NVIDIA’s New Driver Update Fails to Fix “Black Screen” Problems; Supported Titles Now Crashing

NVIDIA’s recent attempt to address the vexing black screen issue plaguing RTX 50 GPUs with their latest driver update appears to have fallen short for many users, and in some cases, it seems to be making matters worse.

NVIDIA’s Driver Update Might Be Creating More Problems Than It Solves for Gamers

It looks like NVIDIA isn’t having the smoothest experience with its RTX 50 Blackwell GPU rollout. Among the slew of issues, a significant one involves gamers encountering crashes and black screens during play. To tackle this, NVIDIA released the Game Ready 572.60 driver update, promising to resolve DisplayPort connectivity problems and potentially BIOS issues. However, according to users like @mpr_reviews on social media, the update has not only failed to fix the problem but might have exacerbated it, with games that support Multi-Frame Generation (MFG) reportedly crashing more frequently.

Using the latest Nvidia driver 572.60 causes every game that supports multi-frame generation to black screen crash and restart my PC on the RTX 5080 when MFG 3x or 4x is used. Either at game startup or when exiting the game. The latest 572.65 hotfix driver also exhibits the same…

It seems that for users engaging with MFG-supported titles, the issue remains, even after applying the 572.65 hotfix. While the black screen occurrence is more prevalent in MFG games, it’s not exclusively confined to them, indicating that the recent driver isn’t the solution many were hoping for. Although we’ve yet to see a flood of crash reports since the update’s release, these early indications suggest there’s a lingering problem, possibly linked to how MFG operates with RTX 50 Blackwell GPUs.

It happened to me today playing Death Stranding on my 5080 with DLSS and frame gen turned off, it was weird. It didn’t happen in any driver and I thought it could be an overheating, but I was monitoring the temps and both CPU and GPU were below 65. Gonna rollback the driver.

For those continuing to face issues post-update, sharing your experiences would be valuable as it could prompt NVIDIA to take a closer look. Some, including @mpr_reviews, have opted to roll back to previous driver versions, noting fewer crashes with the older software. This problem is still unfolding, so we’re keeping an eye on further developments to identify the true source of these troubles.

As AMD gears up for the release of its RX 9070 series, the timing couldn’t be worse for NVIDIA, whose struggle with the RTX 50 GPU’s performance may give its competitor a leg up in the highly competitive GPU market unless they can promptly address these issues.