NVIDIA’s driver team has been working overtime since the launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series, and especially in recent weeks.
It looks like NVIDIA’s driver team has been working overtime since the launch of the GeForce RTX 50 series, and especially in recent weeks. Following the launch of its ‚Game Ready‘ 576.02 WHQL GPU driver chock full of bug fixes two weeks ago and a more recent hotfix GPU driver to address a handful of more issues, NVIDIA is now pushing out another hotfix for GeForce GPU owners. Like the last one, it contains more bug fixes than what we’ve traditional seen in this out-of-band releases.What Is A Hotfix And How Does It Differ From A Regular GPU DriverBefore we get into the details, what exactly are GeForce hotfixes and how do they differ from regular GPU driver releases? Hotfix releases are NVIDIA’s way of getting specific fixes out to GeForce owners more quickly. They’re based on the previous regular driver release, but contain additional mitigations for certain issues, like crashes in specific games and other bugs.NVIDIA App. That’s partially because they’re only of interest to users who are experiencing whatever issues they address. For everyone else, there’s no benefit. Additionally, the same bug fixes get rolled into the next regular driver release anyway.
„The fixes that make it in are based in part on your feedback in the Driver Feedback threads and partly on how realistic it is for us to quickly address them.
