NVIDIA’s GPU driver and emergency measures “hotfix version” released. Another problem occurs after fixing a “serious defect” – AUTOMATON

On March 5th, NVIDIA released “GeForce Hotfix display driver 595.76” for Nintendo’s graphic board. The other day, “595.71 WHQL” was distributed that fixed a bug related to fan control, but due to a minor bug that occurred, the hotfix was not released.

On February 26th, “GeForce Game Ready Regular Driver 595.59 WHQL” was distributed as a driver for gamers that supports graphics boards such as the GeForce RTX series and GeForce 16 series. The driver included optimization for “Resident Evil Requiem” and “Marathon.” WHQL” was immediately withdrawn (Related articlesAfter that, on March 3rd, they released the full version of “GeForce Game Ready Driver 595.71 WHQL,” which fixed the issue.

However, a problem will be found with this “595.71 WHQL” as well. Users of the RTX 50 series have reported decreased performance and power consumption under high loads.WccftechAccording to the verification, when performing a FurMark benchmark test using “MSI GeForce RTX 5090 SUPRIM WHQL”, the voltage is limited to 1.005 to 1.010V, around 1.0V, and the frequency operates at less than 3000MHz.Official forumSimilar reports can be found in .

This power restriction was thought to be intended to reduce the risk of burning out the 16-pin connector of the graphics card, but at first glance it appears to be a defect. NVIDIA today released “GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 595.76″ as a hotfix. This driver is based on the problematic “595.71 WHQL,” and fixes issues such as the GPU voltage being limited during overclocking, as well as bugs in “Resident Evil: Requiem.”

In addition, “GeForce Hotfix Display Driver 595.76” is a beta version aimed at quickly releasing a fix as a hotfix. As a result, the quality assurance process has been greatly simplified.Official support pageYou need to download the installer from the link below. By the way, this fix will be visible in the next WHQL driver, so the current Hotfix driver will be deleted at that moment.

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