NVIDIA’s most recent GPU driver updates have been creating some pretty serious problems for users with GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards, as well as for those with older models. However, NVIDIA hasn’t provided a solution yet.
## New Driver Woes for RTX 40 Series
Since the unveiling of the RTX 50 series back in January, it’s felt a bit like the RTX 40 series has been left out in the cold when it comes to resolving bugs. It’s not uncommon for companies to shift focus to their latest offerings, and while the RTX 50 series users haven’t been entirely without their own issues, those using the RTX 40 series found stability with earlier drivers. That was until NVIDIA rolled out drivers intended for the RTX 50 series, which inadvertently started causing headaches for the RTX 40 users.
A user on Reddit, going by the name u/Soctty1992, shared his frustrations with the current 572.XX driver, compiling a list of similar reports from others. The complaints are consistent: hard crashes, black screens, and display problems have become more frequent since this latest driver launch, issues that were notably less common with earlier versions.
A post on Reddit highlights the widespread nature of these problems across several card generations, emphasizing the need for these troubles to be recognized and tackled by NVIDIA.
Interestingly, many affected users reported that rolling back to the older 566.XX drivers brought relief. These issues became prominent after the 572.16 driver arrived on January 30th, a release aimed at supporting the new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. With this release, NVIDIA introduced several appealing new features such as DLSS 4, Multi-Frame Generation, and DLSS Override. But, enabling these features doesn’t always directly lead to the glitches; it seems to be a combination of factors at play.
For instance, one user noted that Cyberpunk 2077 consistently crashed on their RTX 4080 until they reverted to a pre-572.XX driver. Another RTX 4090 user described experiencing black screens, system freezes, and a frustrating inability to get their monitors to display anything. This was also resolved with the older driver version.
Despite these consistent and numerous reports from the user community since late January, NVIDIA seems to have overlooked these requests for fixes. Their attention has been primarily on addressing BSOD issues encountered by RTX 50 users, which also took weeks to resolve. Many RTX 40 users have ended up reverting to previous driver versions, sacrificing the benefits of newer updates like the Transformer Model DLSS 4, refined Ray Reconstruction, and the addition of new titles in the DLSS-supported games lineup.
