Owners of the RTX 40 series GPUs have a new reason to celebrate. The preview driver 590.26 now allows you to activate the Smooth Motion feature, offering a potential boost to your frame rates.
While NVIDIA’s Smooth Motion is primarily associated with the RTX 50 series, it’s slowly making its way to the RTX 40 series, even if it hasn’t been officially rolled out yet. Similar to AMD’s Fluid Motion, this feature doesn’t rely on DLSS integration and provides a solid performance boost by enhancing gaming at the driver level. Although it might not match Frame Gen or Multi-Frame Generation techniques in terms of quality, it’s still a great option for gamers looking to improve their experience.
The 590.26 Preview Driver is now available, but you’ll need an official developer NVIDIA account to access it directly. Alternatively, you can find it on GitHub and get it up and running by following the detailed instructions provided in the release notes. Once installed, NVIDIA Profile Inspector can be used to enable Smooth Motion. Keep in mind, this is a preview release, so stability might be an issue. However, many users already report significant performance gains.
A recent benchmark by the First Ever YouTube channel on a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti illustrates the impact. The channel showed frame rates soaring from double to triple digits, delivering up to a 60% performance improvement. Although there was a slight uptick in system latency, the smoother gameplay made up for it.
Players have also noticed improvements in games like Deep Rock Galactic Survivor. However, as with any early release, there are reports of bugs and performance drops in certain titles. For some users, the feature didn’t activate properly. To troubleshoot, updating RTSS to v7.3.7 Beta 6 for systems with MSI Afterburner has been suggested. Ensure you follow the exact steps mentioned in the discussions online to resolve these issues.
This preview offers an exciting glimpse into future performance upgrades, setting a promising stage for further developments.
