NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 572.XX Allegedly Causing Major Issues for RTX 40 Series Users: Crashes, Blackouts, and More!

NVIDIA’s newest GPU drivers for the GeForce RTX 40 series and even older models have been causing quite a stir, and the company hasn’t tackled these issues yet.

### User Reports Reveal Problems with GPU Driver 572.XX on RTX 40 Systems

Ever since NVIDIA rolled out the RTX 50 series back in January, it seems the RTX 40 series has been somewhat sidelined regarding bug fixes. It’s common for tech companies to prioritize their latest products. While the RTX 50 series experienced its own glitches such as BSODs, the RTX 40 series performed relatively well with its existing drivers up until the release of RTX 50-compatible drivers. Those new drivers ushered in a host of complex issues for the RTX 40 series.

Take it from Reddit user u/Soctty1992, who shared personal trials with the new 572.XX driver. He’s not alone; he has highlighted numerous other reports echoing the same struggles. Users are facing serious problems like hard system crashes, black screen incidents, and display malfunctions that were far less common before the 572.XX updates.

[Reddit Post Snippet: PSA about NVIDIA GPU Issues – u/Scotty1992]

Not surprisingly, many have found relief by reverting to the older 566.XX drivers, which were readily available before NVIDIA debuted the 572.16 driver on January 30 to support the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The introduction of the RTX 50 series brought along a slew of new features like DLSS 4, Multi-Frame Generation, and DLSS Override. While enabling these features isn’t a guaranteed recipe for disaster, a mix of various factors appears to be causing the issues, and pinpointing the exact causes requires some digging.

There’s an example from one user who reported that playing Cyberpunk 2077 on his RTX 4080 led to crashes just as the game loaded up, which only resolved when he rolled back to pre-572.XX drivers. Another user with an RTX 4090 faced similar troubles, hitting black screens, freezes, and even monitors that refused to turn on, until reverting to the 566.XX addressed his woes.

Despite repeated user reports since the tail end of January, NVIDIA doesn’t seem to have made strides in handling these bug fix requests. Although they eventually tackled the BSODs in the RTX 50 series, it took weeks. RTX 40 users have had to fall back on older drivers, missing out on some of the newest enhancements like the Transformer Model DLSS 4, improved Ray Reconstruction, and an expanded list of DLSS-supported games.