Nvidia’s latest GPU driver brings a new way to speed up PC games

DirectX 12 feature shifts shader compilation workloads to cloud servers

By GPU Data Hub Desk · GPU Data Hub·Editorial standards·21 Oct 2026, 13:09

Nvidia has launched driver version 621.01 to support Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery system for desktop gaming. The mechanism shifts shader compilation workloads away from client processors and into the cloud using DirectX 12. This approach is intended to accelerate initial title boot times and curb mid-game processing hitches across varied hardware configurations.

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