NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 572.XX Allegedly Triggering Major Issues for RTX 40 Series Users: Crashes, Black Screens, and More!

NVIDIA’s newest GPU drivers have been stirring up some trouble for users with GeForce RTX 40 series graphics cards and even for those using older models, yet there hasn’t been a response from NVIDIA to tackle these issues.

### Users Flag Issues with Driver 572.XX on RTX 40 Series Systems

Ever since the RTX 50 series hit the market in January, NVIDIA seems to have put the RTX 40 series on the back burner regarding bug fixes. It’s not uncommon for companies to shift focus to their latest offerings, and although the RTX 50 series faced its share of challenges like BSODs, the RTX 40 was running fairly smoothly with existing drivers until the RTX 50-optimized updates arrived, which began causing serious problems for RTX 40 GPUs.

A Reddit user, known as u/Soctty1992, shared his own run-ins with the problematic driver 572.XX and pointed out multiple reports highlighting similar glitches affecting others. These issues range from severe system crashes and black screens to display problems, which were scarcely encountered before the 572.XX drivers came into play.

A telling comment on Reddit reads: “PSA: Nvidia Widespread Black Screen or Hard OS Crash Issues on 4xxx (or older) Series Cards Need To Be Widely Known & Fixed,” by u/Soctty1992 in the hardware subreddit.

Interestingly, many users found relief by reverting to the 566.XX drivers that were available before the new 572.16 driver launched on January 30, aimed at supporting the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. The RTX 50 series debuted with several new features such as DLSS 4, Multi-Frame Generation, and DLSS Override. However, it’s not as simple as switching these features on or off to resolve the issues—an interplay of various factors is at work here requiring further investigation.

One user reported that running Cyberpunk 2077 on an RTX 4080 resulted in a crash right at startup, which only got resolved by reverting to the drivers available before 572.XX. Another RTX 4090 user noted experiencing several complications like black screens, freezes, and monitors failing to power up, all of which were mitigated by downgrading to the 566.XX drivers.

It appears that NVIDIA has been disregarding these bug fix requests, which users have been vocal about since late January. While they eventually addressed the BSODs on RTX 50-series systems, this took several weeks. Many RTX 40 users have had no choice but to roll back to previous drivers, although this means missing out on the benefits of the latest updates, such as the Transformer Model DLSS 4, improved Ray Reconstruction, and the addition of new games to the DLSS-supported list.