- RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards from Nvidia are experiencing unpleasant problems
- This could be linked to the latest drivers, since the problems also affected RTX 4000 GPUs
- Nvidia “Investigation of reported problems” and I hope we will hear more of Team Green for a long time
Nvidia studies problems with its new RTX 5000 GPUs which causes a graphics card plan. The problems seem to occur several times for some, in various circumstances, which potentially leaves the Green team with a major headache around their new cards.
The troubles started when Nvidia expelled a new graphics pilot (version 572.16) and people started to experience accidents with certain PC games. After that, there were reports on the RTX 5090 missed, including the accidents that occur, or the GPU is not recognized by the host PC. (And even the strange history of a flagship product of Blackwell, but we must be very cautious around these rare affirmations).
The problems now seem more widespread and apparently affect the RTX 5090 and 5080 models, with repeated accidents occurring as indicated – often freezes you looking at a black screen.
Part of the difficulty here is the wide range of circumstances in which these different problems are manifested. From apparently non-functional GPUs to problems with multi-monitors configurations, there is a confusing range of nuances to individual complaints of the RTX 5090 and 5080 owners.
Nvidia told PC Gamer that he “investigated the problems reported with the RTX 50 series” now, and I have the feeling that this dive probably deep in what is happening here will take some time.
Analysis: Clean installation to cure pilot blues?
Obviously, the volume of reports on the usual forums (Reddit and the own Babillard of Nvidia) has prompted Nvidia to let us know that it acts effectively on this front. Until we hear other comments from Team Green, all we can do is browse a whole bunch of suggested correction, some of whom work for some people, but not for others.
However, this box of Worms seems to be linked to the last pilot, an idea supported by disseminating problems of problems with the RTX 4000 graphics cards and this most recent GPU pilot. While PC Gamer theorizes, these Gremlins could concern the old pilot files that are launching in the background, merging with the new configuration in one way or another after the user installed the latter pilot.
This is why our sister site advises a full wipe of the pilot (using the UNInstaller display driver, or DDU, to completely delete each bit of the old graphic driver; in your new RTX 5000 shiny GPU.
Thus, in terms of driver, your choices are to return to the previous NVIDIA graphics pilot before this latest version, or to make a complete wipe (using DDU as mentioned) before reinstalling the last driver, keeping your fingers firmly crossed.
Or, simply live with your playing PC as it is – if the collision is not excessively boring in your particular case – in the hope that Nvidia deploys a hotfix sooner. It may happen, because we have arrived recently to solve breakdown problems with a few games in the last driver.
Meanwhile, if you are in a mode of life with ”, you can try common bypass solutions that are simple and have done the trick for some people. They include the deactivation of HDR in Windows 11 (assuming you, of course) and reducing the cooling rate of your monitor to 60 Hz.
The latter seems to have worked for a few people to resolve some, if not all, of the collision. So it’s a blow with it, definitely. This could also help explain why multi-monitors configurations are apparently potentially more bancantes, as if there were problems related to the instructor in the driver, then obviously, they are more likely to occur in this scenario.
Keep in mind that, as indicated in the past, some RTX 5090 owners have found a solution to enter the BIOS and abandon their graphics card from the use of PCIe 5.0 to PCIe 4.0. This will mean that the GPU works more slowly, but not in a major way, and if it means an experience without crash, then it is clearly a much better path to go for the moment, as a temporary solution, until a correction ).
As already indicated, I have the feeling that the solution could be delicate here, so I am not too optimistic about a quick hotfix – but you never know.
