NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 576.28 Driver is here, and it includes a long list of fixes

GeForce Game Ready 576.28 WHQL driver is a must for GeForce RTX owners as it resolves a wide range of issues related to crashes and black screen issues.

NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready 576.28 Driver is here, and it includes a long list of fixes
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TL;DR: The GeForce Game Ready 576.28 WHQL driver resolves critical issues for RTX 50 Series GPUs, including crashes, freezes, flickering textures, and GPU temperature monitoring bugs. It enhances stability in popular games like Black Myth: Wukong, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Forza Horizon 5, making it essential for RTX 50 Series users.

The GeForce Game Ready 576.28 WHQL driver is here, and this one fixes many issues related to the GeForce RTX 50 Series - from crashes to freezes to flickering textures in games. It also resolves a GPU temperature monitoring bug from the most recent official driver release, which caused issues for PCs waking up from sleep states.

The latest GeForce Game Ready 576.28 WHQL Driver is a must for RTX 50 Series owners.
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The latest GeForce Game Ready 576.28 WHQL Driver is a must for RTX 50 Series owners.

This new driver incorporates all of the fixes we've seen in NVIDIA's recent GeForce Hotfix Display Drivers, which have addressed many issues and reported bugs.

This is one of those rare GeForce drivers from NVIDIA that doesn't focus on new game support or optimized settings, and it's a definite must for all GeForce RTX 50 Series owners. Especially those playing Black Myth: Wukong, Red Dead Redemption 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Resident Evil 4, Forza Horizon 5, and more.

This new WHQL driver is available via GeForce.com or from the Drivers tab in the NVIDIA App. Here are the Release Notes.

Fixed Gaming Bugs

  • (RTX 50 series) (Black Myth): The game will randomly crash when Wukong transforms (5231902)
  • (RTX 50 series) (Red Dead Redemption 2): The game crashes shortly after starting in DX12 mode. No issue in Vulkan mode (5137042)
  • (RTX 50 series) (Horizon Forbidden West): The game freezes after loading a save game (5227554)
  • (RTX 50 series) Grey screen crashes with multiple monitors (5239138)
  • (RTX 50 series) (Dead Island 2): The game crash after updating to GRD 576.02 (5238676)
  • (RTX 50 series) (Resident Evil 4 Remake): Flickering background textures (5227655)
  • (RTX 50 series) Some games may display shadow flicker/corruption after updating to GRD 576.02 (5231537)
  • (RTX 50 series) Some games may crash while compiling shaders after updating to GRD 576.02 (5230492)
  • (Forza Horizon 5): Lights flicker at nighttime (5038335)
  • (Forza Motorsport): Track corruption occurs in benchmark or night races. (5201811)

Fixed General Bugs

  • (RTX 50 series) Lower idle GPU clock speeds after updating to GRD 576.02 (5232414)
  • (RTX 50 series) Momentary display flicker occurs when running in DisplayPort2.1 mode with a high refresh rate (5009200)
  • Lumion 2024 crashes on GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card when entering render mode (5232345)
  • GPU monitoring utilities may stop reporting the GPU temperature after PC wakes from sleep (5231307)
  • (RTX 50 series) (LG 27GX790A/45GX950A/32GX870A/40WT95UF/27G850A): Display blank screens when running in DisplayPort 2.1 mode with HDR (5080789)
  • (GeForce RTX 50 series notebook) Resume from Modern Standy can result in black screen (5204385)
  • (RTX 50 series) SteamVR may display random V-SYNC micro-stutters when using multiple displays (5152246)