Nvidia is investigating RTX 50 crashes and black screen issues, but no fix date yet

Facepalm: The black screen and system instability woes have been raging for some time now – not just on the RTX 50 series, but also on some 40- and 30-series cards. Nvidia first acknowledged the problems over a week ago following the 572.16 driver release, but a fix is still nowhere in sight. The latest statement on the issue came from an Nvidia staff member named Manuel in the GeForce driver feedback thread. Manuel says that they're still investigating whether the issues will require a driver update or a straight VBIOS flash for the RTX 50 cards. The problems appear to have started when Nvidia's latest 570 driver branch first launched. Issues range from minor stuttering and crashes in games to full-blown blue screens of death. While the RTX 50 series seems to be bearing the brunt, a few 40- and 30-series owners are reporting similar woes after updating. Adding to frustrations, the latest 572.47 drivers that added support for the RTX 5070 Ti arrived with a paltry set of bug fixes. I ... Read full article.