NVIDIA has rolled out a hotfix for its GeForce display driver in an attempt to tackle some nagging display issues and a new bug related to GPU temperatures.
NVIDIA’s Latest Driver Hotfix Tackles Persistent Display Problems
It’s not often you see so many hotfixes being issued for a driver, but it seems NVIDIA has hit a bit of a rough patch supporting its RTX 50 series GPUs. Honestly, I’ve lost track of the number filed so far, but the latest is the v576.15 hotfix driver, designed to tackle several issues. Chief among them are the display crashes associated with the initial v576.02 driver, as well as a glitch in the temperature sensor that was affecting GPU voltages and clock speeds.
Here’s what this hotfix addresses:
- [RTX 50 series] Shadow flicker and corruption in some games post-update to GRD 576.02 [5231537]
- Crashes in Lumion 2024 on GeForce RTX 50 series cards during render mode [5232345]
- GPU monitoring tools may fail to report temperatures after the PC resumes from sleep [5231307]
- [RTX 50 series] Game crashes during shader compilation after GRD 576.02 update [5230492]
- [GeForce RTX 50 series notebooks] Modern Standby resume leads to black screen [5204385]
- [RTX 50 series] SteamVR may experience random V-SYNC micro-stutters with multiple displays [5152246]
- Lower idle GPU clock speeds with the GRD 576.02 update [5232414]
While we’ve been aware of the display headaches caused by NVIDIA’s RTX 50 drivers, the new temperature sensor bug was another headache, leading to inaccurate GPU temperature readings—particularly after a system wakes from sleep. The problem seemed to lie with the sensor’s inability to function properly after even a brief power cut, which was certainly vexing for many users. Fortunately, with this latest hotfix, the issue has been addressed, so consumers should see some semblance of normalcy.
If you’re interested, you can download the GeForce Hotfix display driver 576.15 to determine if it fixes the display crashes and temperature sensor issues on your system.
