Anno 1800 Game Ready Driver Released

Our latest GeForce Game Ready driver delivers day-one support for Anno 1800 and its upcoming Open Beta, and expanded support for DXR ray tracing on GeForce GPUs.

To download and install, simply fire up GeForce Experience and click the "Drivers" tab.

The first city-building Anno game, Anno 1602, launched 20 years ago in its native Germany. On April 16th this year, Anno 1800 will return to the franchise’s historical roots, tasking players with building a productive Industrial Revolution society.

Starting April 12th, you can take an Anno 1800 Open Beta for a spin, letting you sample several hours of content from the full game. The event ends April 14th, and Open Beta pre-loads are available now on UPlay to maximise your play time.

To ensure the best possible experience in both the Open Beta and complete game, download and install our new Game Ready Driver.

With the release of our new Game Ready Driver, owners of GeForce GTX 1060 6GB and higher GPUs can now enable DXR ray tracing to test drive basic ray tracing effects in supported games and experiences.

Performance will vary depending on your specific GPU, so head over to our comprehensive ray tracing article to learn more.

Alongside today’s driver, we’ve released three NVIDIA RTX technology demos, enabling you to sample DLSS and a variety of ray-traced effects in Atomic Heart, Justice, and the Reflections real-time cinematic.

You can download the new GeForce Game Ready 425.31 WHQL drivers through GeForce Experience, our free, game-enhancing application, which records and streams gameplay.

If you experience any technical issues with the new Game Ready drivers please post a detailed report on the GeForce.com Driver Feedback Forum, where our Customer Care team can better assist you. A list of fixes in this driver for previously-reported issues can be found here.