GeForce graphics playing cards drivers are having their maximum torrid time since, um, closing 12 months. As reported closing week, Nvidia’s Recreation In a position 595.59 replace – the release driving force for Resident Evil Requiem – spun up reported cooling fan problems, and its substitute, model 595.71, has been unintentionally kneecapping clock speeds and voltage caps on the latest RTX 50 fashions. Cue but any other new driving force, 595.76, which launched the day past as a hasty hotfix.
Nvidia’s patch notes declare 595.76 addresses the accidental voltage capping, which might harm efficiency when overclocking, particularly. It additionally throws in a repair for spooky white dots showing in Resi Requiem, in addition to a promise of stepped forward course tracing efficiency in Capcom’s slightly excellent horror sequel.
Credit score the place it’s due, I’ve simply examined out the latter and in comparison to the 591.86 driving force, which I used for earlier benchmarking, there may be certainly a bit of framerate uptick. On an RTX 5080, a path-traced Requiem ran about 6% sooner with High quality DLSS upscaling and seven% sooner with DLSS on Efficiency. I nonetheless reckon you must stick to common ray tracing, although.
In my view, I’m additionally prone to hold onto 591.86 some time longer. ‘Tis higher to bork and fasten temporarily than to by no means repair in any respect, as I consider it says within the Bible, however a couple of volatile drivers in a row is an overly efficient self assurance killer.
At worst, a name for dodgy drivers is the type of factor that may even power some PC gamers to modify graphics playing cards groups – one thing Nvidia know themselves, having without doubt picked up some consumers bored to death with AMD’s previous device missteps. Now not that many of us might be purchasing a brand new GPU presently, thoughts. They’re stuck up within the similar pricing and inventory distress as RAM sticks, SSDs, and Steam Machines on account of ongoing reminiscence shortages.
