NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 572.XX Reportedly Troubling RTX 40 Series Users with Crashes and Blackscreens

NVIDIA’s newest GPU drivers are causing quite a stir for GeForce RTX 40 series users and even those with older models, but the company has yet to tackle these concerns head-on.

### Increasing Frustrations Over Problematic GPU Driver 572.XX with RTX 40 GPUs

Since NVIDIA rolled out its RTX 50 series in January, it seems the RTX 40 series GPUs have been somewhat sidelined when it comes to resolving bugs. Though it’s not uncommon for companies to concentrate on their freshest offerings, the RTX 50 series itself wasn’t entirely free from trouble, dealing with BSODs early on. However, prior to the introduction of drivers compatible with the RTX 50, the RTX 40 series had been running relatively smoothly. The release of these new drivers, however, started to tangle the otherwise stable operation of RTX 40 GPUs.

Take the experience shared by Reddit’s u/Soctty1992, who described the tangled mess that driver 572.XX has made of his system. He isn’t alone—numerous reports echo his issues, pointing to common problems like severe crashes, black screens, and display glitches; these problems were quite rare before the 572.XX driver hit the scene.

Interestingly, many users found that reverting to the older 566.XX drivers seemed to resolve their problems, an option NVIDIA made available before its 572.16 update launched on January 30th to accommodate the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The arrival of the RTX 50 series packed a punch with new features like DLSS 4, Multi-Frame Generation, and DLSS Override. It’s not as though activating these features automatically triggers issues; the complications appear to be a mix of varying elements that need thorough investigation.

Consider one user’s account of running Cyberpunk 2077 on an RTX 4080—the game crashed immediately at startup until reverting to a pre-572.XX driver provided relief. Another gamer with an RTX 4090 reported black screens, system freezes, and monitors refusing to wake up, all of which were resolved by rolling back to the 566.XX drivers.

Despite the loud and clear outcry from users since the end of January, NVIDIA seems to have given these bug fix requests the cold shoulder. Their attention has primarily focused on resolving BSOD issues plaguing the RTX 50 series, which only saw resolution after a number of weeks. As a result, many RTX 40 series users have had to revert to older drivers. However, doing so has stripped them of the benefits offered by the latest drivers, such as the Transformer Model DLSS 4, enhanced Ray Reconstruction, and new additions to the DLSS-supported games library.