NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver v572.60 (WHQL)

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver v572.60 (WHQL)
Released February 27, 2025

Game Ready Driver Release Notes (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/572.60/57...10-release-notes.pdf
Control Panel User's Guide (PDF): us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/572.60/57...uick-start-guide.pdf

Release Highlights:
Game Ready for NARAKA: BLADEPOINT DLSS 4
This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including NARAKA BLADEPOINT. Further support for new titles leveraging DLSS technology includes Monster Hunter Wilds.

Fixed Issues in Version 572.60 WHQL
Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• [SteamVR] Some apps may display stutter on GeForce RTX 50 series

Fixed General Bugs

• [Adobe Substance 3D Sampler] Crashing at launch with R570 branch drivers
• [Adobe Substance 3D Painter ]texture corruption in baking results from GPU raytracing
• [VRay 6] Unexpected Low Performance on CUDA Vpath Tests for Blackwell GPUs
• [GeForce RTX 50 series] Various black screen issues
• Audio issues when GPU is connected via DisplayPort 1.4 w/ DSC at very high refresh rates
• Applications may display slight image corruption on pixelated 2D patterns

Known Issues in Version 572.60 WHQL

• Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted
• PC may bugcheck IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL 0xa during gameplay with HDR enabled

Download:
Windows 10/11 Desktop: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/572.60/57...ational-dch-whql.exe
Windows 10/11 Notebook: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/572.60/57...ational-dch-whql.exe

Cheers
Tom

Thanks Tom for sharing! DLSS 4 for NARAKA sounds so interesting, I will update it right away to test the performance Slope Game . Fixing SteamVR and Substance errors is also very necessary, NVIDIA works really well!
 

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver v576.02 (WHQL)
Download release notes: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/576.02/57...10-release-notes.pdf
Download driver: de.download.nvidia.com/Windows/576.02/57...ational-dch-whql.exe

NVIDIA Studio Driver v576.02 (WHQL)
Download release notes: us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/576.02/57...sd-release-notes.pdf
Download driver: de.download.nvidia.com/Windows/576.02/57...nal-nsd-dch-whql.exe

Fixed Gaming Bugs:
[Fortnite] random crashes during gameplay [5171520]
[The First Berserker: Khazan] DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED Crash [5195216]
[Star Wars Outlaws] Application will freeze after leaving the game idle for 5+ minutes [5191099]
Game stability issues when playing games with DLSS Frame Generation + GSYNC [5144337]
[Monster Hunter Wilds] Crash after accepting quest with DLSS-FG Enabled [5087795]
[InZOI] Game crashes with error "GPU crashed or D3D Device Removed" [5154864]
[Overwatch 2] Stutter when using VSYNC [5171856]
[Hellblade 2 Senua's Saga] Increased aliasing when using TSR [5125662]
[Hellblade 2 Senua's Saga] Crashing when using Smooth Motion [5209772]
[The Last of Us Part 1] Crash when using Smooth Motion [5208799]
Dithering/banding in some games on RTX 50-series GPUs [5121715]
[Control] Flickering corruption in multiple areas [5118876]
Stutter when using VSYNC [5202703][5202474]
VSYNC in NVCP + frame generation causes issues in DLSS 4 games [5124816]
[UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection] Artifacts on screen when collecting treasures [5158954]

Fixed General Bugs:
Stability issues when using Windows 11 24H2 [5160948]
Bugcheck w/ PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (50) when playing games with DLSS 4 multi-frame generation [5144337]
[RTX 50 series] GPUs crashes with black screen/underflow [5160845]
[RTX 50 series] Random Black Screen issues [5090505]
General system stability issues [4921925]
[RTX 50 series] System hard hang with 572.16 driver loaded [5107271]
Compute Shader related tests are failing due to "error" [4894179]
[HWBU][DT GB202/203][LG 27GN950 Specific]: Display blacked out when applying 120Hz refresh rate [5044229]
PC display will not wake after extended sleep time [5131052]
Two DP output of the RTX5090 will blue screen when trying to watch protected videos [5167145]
Black screen issue when testing 3D mark with driver 572.02 and 572.16 [5095825]
Primary Blank display showing blank after hot plug the display in daisy chain [4978206]
Display shows blank screen on setting RR 165/200Hz when daisy chain is enabled. [5049227]
Second display showing blank when we apply higher RR for second display when displays connected in daisy chain [4956573]
Primary monitor (AOROUS FO32U2P) goes blank when we HPD/power cycle second display in Daisy chain. [5075448]
GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs crashes with black screen when playing graphically demanding games [5098914]
RTX 50 series displays blank screens on LG 5k2k 45GX950A-B when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode w/ HDR [5192671]
Black screen on installing drivers and booting into Windows [5153642]
DP2.1 - UHBR10/13.5 link rates are unstable on LGE 27GX790A-B [5080789]
Multiple users reporting black screen issue when disable the "FCH Spread Spectrum" settings [5204493]
[RTX 50 series] Slightly higher DPC latency may be observed on some system configuration [5168553]
[RTX 50 series] Varjo Aero VR headset may fail to establish connection [5117518]
Changing state of "Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area" does not take effect until PC is rebooted [4995658]
[RTX 50 series] Display may show black screen when selecting DLDSR resolution [5144768]
[Octanebench] Performance regression [3523803]
[DaVinci Resolve] UI overlay in Fusion page is not displayed correctly [4974721]

The open bugs still being worked on by the driver team are these:
[GeForce RTX 50 series notebook] Resume from Modern Standby can result in blackscreen [5204385]
[RTX 50 series] Cyberpunk 2077 will crash when using Photo Mode to take a screenshot with path tracing enabled [5076545]
[RTX 50 series] Red Dead Redemption 2 crashes shortly after starting a game in DX12 mode. No issue in Vulkan mode [5137042]