Key Takeaways
1. Nvidia’s new RTX 5000 series drivers (572.XX) are causing significant issues for older GPU generations (RTX 4000 and RTX 3000).
2. Game developers are recommending users with older GPUs revert to driver version 566.36 to avoid crashes and instability.
3. Users of RTX 5000 GPUs cannot revert to older, more stable drivers, leading to frustrations with their new hardware.
4. The RTX 5000 series is not free from instability issues, with reports of crashes, freezes, and performance drops.
5. Nvidia appears to be prioritizing its compute and server divisions over the gaming market, impacting driver support and stability.
Nvidia has been relatively smooth sailing with its gaming GPU drivers for a while now. Fans of Team Green often boast about the better driver stability compared to AMD’s offerings, but things have gotten a bit more complicated for Nvidia since the launch of the new RTX 5000 series. Generally, GPU manufacturers support the latest 3-4 generations, but the drivers (572.XX) that brought support for the new RTX 5000 cards are causing significant issues for older generation GPUs. As a result, game developers have started suggesting users revert to older drivers to avoid these instability problems.
Issues Across Generations
The RTX 5000 series isn’t immune to instability either; however, the previous generation RTX 4000 and RTX 3000 cards are experiencing more frequent crashes, freezes, artifacting, and frame drops with the 572.XX drivers. Users with older Nvidia GPUs have been voicing their concerns over various games in recent months, leading developers of inZoi and The First Berserker: Khazan to recommend using driver version 566.36 for RTX 4000 and RTX 3000 cards. Reports from Mpr_reviews on X indicate that the 566.xx drivers resolve most issues for these older cards, but this workaround comes at the cost of some DLSS features that are necessary for the latest Nvidia applications.
Limited Options for New Users
Sadly, owners of RTX 5000 GPUs are stuck with the latest driver versions as they cannot revert to previous ones to enhance stability, since only the new 572.XX drivers are compatible with their newer cards. Even though Nvidia has been rolling out new driver updates more frequently, the problems surrounding the RTX 5000 series, including supply and hardware challenges for both desktops and laptops, clearly signal that Team Green is not as focused on the gaming market as it once was. Instead, their compute and server divisions have been central to the surge in AI advancements over the last few years.
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