Game developers urge Nvidia RTX 30 and 40 series owners rollback to December 2024 driver after recent RTX 50-centric release issues

[Kenrou]

"Nvidia RTX 40-series GPU owners continue to face system stability issues, with reports of blue screen crashes (BSODs), system instability, and game-breaking bugs. While many users have been frustrated by these problems, Nvidia’s apparent primary focus on its new RTX 50-series cards has only added to their concerns. Now, a new issue has surfaced (via Overclock3D) that may be directly linked, where PC game developers are actively warning users against installing the latest 572.xx GeForce drivers, due to performance and stability issues."

"Despite mounting complaints, Nvidia has yet to formally acknowledge any major issues with the 572.xx driver when it comes to older GPUs. However, the fact that game developers themselves are warning players to avoid the update suggests that the problem is more than just anecdotal. While some users have attempted troubleshooting steps such as clean driver installations and adjusting in-game settings, the most effective solution appears to be rolling back to an earlier, more stable supported driver version."

Game developers urge Nvidia RTX 30 and 40 series owners rollback to December 2024 driver after recent RTX 50-centric release issues

Rolling back to older drivers seems to be the only fix for some.

www.tomshardware.com

 

[Woomack]

Maybe it's just what I'm using, but I run the latest drivers on the 4070 Super 24/7 and have had no problems so far (I also switched from the earlier 572.xx version, and that was fine, too).
I'm not saying there are no problems. Simply I don't see any problems.

 

[EarthDog]

Same.

Nothing with the 4090 across the few games I play using any driver that's come out since 5000 series. Feeling lucky! Lol

 

[mackerel]

The devs of the two games mentioned, neither could be described as big or high tier. Inzoi only just released to early access last week so expect problems on their side regardless. The other one, I'm not familiar with although they have more titles to their name. I'll start having any concern at all if a major studio starts saying the same thing.

 

[Woomack]

This is really the first time I've heard about these developers. Maybe they could fix their games? In the last months, most games have been released in the beta or alpha stage. Many are released as early access but still sold as regular, finished titles. Multiple times, I saw issues with DX12, and the fix was to switch to Vulcan. Some titles had a couple of days of crashes after the premiere. The list of games with significant issues after release is quite long, while prices only increase.