New Nvidia drivers improve performance in benchmarks, but crashes and gaming issues remain

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust Recap: Nvidia's RTX 50 series has arguably been another forgettable and disappointing GPU launch in recent memory. Issues with the new graphics cards include underwhelming gen-to-gen performance improvements, melting power cables, stingy VRAM allocation, near-nonexistent launch inventory, missing ROPs, and software stability problems. While Nvidia has attempted to address bugs and crashes with recent driver updates, user complaints appear to persist. Users on the ComputerBase forums report that Nvidia's graphics driver version 576.02 noticeably improves performance in 3DMark's Steel Nomad benchmark. However, Reddit users have also disclosed degraded performance in several recent major titles. ComputerBase confirmed that the RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5070 see performance gains between 6% and 8% in Steel Nomad. Users on the site's forums and Reddit have shared screenshots showing score ... Read full article.