Nvidia is facing another road bump with its GeForce RTX lineup, this time affecting older generations too. Due to growing complaints regarding instabilities, developers have begun recommending their users avoid recent driver updates, which are suspected as the root cause. Though not being the same hinderance as previous problems, this adds another dent to Nvidia’s previously acclaimed software expertise.
Team Green’s latest GPU drivers are reportedly causing many issues for RTX 30 and RTX 40 Series owners, from stuttering and poor performance to general instabilities and black screens. Though these latest drivers bring game support and day-one optimisations, InZoi and The First Berserk: Khazan developers had no choice but to recommend players rollback their GeForce driver to version 566.36 on RTX 40 Series GPUs. As a reminder, this update was released back in December 5, 2025, nearly four months ago.
Since RTX 40 owners are the most impacted, RTX 50 and RTX 30 Series users are encouraged to at least try the latest 572.83 drivers from March 18, only switching to version 566.36 if jitters arise. On the bright side, most games should run fine even on unsupported driver versions.
That said, Nvidia needs to get its act together as its consumer GeForce segment is beginning to pile up problems. Aside from hardware issues, the brand’s once-renowned software stack is starting to show signs of neglect. From an outside view, Nvidia seems more interested in its high-margin data-centre products, leaving the PC enthusiasts to fight for availability.
Nvidia hasn’t commented on these reports yet, leaving us unaware of any plans to fix these issues. Logically, we could see patches in the upcoming weeks, but that will depend on their underlying complexity.
