Nvidia is investigating RTX 50 crashes and black screen issues, but no fix date yet

[zohaibahd]

Facepalm: The black screen and system instability woes have been raging for some time now – not just on the RTX 50 series, but also on some 40- and 30-series cards. Nvidia first acknowledged the problems over a week ago following the 572.16 driver release, but a fix is still nowhere in sight.

The latest statement on the issue came from an Nvidia staff member named Manuel in the GeForce driver feedback thread. Manuel says that they're still investigating whether the issues will require a driver update or a straight VBIOS flash for the RTX 50 cards.

The problems appear to have started when Nvidia's latest 570 driver branch first launched. Issues range from minor stuttering and crashes in games to full-blown blue screens of death. While the RTX 50 series seems to be bearing the brunt, a few 40- and 30-series owners are reporting similar woes after updating.

Adding to frustrations, the latest 572.47 drivers that added support for the RTX 5070 Ti arrived with a paltry set of bug fixes. It contained only a single fix relating to display stability after waking from sleep mode.

Some users have managed to temporarily work around the problem by capping the display refresh rate to a lowly 60Hz, which is just sad for these monstrous GPUs. Others have reported that downgrading to PCIe 4.0 has also helped.

As for the cause, the jury is still out, but it likely boils down to a combination of shoddy drivers and potential firmware bugs in the new RTX 50 silicon. Some have theorized that the PCIe 5.0 implementation could be the culprit, which would necessitate a VBIOS update from Nvidia.

All this is far from ideal considering the ongoing price and availability situation surrounding these GPUs. Finding the cards in stock continues to be a battle.

This isn't the sole problem affecting the new lineup either. Team Green has had a bit of a rocky road with Blackwell so far, with problems ranging from melting power connectors to GPUs shipping with fewer ROP units than advertised.

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Nvidia is investigating RTX 50 crashes and black screen issues, but no fix date yet

 

[yRaz]

Not that you can currently buy one, but stay clear of the 50 series for awhile. I think Nvidia is having a bit of an Intel moment. Last year they said they were having issues with Blackwell and TSMC had to fix it, maybe we're seeing the fallout of that.

 

[themastergoose]

Most media outlets are still defending these cards and it's DLSS and MFG software sidekicks to the moon. Sad times indeed.

Yet when AMD release some bad drivers, you never hear the end of it for years. Media is way to soft on Ngreedia as a whole IMO.

 

[yRaz]

Most media outlets are still defending these cards and it's DLSS and MFG software sidekicks to the moon. Sad times indeed.

Yet when AMD release some bad drivers, you never hear the end of it for years. Media is way to soft on Ngreedia as a whole IMO.

I have not seen a single media outlet say anything positive about the 50 series.

 

[themastergoose]

I have not seen a single media outlet say anything positive about the 50 series.

Just go on YouTube… or here… The 5090 and 5070Ti got undeservedly high scores.

Yeah they had a critical tone but the recommendation was ultimately: ‘they’re still worth it, and DLSS DLSS DLSS”.

 

[yRaz]

Just go on YouTube… or here… The 5090 and 5070Ti got undeservedly high scores.

Yeah they had a critical tone but the recommendation was ultimately: ‘they’re still worth it, and DLSS DLSS DLSS”.

Youtube? Did you not not see Jay's2cents break his embargo to talk about how terrible the 50 series is? LMG/LTT actually recommended buying a 7000 series AMD card and GamersNexus flat out said "don't buy one"

 

[opckieran]

It’s everybody’s favorite new game: ROP Roulette! Hot on the heels of the multi-generational classic: The Power Cable is Lava!

No wonder nVidia are delaying further Blackwell launches. They need to get this under control if they don’t wanna take the crown for worst product launch of the past 12 months from Intel’s Arrow Lake.

 

[Kotters]

At least it's not AMD!

 

[JuanDegr]

A joke. Driver issues, bios issues, risk of melting pins and wires, the paper launch of the 5090, BSODs - and now you can add production faults. What a bad start for this gen.

 

[occsdude]

I'll probably go AMD next after my 4070 Ti Super. Nvidia seems to keep getting lousier and lousier these days.

 

[Cocojambo13]

Most media outlets are still defending these cards and it's DLSS and MFG software sidekicks to the moon. Sad times indeed.

Yet when AMD release some bad drivers, you never hear the end of it for years. Media is way to soft on Ngreedia as a whole IMO.

I never had issues with amd drivers, but I do admit, they driver releases are abysmal for new games, like 2-3 months (the official ones I mean, WQHL certified).

 

[yashhh]

Nvidia has acknowledged ongoing issues with its RTX 50-series graphics cards, including the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, where users have reported experiencing black screens, system crashes, and blue screen of death (BSOD) errors.

 

[Eldrach]

The newest driver fixed the 4090 issues for me, games failed to load with the 572.16, but they load with the 572.47 - so they did "something" at least

 

[BbN48]

572.47 solved my BSOD issue.

 

[daffy duck]

Where's the outrage from Tim. I hope he'll be doing a 30 minute YT rant smashing Nvidia.

ROFLMAO

 

[themastergoose]

I never had issues with amd drivers, but I do admit, they driver releases are abysmal for new games, like 2-3 months (the official ones I mean, WQHL certified).

I mean, that's valid. I was lucky to get a RX 6950 XT at launch. Turns out the way things have got with the market, that probably wasn't a bad purchase. Still serving me well now almost 3 years later and holding it's own admirably at 4K.

I rarely buy games at launch anymore these days, so the slower release cycle on the official release drivers with all the testing suits me fine. Drivers seem stable to me also.

 

[yRaz]

I mean, that's valid. I was lucky to get a RX 6950 XT at launch. Turns out the way things have got with the market, that probably wasn't a bad purchase. Still serving me well now almost 3 years later and holding it's own admirably at 4K.

I rarely buy games at launch anymore these days, so the slower release cycle on the official release drivers with all the testing suits me fine. Drivers seem stable to me also.

AMD drivers for the Vega series were awful and the performance of the 5000 series coming off of it didn't help much, it hasn't been an issue in several years. Also considering that their drivers are opensource, you can find opensource drivers that often fix bugs FASTER than official releases. Honestly, AMD hasn't had driver issues for several years now. I just see it as an immediate red flag that people haven't bothered for years to pay AMD any mind over nVidia. They don't know what there problems were then and they don't know how they solved them because they were never interested in the problem, they were interested in the talking point the problem gave me. These days, their talking point is out of date because the problem has been fixed for a long time.

 

[loki1944]

"Investigating"; just like the goverment "Investigating Agent Orange and Burn pits' effects on veterans.

 

[Axeia]

I do hope that this eats away at their mind share. As someone who mostly just buys whatever is the best value at a certain price point I'm getting sick of seeing people claim that AMDs drivers are bad by comparison, or worse - claiming they're unsuitable for gaming.

Currently have a RTX 3060 and RX 6700 XT in the house. Guess I'll tell my girlfriend not to update her drivers for a bit. Which is annoying because I was hoping an update at some point would fix her problem with videos on the second monitor stuttering/freezing whilst gaming and having instant replay enabled.

No stuttering videos or need to avoid driver updates on my AMD card thankfully.

 

[ScottSoapbox]

I never had issues with amd drivers, but I do admit, they driver releases are abysmal for new games, like 2-3 months (the official ones I mean, WQHL certified).

To be fair, it is hard to finalize drivers before games are finished - which these days is typically months after they launch.

 

[WhiteLeaff]

Most media outlets are still defending these cards and it's DLSS and MFG software sidekicks to the moon. Sad times indeed.

Yet when AMD release some bad drivers, you never hear the end of it for years. Media is way to soft on Ngreedia as a whole IMO.

They get paid for it. Boot licking lol

 

[0dium]

But remember,only Radeon has bad drivers

 

[manowar51]

Lmao at the comments, these issues won't put off the buyers. NVidias pricing will stay high and probably get even higher if the demand is what it appears to be. But hey, if the product is so bad then why do you even want Nvidia to lower the prices? You wouldnt want to buy a bad product would you?

Here is an idea for everyone upset at Nvidia and the people buying its products, why don't you wait outside the stores and approach the buyers directly, if you ask them really really nicely, they may not buy the card? Maybe? Although you will probably just get verbally abused (rightfully so).

The fact is AMD gives its users a far worse overall experience than NVidia does. Thats what's driving NVidias demand and why AMD has a tiny market share. It's not a conspiracy, it's not NVidia paying reviewers and it certainly isn't that anyone buying an Nvidia card hasn't done their research.

 

[Roboyt0]

Nearly returned great open-box deal 4070TiS I grabbed until I rolled back drivers.

Was getting random video signal dropout causing screen to flash completely black for ~1 sec.

 

[themastergoose]

But remember,only Radeon has bad drivers

And gives a much worse experience than Nvidia apparently.

Infuriates me no end how many users and reviewers kick the old “AMD drivers are buggy” can down the road.

Or the review sites last gen that show in almost all situations (except maybe path tracing) the 7900 XTX equal or beat the 4080 for £300 cheaper.

Didn’t stop everyone concluding spending the extra £300+ was worth it just to get DLSS.