A Hotfix for a Hotfix – Nvidia launches GeForce Hotfix 576.26

Nvidia hotfixes its bug-fixing driver with more hotfixes

Nvidia has launched its new GeForce Hotfix 576.26 driver, delivering new bug fixes for its GeForce 576.02 driver and GeForce 576.15 Hotfix driver. That’s right, Nvidia had released a hotfix for a hotfix. To add further to Nvidia’s embarrassment, Nvidia’s GeForce 576.02 driver focused on big fixes.

Below are the release notes for Nvidia’s new Hotfix driver.

Nvidia GeForce Hotfix Display Driver version 576.26

• [RTX 50 series] [Black Myth]: The game will randomly crash when Wukong transforms [5231902]
• [RTX 50 series] [LG 27GX790A/45GX950A/32GX870A/40WT95UF/27G850A]: Display blank screens when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode with HDR [5080789]
• [Forza Horizon 5]: Lights flicker at nighttime [5038335]
• [Forza Motorsport]: Track corruption occurs in benchmark or night races. [5201811]
• [RTX 50 series] [Red Dead Redemption 2]: The game crashes shortly after starting in DX12 mode. No issue in Vulkan mode [5137042]
• [RTX 50 series] [Horizon Forbidden West]: The game freezes after loading a save game [5227554]
• [RTX 50 series] Grey screen crashes with multiple monitors [5239138]
• [RTX 50 series] [Dead Island 2]: The game crash after updating to GRD 576.02 [5238676]
• [RTX 50 series] [Resident Evil 4 Remake]: Flickering background textures [5227655]
• [RTX 50 series] Momentary display flicker occurs when running in DisplayPort2.1 mode with a high refresh rate [5009200]

This Hotfix driver incorporates the fixes introduced in the previous GeForce Hotfix v576.15:

• [RTX 50 series] Some games may display shadow flicker/corruption after updating to GRD 576.02 [5231537]
• Lumion 2024 crashes on GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card when entering render mode [5232345]
• GPU monitoring utilities may stop reporting the GPU temperature after PC wakes from sleep [5231307]
• [RTX 50 series] Some games may crash while compiling shaders after updating to GRD 576.02 [5230492]
• [GeForce RTX 50 series notebook] Resume from Modern Standy can result in black screen [5204385]
• [RTX 50 series] SteamVR may display random V-SYNC micro-stutters when using multiple displays [5152246]
• [RTX 50 series] Lower idle GPU clock speeds after updating to GRD 576.02 [5232414]

Nvidia’s new GeForce 576.26 Hotfix driver is available to download here.

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