears of War: E-Day and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 use less system memory on RTX cards.

7-8 GBless RAM at boot

Hype check

Hype3

Real5

Underrated

Quieter than it deserves. This one matters more than the coverage suggests.

Our editorial opinion, based on the sources below. How we score

Your call: hype or real?

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Why it matters

Less memory use eases running the game on mid-range PCs, with no extra settings.

For most people

Worth a look if you game on PC.

Game Ready driver 621.01 came out on October 21.
Advanced Shader Delivery is a Microsoft technology that ships precompiled GPU instructions, so the game skips compiling on first launch.
Journalist Sebastian Castellanos reported a 7-8 GB drop in RAM at boot, and other users saw similar results.
Both games download through the Xbox PC app, and only RTX GPUs support the feature.
A Reddit user reported Gears of War: E-Day got slower after a Windows update and a game patch.

Try itUpdate the driver if you have an RTX card and play either game.

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