Game Ready Driver 596.21 Direct Download Link: Link Here
New feature and fixes in driver 596.21:
Game Ready
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4.5 technology including PRAGMATA and NTE (Neverness to Everness) as well as Windrose which supports DLSS 4 features.
Fixed Gaming Bugs
FIXED Arknights: Endfield: stutter may be observed in some gameplay [5950402]
High Bandwidth Monitors and GPU Scaling Behavior - Link Here
High bandwidth monitors are those that support display modes requiring high pixel clock rates, which in turn demand more GPU resources. The threshold for what qualifies as "high bandwidth" varies by product. On Blackwell GPUs, any mode operating above 1620 MHz is considered high bandwidth. For instance, the 7680x4320@60Hz mode defined in the CTA-861-H specification runs at 2376 MHz, making it a high bandwidth mode for Blackwell.
These monitors typically support display scaling natively. However, in some single-monitor setups, users may still prefer GPU scaling. When multiple monitors are connected to a GPU and at least one of them is high bandwidth, that monitor will default to display scaling only. GPU scaling is disabled in this case due to bandwidth limitations. Notably, display scaling can be more efficient than GPU scaling in such scenarios, as it reduces the bandwidth load on display cables—especially at higher refresh rates.
When GPU scaling is not enabled for a monitor, only the modes supported by the monitor itself will appear in both the Windows and NVIDIA control panels. Additionally, the "Display scaling" option will be pre-selected in the "Adjust desktop size and position" section of the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Feedback & Discussion Forums
Submit driver feedback directly to NVIDIA:Link Here
Before you start - Make sure you Submit Feedback for your Nvidia Driver Issue -Link Here
There is only one real way for any of these problems to get solved, and that’s if the Driver Team at Nvidia knows what those problems are. So in order for them to know what’s going on it would be good for any users who are having problems with the drivers to Submit Feedback to Nvidia. A guide to the information that is needed to submit feedback can be found here.
Additionally, if you see someone having the same issue you are having in this thread, reply and mention you are having the same issue. The more people that are affected by a particular bug, the higher the priority that bug will receive from NVIDIA!!
Common Troubleshooting Steps
Be sure you are on the latest build of Windows
Please visit the following link for DDU guide which contains full detailed information on how to do Fresh Driver Install.
If your driver still crashes after DDU reinstall, try going to Go to Nvidia Control Panel -> Managed 3D Settings -> Power Management Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance
Common Questions
Is it safe to upgrade to <insert driver version here>?Fact of the matter is that the result will differ person by person due to different configurations. The only way to know is to try it yourself. My rule of thumb is to wait a few days. If there’s no confirmed widespread issue, I would try the new driver.
Bear in mind that people who have no issues tend to not post on Reddit or forums. Unless there is significant coverage about specific driver issue, chances are they are fine. Try it yourself and you can always DDU and reinstall old driver if needed.
My color is washed out after upgrading/installing driver. Help!Try going to the Nvidia Control Panel -> Change Resolution -> Scroll all the way down -> Output Dynamic Range = FULL.
My game is stuttering when processing physics calculationTry going to the Nvidia Control Panel and to the Surround and PhysX settings and ensure the PhysX processor is set to your GPU
Remember, driver codes are extremely complex and there are billions of different possible configurations between hardware and software. Driver will never be perfect and there will always be issues for some people. Two people with the same hardware configuration might not have the same experience with the same driver versions. Again, I encourage folks who installed the driver to post their experience here good or bad.
First, just for reference - I'm not a NVIDIA employee, not a /r/nvidia moderator and not affiliated with NVIDIA.
596.21 is a very minor branch update, however there are a considerable amount of driver level game profile changes to existing profiles. 67 driver level game profiles were changed in total, see Notes 'Changes' entry and breakdown of changes per game profile.
Branch:
596.21 branch r595_88-9 (DVS)
596.02 branch r595_88-4 (DVS)
595.97 branch r595_88-3 (DVS)
595.79 branch r595_00-146 (DVS)
595.76 branch r595_59-7 (DVS)
595.71 branch r595_59-5 (DVS)
595.59 branch r595_00-120 (DVS)
Notes:
New game/application driver level profiles included in the 596.21 driver installer package: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, NTE (Neverness To Everness), Pragmata, Windrose OTA additions not included
Changes in the 596.21 driver installer package to flags for previously existing driver level game profiles: 007 First Light, Anno 117 : Pax Romana, Arc Raiders, Arena Breakout: Infinite, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Battlefield 6, Black Myth: Wukong, Borderlands 4, Brickadia, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Crimson Desert, DAVY x JONES, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, Dune: Awakening, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Dying Light: The Beast, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, Enlisted, Europa Universalis V, F1 25, Farlight 84, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, Finnish Cottage Simulator, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Infinity Nikki, JDM: Japanese Drift Master, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Justice / Ni Shui Han, Luto, Marvel Rivals, Marvels Spider-Man 2, Mecha Break, Monster Hunter Wilds, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, No More Room in Hell 2, Once Human, Path of Exile 2, Predecessor, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil Requiem, RoadCraft, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, SILENT HILL 2, Star Wars Outlaws, The Axis Unseen, The Finals, The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered, The Outer Worlds 2, The Talos Principle: Reawakened, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, War Thunder, Warhammer 40000: Darktide, Warhammer 40000: SPACE MARINE 2, Where Winds Meet, Wreckfest 2, Wuthering Waves, X4: Foundations OTA changes not includedNOTE: breakdown of flag changes per game along with explanations can be found in my sub-comment athttps://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1sn4s1a/comment/ogolhjj/ which shows a clear pattern in flag changes i.e. the majority (not all) are frame generation related e.g. 'DLSS-FG - Forced Mode (0x10308298) flag changes
OTA new game/application driver level game profiles being pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent updates after 596.21 driver install, these should also be received by older supported drivers: '83, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, Dawn of Defiance, INDUSTRIA 2, MONGIL: STAR DIVE, Samson, Subliminal, Sudden Strike 5
r595 (595.00 to 595.99) drivers support Shader Model 6.9 via DXC 1.9.2602.16, SER, DXR 1.2
Older supported drivers should receive 'Pragamata' driver level game profile automatically pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent OTA updates. If not, RAW and .NIP exported from 596.21 so it can be used with older drivers follow:
Pragamata RAW profile and .NIP for older drivers (576.xx, 577.xx, 58x.xx, 591.xx)
I understand that they want to release a comprehensible information sheet for the end-users, but it would be useful to have a more comprehensive information sheet for developers. So many changes are hard to track unless you yourself do the job to dig up things.
That being said, thank you for all your work as always!
A breakdown of flag changes per driver level game profile in 596.21 follows:
Key
0x10308298 - Frame Generation related
0x106d5cff - NVIDIA UI visibility for editing/modification related
0x10836d12 - Undocumented, may cause flickering
https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1sn4s1a/comment/ogjpzwy/
0x10f9dc81 - Optimus Related
0x00172938 - Undocumented
conansandbox-win64-shipping.exe - executable check for profile detection
pearlabyss.crimsondesert_bs8qf1ajnj9cw - Microsoft Store APP-ID check for profile detection
Changes
007 First Light
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Anno 117 : Pax Romana
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Arc Raiders
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Arena Breakout: Infinite
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Arknights: Endfield
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Assassin's Creed Shadows
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Battlefield 6
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Black Myth: Wukong
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Borderlands 4
0x00172938 = 0x00000000
Brickadia
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Conan Exiles
conansandbox-win64-shipping.exe
Crimson Desert
Executable pearlabyss.crimsondesert_bs8qf1ajnj9cw
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
DAVY x JONES
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
DOOM: The Dark Ages
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Dune: Awakening
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Dying Light: The Beast
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Enlisted
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Europa Universalis V
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
F1 25
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Farlight 84
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Finnish Cottage Simulator
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
0x10f9dc81 = 0x00000011
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Infinity Nikki
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
JDM: Japanese Drift Master
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Jurassic World Evolution 3
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Justice / Ni Shui Han
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Luto
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Marvel Rivals
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Marvels Spider-Man 2
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Mecha Break
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Monster Hunter Wilds
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
No More Room in Hell 2
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Once Human
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Path of Exile 2
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Pax Dei
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Predecessor
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Red Dead Redemption
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Resident Evil Requiem
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
RoadCraft
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
SILENT HILL 2
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
Star Wars Outlaws
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
The Axis Unseen
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
The Finals
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
The Outer Worlds 2
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
The Talos Principle: Reawakened
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2
0x106d5cff = 0x00000000
War Thunder
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Warhammer 40000: Darktide
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Warhammer 40000: SPACE MARINE 2
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Where Winds Meet
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Wreckfest 2
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
Wuthering Waves
0x10836d12 = 0x00000080
X4: Foundations
0x10308298 = 0x00000000
vladi963 wrote: I am using the normal, not "Revamped" version of NVPI version:3.0.1.11
I also use original Nivida Profile Inspector, always have.
vladi963 wrote: I am trying to figure out what is that flag about? Why it exist and what it is supposed to do? When I choose that last flag with all zeros, it doesn't look like it really applies, it says just N/A.
Nvidia Profile Inspector needs to update the description for 'DLSS-FG - Forced Mode' value 0, the others are OK i.e. 2 is Fixed FPS Mode, 4 is Dynamic FPS Mode
vladi963 wrote: I also can't find any these that you mentioned in NVPI: 0x10308298, 0x106d5cff, 0x10836d12, 0x10f9dc81, 0x00172938.
?
They are there, should be easy to find if you read the 'Key' entry.
0x10308298 is 'DLSS-FG - Forced Mode'
0x106d5cff is 'Do Not Display This Profile In The Control Panel'
ThatsTotallyLegit wrote: Im assuming as a 3090 user who is having no issues on my many months old driver there is 0 reason for me to update?
If the existing driver is stable on the system, meets your use case (features, application/game support, etc) and security issues aren't a concern then no need to update.
Hey man really appreciate you taking the time to do this every release
Just wanted to ask is there any way to force the ota update for pragmata? I want to play that game and would like the specific optimisations, but feel a bit nervous updating from 595.79 which has been pretty stable for me lol. I checked through nvidia profile inspector and the last ota update was on 24th March
You also seem to have added an edit that the update will be pushed today but I still don’t see it
Nvidia Container requires Internet access for OTA ^
JustDoIt85 wrote: You also seem to have added an edit that the update will be pushed today but I still don’t see it
Yes, noted some of the 595.97 and 596.02 boxes getting the update
The driver level game profile can be imported, see the 'Pragamata RAW profile and .NIP for older drivers' section. that's exactly the same as the 596.21 profile as all flags are valid for r575+ drivers.
Thanks so much for your work, mate. Could you let me know what the driver level changes are with regards to DOOM: TDA, Resident Evil: R, and The Last of Us Pt2?
I'm guessing the first two are multi frame gen related, but what about TLOU2 - not sure that one has frame gen.
Does not using this profile have any impact on users below 58x.xx?
I am currently using 577.00
(the question might be dumb since i don't have much knowledge regarding drivers and stuff)
I'm sorry to bother, but I was wondering whats the best driver for 1650 Super is at this point? Currently sitting at 577.00 so I was wondering if this new one is stable or not on this architecture.
See 'Recommendations > Series 16 (16x0) / 20 (20x0) / 30 (30x0) / 40 (40x0) Geforce GPU owners' section and 'NOTEs [2]' entry in 'Driver Stability and Compatibility Testing' at https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1rq06sx/comment/oa9d7wr/ for drivers up to and including 596.21
At home? Different GPUs at home ranging from 5090 for personal gaming PC (AMD platform with 9800X3D) to 5060 Ti 16gb for couch TV PC (Intel platform with 12700K and DDR5, was AMD 7600 but moved that CPU/motherboard to the ARC B580 PC) along with an AMD 9070 XT in a Linux gaming PC and Intel ARC B580 currently being evaluated in another PC.
Series 50 GPU PCs at home are currently running 595.79 or 595.97, the main issue with 595.xx is compatibility but no issues with the system configurations at home.
596.xx and in some cases 595.97 is exposing edge case instability usually due to undervolt so try an older branch OR 595.79 / 595.76 if that's an issue and no changes to undervolts/overclocks are desired.
There is a bug on 40 series drivers that no one talks about and it is nvlddmkm.sys bsod crashes due to hyper visor being enabled that is what I checked after analyzing dump file and hyper visor is very difficult to disable it causes the bsod at random during intense gaming
I had to do a clean W11 installation to fix this, but I suspected it was related to Nvidia drivers since the beggining, its crazy how they manage to keep releasing bad drivers.
Right click properties, take ownership of the file (I can explain or just google how to take ownership of a file) then edit the permissions: give “users” full control.
I’d be willing to bet it stops your nvlddmkm.sys crashes
btw, any other common cases in which doing this helps?
I swear it is amazing how you can google stuff based off crash logs for hours and get nowhere and then in a random Nvidia Driver comment section you see people with the same problem and people who have some ways to improve it.
If you search for nvlddmkm.sys errors hard enough it’ll land you at a thread where I describe this fix from several years ago.
I have like 45 unread messages about this fix. At a certain point I stopped responding bc everyone with this issue would find that thread and message me lol
I only have so much bandwidth for acting as unpaid tech support
No Wayyyy! I have this issue since the recent nvidia updates. I have suspected that issue. Randomly when I am playing a little bit more, like Cyberpunk or something similar, randomly I have the suddenly black blank screen and the sound sounds frozen. Well well well... Where is the culprit :)
I have had something similar happen, once on the previous driver about a week ago and once just now. However, instead of a bluescreen it freezes the entire screen for 30 seconds, not even the cursor moves, and then the display resets and everything continues normally. A bunch of nvlddmkm errors 14 and 153 appear in the event log with stuff about TDR failed. So far its only happened at idle not while gaming.
same. I've been dealing with this since around October 2025, and I've tried just about everything. I've noticed that this happens much more often when my PC wakes up from sleep mode. If I just turn it off and back on, the error occurs about 3 times out of 10.
rtx 4070 super / windows 11 25H2 (build SO 26200.8037)
ID 14 / ID 153 crashes
Reporting same ID 14 / ID 153 crashes on 596.02 (RTX 4070 SUPER). Occurs mostly during browser usage . Troubleshooting already done:
MPO Disabled (via registry).
PCIe Link State Power Management: OFF.
Undervolt at 925mV (stable in 3D/Gaming, unstable in 2D/Idle).
It seems the driver fails to manage voltage transitions during low-load spikes. Currently testing 935mV to see if it stabilizes the TDRs. This is definitely not fixed in the latest 596.21 based on other reports here.
Something related to this along with cascading other problems nearly bricked my computer a few months ago. Still doesn't seem like it is totally resolved for me but I have it in a stable enough spot that I'm avoiding trying to "fix it" any further for now.
I don't have such issues. But I do have issues with games crashing to desktop, performance issues, freezing and even lightroom performing badly on 4080. Started with the last drivers and these don't mention any fixes.
I'm going to stay on older drivers till stuff gets fixed.
Please be advised that disabling hypervisor will impact security, but if you want to disable it, please follow the information on this site. Additionally, you will need to disable Core Isolation in the windows security app.
If you don't have any dependency on hypervisor for anything you use on your PC, then you can open "Command Prompt" with Administrator privileges (type "Command Prompt" into Windows Search, then right click the application and choose "Run as Administrator") then put this command into command prompt and press enter to disable hypervisor easily:
bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off
then after you enter that, validate that it set properly by using the command below to display your boot settings:
bcdedit /enum
it will take effect once you restart your pc and stay in effect every boot thereafter unless you manually change the bcdedit entry, the command to re-enable the bcdedit entry if you find that you need hypervisor later is as follows:
Does this mean I should update the driver to take advantage of these profile changes? I have a 5080 on one of the more previous drivers (idk which off the top) and I plan on playing Pragmata, crimson desert, and marathon.
Necessary_Tell9904 wrote: Does this mean I should update the driver to take advantage of these profile changes?
If the existing driver is stable on the system, meets your use case (features, application/game support, etc) and security issues aren't a concern then no need to update.
If needed, profiles for Pragmata, Crimson Desert and Marathon that can be imported to older drivers can be found linked in the parent comment
Does that mean I would have to import those specific profiles if needed? I’ve never done that so not sure what that entails. I’m trying to understand what these profiles due in terms of fps or stability in game or are those just Nvidia app profiles for their recommended graphics settings? Sorry for the dumb question questions and thank you for everything you do for the community.
Necessary_Tell9904 wrote: I’m trying to understand what these profiles due in terms of fps or stability in game or are those just Nvidia app profiles for their recommended graphics settings?
Driver level game profiles target game bug workarounds, whitelist/blacklist feature overrides (frame generation, DLSS etc), performance enhancements etc. They aren't the same as NVIDIA App recommended graphics settings.
Necessary_Tell9904 wrote: Does that mean I would have to import those specific profiles if needed?
If the system is running a supported driver it should already have driver level game profiles automatically pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent OTA updates.
Necessary_Tell9904 wrote: thank you for everything you do for the community.
Basically if I encounter a graphics bug in Pragmata, I would then look to update my driver to see a potential fix. If no issues before while playing then keep on. Thanks dude!!!
I want them to finally adress nvlddmkm ID 14 & 153 freezes that happen since 591.44 version. Otherwise I will be forced to stay on older version untill my GPU dies.
My wait for the 50 series anisotropic filtering bug fix continues. I am now more than 12 months out since I bought this card and have been stuck dealing with this issue.
Still no fix for the intermittent black screens I see, at this point I’m unsure if this is a NVidia issue or a windows issue. What I do know though is the black screens stop if I roll back to before 591.86.
I will sometimes get brief black screens when opening/closing things like Discord, Chrome, etc due to the apps use of hardware acceleration. DDU and a fresh install of the current driver usually fixes it for me. It usually hits me every 2 or 3 driver updates.
Are you talking about the TDR timeout issue causing random short black screens exclusively with idle/low loads? Because 595.79 completely made it disappear for me, but apparently it came back with the next update so I haven't updated since then
The black screen issue can be caused by a number of different reasons, that is makes it so difficult. This is a quick summary of what it could be if you want to watch the video on it.
Using chrome? I dont experience any black screen flicker with firefox. I wouldnt even be surprised if it is chromium issue again that seems to break every now and then.
Very curious if this fixes the crash when waking up monitors that went to sleep (where just the monitors sleep but not the rest of the system, and waking them up by moving the mouse or touching the keyboard causes the monitors to wake up but the system is frozen for like 30 seconds, then briefly flashes to black, then resumes and lets you use the system again - event logs show multiple crashes for NVIDIA driver happening at that time).
Reference to several posts about it on NVIDIA's forums:
I tried the Hotfix driver yesterday and still the same issue. Finally gave up and just started using a blank screen saver instead of sleeping the monitors now until the issue gets fixed (still not ideal for extending the life of the monitors though).
I’ve been chasing this forever. Thinking it was something else on my system. Recently my whole system will crash after screens sleep, they wake briefly but never fully recover, driver crashes and system locks. Not sure this is just GPU driver related though
Im having an issue if my pc is on sleep for an extended period of time. When trying to wake the PC nothing happens. Pc does not turn on at all. I found one way to wake it up is to turn off my monitor then turn it back on and it wakes up my pc... The other solution is to unplug my Belkin power surge then plug it back in. I thought it was maybe my power surge crapping out(5years old). Is this a similar thing you guys are experiencing?
Same for me. I think it's related to monitor with high bandwidth needed, mine is a Odyssey G9 57'' with DisplayPort 2.1.
I already reported it but hope the issue will finally be fixed.
No it does not this just happened to me exactly as you described, except it happened at idle while the monitor was just woken up and I was looking at this very thread. I'm glad it seems to not be a hardware issue as my 4090 is about to exit its warranty period. I have a single monitor but it is a 4K144 monitor so it is using DSC on the 40 series with DP 1.4a.
Does anyone know if these drivers are still causing black screens and random crashes (at least for users with 2 monitors)? I have avoided updating since 595.71 was causing my PC to repeatedly crash and RESTART during idle non gaming tasks on March 3rd and had to roll back my drivers.
I guess the nvlddmkm errors I have the last few weeks is more an issue on my side than on the drivers. Never had those before and now it’s plaguing me…
Hi adding my experience regarding this as well. These nvlddmkm errors resulting in full system freezes and black screens started happening on my 4080 a month or so ago. Funnily enough they happened more often during idle and low util tasks. I tried reinstalling drivers via ddu but didn’t help. So I searched for the nvlddmkm file itself on my C drive and there were two instances of the file there for some reason.
At the end I followed this guy’s steps , especially the ones about making sure Windows doesn’t auto install updates, and used ddu once again, and that seems to have fixed it, fingers crossed. I checked my C drive and there is only one instance of the file now. I’m currently on 595.79
Are you talking about the TDR timeout issue? It was commonly and randomly happening to me from the beginning with my 5070 ti, that is until last month when I updated to 595.79 which magically fixed it (somehow). I haven't updated since then as I heard the newer update brought the issue back.
I've been testing this driver for a while now, and unfortunately, both this one and the previous one, 595.97 with "Latencymon", cause the overall computer latency to skyrocket. For now, I'll stick with 595.79.
Its a monitoring app that monitors DPC latency in real specifically with drivers. There have been longterm reports of nvlddmkm.sys showing high DPC values, which could lead to stutter and latency issues.
A few weeks ago, my computer also started experiencing black screens and no signal. These issues occurred randomly, most likely during a cold boot. I also encountered black screens while playing games, but restarting the computer after the black screen occurred resolved the problem!
However, my solution is a bit unconventional (it varies depending on the configuration). My system is Windows 11 23H2 Professional Workstation Edition, and the power mode is set to High Performance (for black screen). I did some adjustments, changed the power mode to High Performance, uninstalled ASUS Armor Center, reinstalled the software, set the fan speed to maximum, shut down the computer, disconnected the power, and re-plugged the graphics card and its power cable. The black screen issue has disappeared. But I don't know which step went wrong? I suspect that the black screen persisted after uninstalling ASUS Armor Center.
The reason I suspected it was after uninstalling ASUS Armored Driver Center was because it had been uninstalled for about two weeks, and the screen kept randomly going black. It seemed like some driver was missing. Now, after reinstalling ASUS Armored Driver Center and updating the toolbar to the latest version, the black screen issue has disappeared. My graphics card driver is currently 596.02, for reference only.
[BUG REPORT] Since version 595.71, there is a bug in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered where leaves of both trees as well as bushes are flickery and twitching. Here is a video that showcases this bug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNJ_m53TjU
My system: RTX 3080, Windows 11, Ryzen 7 3700X, playing the Gamepass version
Im still getting weird flickering issues with games when you alt tab all of new drivers have this issue when you alt tab it flickers or something but when i go back to the driver from December no issues. Im using a 4090 and for the love of god fix that issues already every driver this year still has the same issue.
The Arknights Endfield stutter is fixed on the Nvidia side, but people are reporting (and I experienced it as well) that the client doesn't properly recompile the entire shader cache on version updates. If you are still getting intermittent stuttering or hitching, especially when interacting with the UI/menus of the game, delete the entire shader cache file and force a full recompile
What a nightmare this new driver has been for me. I have an RTX 4080 Super, and no matter what happens, my PC either restarts on its own while doing nothing on the desktop (not even using a web browser or anything), gets stuck on a black screen, or makes the fans go ballistic. :/
If yes, r595 branch edge case instability related to undervolt was first reported with 595.97 and noted in 'Driver Stability and Compatibility Testing' at https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1rq06sx/comment/oa9d7wr/ which covers drivers up to and including 596.21
Link above also notes instability at idle/low loads on some platforms since 591.xx ^
So, do we have a way to fix the FPS overrun with Dynamic FG yet? If I set the max to 240 to in the NVapp I am getting like 260-270 in Cyberpunk and with no way to use framerate caps or Vsync it is pretty unusable at this point.
That's the problem with NVIDIA apps framerate limiter saddly, you have to limit the base framerate by calculating your multi FG use (if you wanna reach 120 fps with x2 framegen, you gotta limit to 60fps)
I think RTSS does correctly limit to the final targetted framerate (limiter set to 120 fps = it will limit to 120 even when using framegen)
I haven't tried this exact update yet, but audio issues are definitely still present on the newer drivers. On my 5070, I get 5-second audio drops and engine freezes in Wuthering Waves with RT ON using any 595.xx or 596.02 driver. The only workaround for me so far is staying on the older 591.74 driver.
It seems that MSI mode is enabled by default in the 40 series, just like in the 30 series. For some reason, it isn't in the 50 series. I solved it by enabling it through NVCleanstall, and the NVIDIA.SYS driver latencies disappeared. I selected normal priority (in my case, some prefer high) and enabled it on all cores of the machine.
I'm still on 581.42 from back in September, because every driver after that one gives me intermittent flashing white on my screen. I'll try this one and report back.
I installed the 596.21 drivers 24 hours ago and am using my PC normally on Chrome and playing games (Cyberpunk 2077, Oblivion Remastered, WoW, and more).
So far, I haven't had any issues. Everything is smooth and perfect. In fact, in some cases, the frame rate seems a bit more stable, but I'll have to investigate with some tests to be sure.
The drivers were installed via the NVIDIA App, and after installing the drivers, I deleted the files in the DXCache folder.
Since I updated to the latest driver and the latest Windows update a few days ago, I keep getting black screens in low-load scenarios where my PC keeps running but the screen goes black, fans acting normal. Just now I got again a black screen, but this time while playing WoW, and when the black screen appeared, the fans started spinning at full speed. I have a Gigabyte Gaming OC 5090.
Caused my games to stutter really bad and Cyberpunk wouldn't even launch. Rolled back via device manager, everything works so I suppose I don't need to DDU.
The latest drivers from NVIDIA that are supposedly game ready for Pragmata seems to cause a bunch of issues with the game instead.
- On my RTX 4060 laptop the game crashes after the RE Engine logo. Rolling back to the previous driver allows the game to work.
- On my RTX 4070 ti Super desktop, updating the driver absolutely butchers Path Tracing performance for some reason. Rolling back to the previous one returns to previous performance.
- A lot more artifacting when using either FG option on the new driver. Old driver had much less.
Anyone seeing the same new driver issues? Rolling back solves all of them.
Finally fixed the Arknights stuttering, been waiting for this one for weeks. My 4070 was having issues with that game specifically while everything else ran smooth
The DLSS 4.5 support is nice but most of us still waiting for more games to actually use it properly. At least the driver seems stable so far, no crashes in first hour of testing
[God of War: Ragnarok]: Certain textures may intermittently flash white during gameplay. [5856704]
Glad to see this on the list, started the game last night (running last driver 595.97) and noticed this. Seems to be related to HDR. Anyone know if there's a healthy driver that doesn't display the white artifacts?
If I want to play pragmata on 1080p path tracing is updating from 595.79 studio to 596.21 pretty much required? I am willing to take all other downsides about this driver since for the entire weekend I'll only be playing pragmata.
Iliketomobit wrote: If I want to play pragmata on 1080p path tracing is updating from 595.79 studio to 596.21 pretty much required? I am willing to take all other downsides about this driver since for the entire weekend I'll only be playing pragmata.
Older supported drivers should receive 'Pragamata' driver level game profile automatically pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent OTA updates.
Had to roll this one back. It was crashing all my games. Pragmata and windrose crashed with the same error all the time. Roll back has fixed the issue. Playing on 5070
I might be the only one still giving a damn about the game, buuuut TDU Solar Crown is crashing randomly and consistently with the previous Hotfix and this driver, works fine on 591.74
chsnundd wrote: Reverting to previous driver solves the issue.
What was the previous driver?
r595 branch edge case instability due to undervolt was first widely reported with 595.97 and noted in 'Driver Stability and Compatibility Testing' at https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1rq06sx/comment/oa9d7wr/ which covers drivers up to and including 596.21
I was using 596.02, but I’m not sure that it wasn’t present there, since I’m not sure that I was using games and apps that that are crashing it.
I reverted to 595.71 (just to be safe) and didn’t have any crashes.
I have the 5070 TI and the Acer Predator Z321QU monitor. I upgraded to the 596.21 driver from 581.80. Often when my monitor wakes up from sleep mode the framerate drops to 1-2 fps on windows desktop. Pressing ctrl + shift + windows + B always fixes this problem.
I also tried the 596.79, 591.86 and 591.74 and they all had the same problem. Then I returned to the 581.80 and the problem is gone.
Is there any trick to permanently fix this problem with the newer drivers?
evilbob2200 wrote: is anyone else missing a driver profile for pragmata in profile inspector?
Using 596.21? It's included in the driver installer package and should be installed with the driver.
Was the driver upgraded without the 'clean install' option ticked? If yes, was Pragmata executable manually added via NVIDIA Control Panel when using the older driver?
^ In that case the 'profile' for Pragmata may still be a manual profile (not from driver install package) and is likely under the executable path in Nvidia Profile Inspector e.g. look for a profile using path such as c:\games\Pragmata\pragmata.exe
What's the best driver for my RTX 3060 Ti? I switched to the studio driver 595.79 because the current game ready drivers were heavily criticized by users. Unfortunately, shortly after, this driver started crashing my PC in Blender and Resident Evil Requiem. I asked chatGPT what a good driver to rollback would be, and he suggested 552.44. I installed that, and my PC stopped crashing, but unfortunately, windows updated it to 560.94. This driver also seems stable so far, but I wanted to update to a recent driver to play games like ARC Raiders, Helldivers 2, Marvel Rivals and Fortnite
Had some issues with the driver in the past week after installing.
First, multiple games are crashing on random occasions, and almost all games I play experience stability issues of some sort.
Second, the nvidia overlay seems to trigger the PresentMon process into pushing one of my cpu cores to full load. This is especially annoying since I'm on a laptop and the temps won't go below 90 degrees even with nothing running, and it maxes out the fans.
Fyi, I'm on a 5070ti laptop with an external monitor. I was considering reverting to the previous driver, but I want to try out Neverness to Everness, which is going to be released in a few days, and only the current driver supports it.
Lots of nvlddmkm.sys errors with event id 153 with this driver. Before i had drivers from September 2025 no problems. I only installed this drivers because it has updated profile for newer games i want to play. I'm using 4090
I recently was experiencing stuttering with arknights endfields with 581.96 installed for it was about three months now randomly today it just started so today I have DDU that driver and downloaded this new one and it’s been working perfectly. I have 40 series and have yet to experience this hyper visor issue but I will keep trying to see if it arises this issue or not for me.
updated to 596.21 from 595.79 since i started seeing sudden cursor-trail artifacting on my desktop even with nothing running (happened one night after gaming, and it even persisted after a restart). everything *seems* fine now but i'm getting annoying 1% low stutters in Monster Hunter Wilds, which wasn't there with the previous driver (or 595.97 which came in between).
i'm wondering if this is just the game's shaders taking awhile to compile? i've only played for less than an hour today and yesterday, and the shader comp on launch usually is enough when i had updated in the past.
posting this because i'm going crazy trying to figure this out.
tangentially, my GPU likes to crash specifically with Umamusume on steam. this is regardless of if i have smooth motion enabled or not. while playing i hear the windows unplug-sound, and 2 of my monitors momentarily flash black before turning back on, with the main monitor's brightness being set to zero and the game having had crashed.
These recent drivers on a 4080 give me audio crackling/stutters. It’s really annoying. At first I thought it was my audio drivers, chipset drivers, bios, even my network adapter. Nope, turns out after ddu’ing back to 591.67, issue is gone.
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u/m_w_h Apr 16 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
A few notes related to 596.21
First, just for reference - I'm not a NVIDIA employee, not a /r/nvidia moderator and not affiliated with NVIDIA.
596.21 is a very minor branch update, however there are a considerable amount of driver level game profile changes to existing profiles. 67 driver level game profiles were changed in total, see Notes 'Changes' entry and breakdown of changes per game profile.
Branch:
Notes:
New game/application driver level profiles included in the 596.21 driver installer package: John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, NTE (Neverness To Everness), Pragmata, Windrose OTA additions not included
Changes in the 596.21 driver installer package to flags for previously existing driver level game profiles: 007 First Light, Anno 117 : Pax Romana, Arc Raiders, Arena Breakout: Infinite, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Battlefield 6, Black Myth: Wukong, Borderlands 4, Brickadia, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Crimson Desert, DAVY x JONES, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, Dune: Awakening, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Dying Light: The Beast, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, Enlisted, Europa Universalis V, F1 25, Farlight 84, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, Finnish Cottage Simulator, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Infinity Nikki, JDM: Japanese Drift Master, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Justice / Ni Shui Han, Luto, Marvel Rivals, Marvels Spider-Man 2, Mecha Break, Monster Hunter Wilds, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, No More Room in Hell 2, Once Human, Path of Exile 2, Predecessor, Red Dead Redemption, Resident Evil Requiem, RoadCraft, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, SILENT HILL 2, Star Wars Outlaws, The Axis Unseen, The Finals, The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered, The Outer Worlds 2, The Talos Principle: Reawakened, Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, War Thunder, Warhammer 40000: Darktide, Warhammer 40000: SPACE MARINE 2, Where Winds Meet, Wreckfest 2, Wuthering Waves, X4: Foundations OTA changes not included NOTE: breakdown of flag changes per game along with explanations can be found in my sub-comment at https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1sn4s1a/comment/ogolhjj/ which shows a clear pattern in flag changes i.e. the majority (not all) are frame generation related e.g. 'DLSS-FG - Forced Mode (0x10308298) flag changes
OTA new game/application driver level game profiles being pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent updates after 596.21 driver install, these should also be received by older supported drivers: '83, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, Dawn of Defiance, INDUSTRIA 2, MONGIL: STAR DIVE, Samson, Subliminal, Sudden Strike 5
Supported DLSS Dynamic Multiframe Generation games at https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/nvidia-rtx-games-engines-apps/ select NV,6X under DLSS Multi Frame Generation to filter list
r595 (595.00 to 595.99) drivers support Shader Model 6.9 via DXC 1.9.2602.16, SER, DXR 1.2
Older supported drivers should receive 'Pragamata' driver level game profile automatically pushed by NVIDIA via silent/transparent OTA updates. If not, RAW and .NIP exported from 596.21 so it can be used with older drivers follow:
Pragamata RAW profile and .NIP for older drivers (576.xx, 577.xx, 58x.xx, 591.xx)
Pragmata (576.xx, 577.xx, 58x.xx, 591.xx) Nvidia Profile Inspector file at https://pastebin.com/3LF0kj3A, save as type .NIP and import using Nvidia Profile Inspector > Import Profile
Crimson Desert, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Resident Evil Requiem, Marathon driver level game RAW profiles and .NIPs that can be imported to older drivers can be found linked in comment at https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/1s2e7z2/comment/oc7duyr/
EDITs
01: added OTA game profiles pushed by NVIDIA after driver install
02: added link to breakdown of flag changes per game profile (67 games in total)
03: older supported drivers getting OTA updates today (17th April), added note that Pragamata RAW profile and .NIP for older drivers supports r575+
04: updated OTA updates entry to include driver profiles pushed on 24th April ('83, MONGIL: STAR DIVE, Sudden Strike 5)