NVIDIA GeForce 596.36 Driver Arrives Just Before Conan Exiles Enhanced Adds DLSS 4 Features To Funcom’s Unreal Engine 5 Upgrade
NVIDIA has officially released its new GeForce Game Ready Driver version 596.36, timed just days ahead of the May 5 launch of Conan Exiles Enhanced, Funcom’s Unreal Engine 5 overhaul for its long running survival game. NVIDIA’s release notes confirm that the new driver is specifically “Game Ready for Conan Exiles Enhanced,” and the same driver also adds support for the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU 12GB.
For GeForce RTX players, Conan Exiles Enhanced is a much more significant technical step than the original release. NVIDIA says the upgraded version of the game will launch with DLSS Multi Frame Generation, DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Super Resolution, and NVIDIA Reflex support, making this a major feature expansion for RTX users heading into the free Steam upgrade. NVIDIA’s official GeForce article also confirms the game launches on May 5.
That matters because the original Conan Exiles never had this level of modern NVIDIA feature support. With the UE5 upgrade, RTX 50 Series owners will be able to tap into the full DLSS 4 feature stack around Multi Frame Generation, while a broader range of RTX users can still benefit from Frame Generation, Super Resolution, and lower latency through Reflex. Based on NVIDIA’s positioning, Conan Exiles Enhanced looks set to become a far more technically competitive version of the game on PC than the legacy build.
The system requirements for Conan Exiles Enhanced also show that the overhaul is demanding a more modern baseline. SSD storage is required across both minimum and recommended specifications, and the recommended GPU tier now starts at an RTX 3060 or RX 6700 class card. That underlines how substantial the engine upgrade is, especially for players coming back after years away from the game. This requirement table is based on the specifications you provided alongside the driver coverage.
| Specs | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 11 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400F / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i7-11700F / AMD Ryzen 7 5600X |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | GTX 1070 Ti / RX 5700 XT (8 GB VRAM) | RTX 3060 / RX 6700 (8–10 GB VRAM) |
| DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
| Storage | SSD required | SSD required |
NVIDIA is also using the 596.36 release to support a wider wave of DLSS enabled titles. According to the game list you provided, NTE, Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred, ARC Raiders, and Bus Bound are all part of the current rollout cycle, with feature sets ranging from DLSS Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction to Multi Frame Generation and Reflex. That gives this driver broader value than just Conan Exiles Enhanced, especially for RTX players following the current DLSS 4 expansion across major and mid scale PC titles.
Beyond game support, the 596.36 driver also fixes several notable bugs. NVIDIA’s official release notes list fixes for intermittent white texture flashing in God of War: Ragnarok, flickering on character model clothing in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, grass and vegetation flickering in The Crew Motorfest, blocky artifacts during H.264 playback with DXVA 2.0, and a Blender 5.0.1 EEVEE issue where non shader nodes connected to the material output rendered as black.
Taken together, this is a timely driver drop for PC players. Conan Exiles Enhanced is one of the more interesting survival game overhauls arriving this month, and NVIDIA is clearly treating it as a showcase title for its newer RTX feature stack. For Funcom, the Unreal Engine 5 relaunch gives the game a fresh technical identity. For NVIDIA, it is another opportunity to reinforce DLSS 4 momentum right before a sizable game update lands.
Are you planning to revisit Conan Exiles once the Enhanced update goes live, or are you more interested in the other DLSS enabled games shipping around this driver release?
