Today, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti was launched. That means Nvidia also released a new GPU driver that adds support for the RTX 5060 Ti. Today's driver update also comes packed with one of the most extensive list of bug fixes I think I have ever seen from a new Nvidia driver.
The release of the new 576.02 driver appears to address most of the outstanding issues people have encountered over the past several months of Nvidia driver updates. The situation with Nvidia's latest driver updates was so bad that several game developers were suggesting players roll back to an earlier driver for better game performance and more stability. The 566.36 driver from December 2024 has been seen as the last "good" driver update released by Nvidia.
Hopefully, with this laundry list of general fixes and game specific fixes, the streak of bad driver updates is finally over. Initial impressions from Reddit users seems to be mostly positive from those who have updated to the new 576.02 driver release. I say "mostly" because at least a couple of people have reported they are still crashing in Cyberpunk 2077 when unpausing the game with frame generation enabled.
Today's update also adds support for an additional 19 G-Sync Compatible displays. These include several monitors from Acer, Asus, and more.
New features and fixes in driver 576.02
Game Ready - This new Game Ready Driver supports the new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GPU and provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including Black Myth: Wukong and No More Room in Hell 2.
Gaming Technology - Adds support for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
Applications - The April NVIDIA Studio Driver offers support for the new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti as well as the latest new creative applications and updates.
Fixed Gaming Bugs
Game Ready - This new Game Ready Driver supports the new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GPU and provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including Black Myth: Wukong and No More Room in Hell 2.
Gaming Technology - Adds support for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
Applications - The April NVIDIA Studio Driver offers support for the new GeForce RTX 5060 Ti as well as the latest new creative applications and updates.
Fixed Gaming Bugs
- [Fortnite] random crashes during gameplay [5171520]
- [The First Berserker: Khazan] DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED Crash [5195216]
- [Star Wars Outlaws] Application will freeze after leaving the game idle for 5+ minutes [5191099]
- Game stability issues when playing games with DLSS Frame Generation + GSYNC [5144337]
- [Monster Hunter Wilds] Crash after accepting quest with DLSS-FG Enabled [5087795]
- [InZOI] Game crashes with error "GPU crashed or D3D Device Removed" [5154864]
- [Overwatch 2] Stutter when using VSYNC [5171856]
- [Hellblade 2 Senua's Saga] Increased aliasing when using TSR [5125662]
- [Hellblade 2 Senua's Saga] Crashing when using Smooth Motion [5209772]
- [The Last of Us Part 1] Crash when using Smooth Motion [5208799]
- Dithering/banding in some games on RTX 50-series GPUs [5121715]
- [Control] Flickering corruption in multiple areas [5118876]
- Stutter when using VSYNC [5202703][5202474]
- VSYNC in NVCP + frame generation causes issues in DLSS 4 games [5124816]
- [UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection] Artifacts on screen when collecting treasures [5158954]
- Stability issues when using Windows 11 24H2 [5160948]
- Bugcheck w/ PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) when playing games with DLSS 4 multi-frame generation [5144337]
- [RTX 50 series] GPUs crashes with black screen/underflow [5160845]
- [RTX 50 series] Random Black Screen issues [5090505]
- General system stability issues [4921925]
- [RTX 50 series] System hard hang with 572.16 driver loaded [5107271]
- Compute Shader related tests are failing due to "error" [4894179]
- [HWBU][DT GB202/203][LG 27GN950 Specific]: Display blacked out when applying 120Hz refresh rate [5044229]
- PC display will not wake after extended sleep time [5131052]
- Two DP output of the RTX5090 will blue screen when trying to watch protected videos [5167145]
- Black screen issue when testing 3D mark with driver 572.02 and 572.16 [5095825]
- Primary Blank display showing blank after hot plug the display in daisy chain [4978206]
- Display shows blank screen on setting RR 165/200Hz when daisy chain is enabled. [5049227]
- Second display showing blank when we apply higher RR for second display when displays connected in daisy chain [4956573]
- Primary monitor (AOROUS FO32U2P) goes blank when we HPD/power cycle second display in Daisy chain. [5075448]
- GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs crashes with black screen when playing graphically demanding games [5098914]
- RTX 50 series displays blank screens on LG 5k2k 45GX950A-B when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode w/ HDR [5192671]
- Black screen on installing drivers and booting into Windows [5153642]
- DP2.1 - UHBR10/13.5 link rates are unstable on LGE 27GX790A-B [5080789]
- Multiple users reporting black screen issue when disable the "FCH Spread Spectrum" settings [5204493]
- [RTX 50 series] Slightly higher DPC latency may be observed on some system configuration [5168553]
- [RTX 50 series] Varjo Aero VR headset may fail to establish connection [5117518]
- Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted [4995658]
- [RTX 50 series] Display may show black screen when selecting DLDSR resolution [5144768]
- [Octanebench] Performance regression [3523803]
- [DaVinci Resolve] UI overlay in Fusion page is not displayed correctly [4974721]
- [GeForce RTX 50 series notebook] Resume from Modern Standby can result in blackscreen [5204385]
- [RTX 50 series] Cyberpunk 2077 will crash when using Photo Mode to take a screenshot with path tracing enabled [5076545]
- [RTX 50 series] Red Dead Redemption 2 crashes shortly after starting a game in DX12 mode. No issue in Vulkan mode [5137042]
- [RTX 50 series] Colors may appear slightly saturated in games when in game-resolution is below native resolution of monitor and display scaling is set to 100% [5158681]
- Forza Horizon 5 lights flicker at night time [5038335]
- Track corruption in Forza Motorsport in benchmark or night races [5201811]
- [RTX 50 series] Hogwarts Legacy may display flickering when Frame Generation is enabled [5216455]
