NVIDIA has just released a new hotfix driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, the NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 576.15 driver fixes a GPU temperature issue that was introduced with the previous driver. It also fixes numerous issues with the RTX-50 series GPUs.
Going into more details, GPU monitoring utilities will no longer stop reporting the GPU temperature after your PC wakes from sleep. This was a major issue that plagued the previous 572.06 driver. So now, it will be safe to use this hotfix driver.
Moreover, the driver fixes some shadow flicker/corruption issues in some games on the NVIDIA RTX-50 series GPUs. It also fixes some while crashes that could occur on the NVIDIA RTX-50 series GPUs while compiling shaders in some games. Plus, it fixes an issue that could cause the idle GPU clock speeds to be lower.
It’s also worth noting that SteamVR will no longer display random V-SYNC micro-stutters when using multiple displays. Moreover, owners of a GeForce RTX 50 series notebook will no longer receive a black screen when they resume from Modern Standby.
As you can see, apart from the GPU temp issue, this hotfix driver focuses on the NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs. So, if you don’t own one, you can safely skip it. As they say, if it ain’t broken, don’t try to fix it. If, on the other hand, you want to have the latest driver, this is the one you should get.
You can go ahead and download this hotfix driver from this link. Below, you can also find its complete changelog.
NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 576.15 Driver Release Notes
- [RTX 50 series] Some games may display shadow flicker/corruption after updating to GRD 576.02
- Lumion 2024 crashes on GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card when entering render mode
- GPU monitoring utilities may stop reporting the GPU temperature after PC wakes from sleep
- [RTX 50 series] Some games may crash while compiling shaders after updating to GRD 576.02
- [GeForce RTX 50 series notebook] Resume from Modern Standby can result in black screen
- [RTX 50 series] SteamVR may display random V-SYNC micro-stutters when using multiple displays
- [RTX 50 series] Lower idle GPU clock speeds after updating to GRD 576.02
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Hotfix for one issue. There is still like 14 OPEN and CONFIRMED bugs by NVIDIA and plenty more yet to come.
Amazing AI drivers.
40s are now completely ignored by Nvidia,as per usual business tactic with every new release.
What do you mean ignored? Nvidia support back to 11 year old cards (900 series). 700 series was only just removed from driver support in summer 2024.
There are numerous reports of instability. Where are the patch notes referring the 4xxx line.
And no, older cards are long forgotten. Talking about pre-3xxx, there aren’t referred anywhere at all, let alone older lines.
The driver before this hotfix gained me 5% FPS in AC Shadows and 10% FPS in AC Odyssey on a 4070 Ti …… The reason I chose those two is they allow me to compare 2 benchmark runs. Plus all the DLSS 4 improvements which I have enabled in every game that supports DLSS 4 Overrides.
Also being on Win 10 instead of Win 11 24H2 helps a LOT …… On the Steam forums for different games I see people having a problem that I'm not seeing and I just type "Windows 11 24H2?"
9 times out of 10 they go "yes, how did you know?" and usually followed by "Is that a problem?" Yes it's a big f**king problem
Why arent you guys on RTX 4090 ? Too poor ?
because 40 series are fine? I'm on a 4070 Ti and everything is neat. Or are you expecting them to ignore 50's issues? I don't get it. Gaymers are truly the whiniest subtype of consumer cattle in the universe
JayZTwoCents made a very good video of it
https://youtu.be/KrCEPX47vtw?si=COToJZxGTgkuPvYI
I never saw the temp problem (I have a 7" display fed with data from AIDA64 and FPS fed from Riva Tuner) with these drivers but I quit using Sleep mode over a decade ago. I don't use Fast Boot either which is a modified Hibernate. The problem with Sleep mode and even worse Fast Boot is it doesn't clear your "Machine State' (Mostly CPU registers) it saves it to RAM (Sleep) or to your drive (Fast Boot)
If you are using Fast Boot shutting down your computer does NOT clear the Machine State and the only way to clear the Machine State is start up the computer and then do a reboot. I just turn Fast Boot off, it only adds about 15 seconds to boot time but I'm am assured of having a "clean slate" every day when I boot up my computer instead of having yesterday's stale Machine State loaded at boot up