NVIDIA has just released the GeForce Hotfix 576.26 driver for its graphics cards. According to the release notes, this new driver fixes a lot of issues that plagued the RTX 50 series GPUs. So, let’s take a closer look at it.

The NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 576.26 driver fixes a crash that could occur in Black Myth: Wukong when Wukong transformed. It also fixes some flickering issues with some background textures in Resident Evil 4 Remake. Red Dead Redemption 2, Horizon Forbidden West and Dead Island 2 should also no longer crash on the RTX 50 series GPUs.

And that’s not all. The lights flicker issues in Forza Horizon 5 that could occur on all NVIDIA GPUs at nighttime should be fixed. Plus, the RTX 50 series GPUs will no longer display blank screens when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode with HDR on these monitors (LG 27GX790A/45GX950A/32GX870A/40WT95UF/27G850A). Oh, and the hotfix driver will fix the grey screen crashes that could occur with multiple monitors.

Moreover, the driver has all the fixes that were included in the previous hotfix. Thus, it fixes the issue that could cause GPU monitoring utilities to stop reporting the GPU temperature after the PC wakes from sleep. It also fixes a bug that could cause the power idle GPU clock speeds of the RTX 50 series GPUs to be lower than what they should be.

In short, this is a must-have driver for all owners of an RTX-50 series GPU. You can download the driver from this link. Below, you can also find its complete changelog. So, go ahead and take a look at it.

NVIDIA GeForce Hotfix 576.26 Driver Release Notes

This Hotfix addresses the following:
[RTX 50 series] [Black Myth]: The game will randomly crash when Wukong transforms [5231902]
[RTX 50 series] [LG 27GX790A/45GX950A/32GX870A/40WT95UF/27G850A]: Display blank screens when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode with HDR [5080789]
[Forza Horizon 5]: Lights flicker at nighttime [5038335]
[Forza Motorsport]: Track corruption occurs in benchmark or night races. [5201811]
[RTX 50 series] [Red Dead Redemption 2]: The game crashes shortly after starting in DX12 mode. No issue in Vulkan mode [5137042]
[RTX 50 series] [Horizon Forbidden West]: The game freezes after loading a save game [5227554]
[RTX 50 series] Grey screen crashes with multiple monitors [5239138]
[RTX 50 series] [Dead Island 2]: The game crash after updating to GRD 576.02 [5238676]
[RTX 50 series] [Resident Evil 4 Remake]: Flickering background textures [5227655]
[RTX 50 series] Momentary display flicker occurs when running in DisplayPort2.1 mode with a high refresh rate [5009200]

This Hotfix driver incorporates the fixes introduced in the previous GeForce Hotfix v576.15.:
[RTX 50 series] Some games may display shadow flicker/corruption after updating to GRD 576.02 [5231537]
Lumion 2024 crashes on GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card when entering render mode [5232345]
GPU monitoring utilities may stop reporting the GPU temperature after PC wakes from sleep [5231307]
[RTX 50 series] Some games may crash while compiling shaders after updating to GRD 576.02 [5230492]
[GeForce RTX 50 series notebook] Resume from Modern Standy can result in black screen [5204385]
[RTX 50 series] SteamVR may display random V-SYNC micro-stutters when using multiple displays [5152246]
[RTX 50 series] Lower idle GPU clock speeds after updating to GRD 576.02 [5232414]

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