- RTX 5090 and 5080 graphics cards in NVIDIA are experiencing unpleasant problems
- This could be linked to the latest drivers, since problems are also affecting the RTX 4000 GPU
- Nvidia is “investigating the reported problems” and we hope we listen to more from Team Green in a short time
Nvidia is investigating problems with its new RTX 5000 GPU, which is causing some graphics cards to block. The problems seem to be repeatedly for some, in a variety of circumstances, which can leave Team Green with a large headache around its new cards.
The problems began when Nvidia expelled a new graphics controller (version 572.16) and people began to experience blockages with some PC games. After that came reports from the RTX 5090 failing, including the blockages that occur, or the GPU is not recognized by the PC Host. (And even the strange story of a Blackwell flagship that is being blocked, but we must be very careful with those rare statements).
The problems now seem more widespread, and are apparently affecting the RTX 5090 and 5080 models, and repeated blocks occur as indicated, often the freezing leaving you looking at a black screen.
Part of the difficulty here is the wide range of circumstances in which these different problems manifest. From GPU apparently non -functional to problems with multi -monitors configurations, there is a disconcerting variety of nuances to individual complaints of the owners RTX 5090 and 5080.
Nvidia told PC Gamer that he is now “investigating the problems reported with the RTX 50 series”, and I have the feeling that this presumably deeply what is happening here will take some time.
Analysis: Clean the installation to cure the driver’s blues?
Clearly, the volume of reports in the usual forums (Reddit and the Nvidia message board) has led Nvidia to let us know that it is really taking measures in this front. Until we listen to more comments from Team Green, all we can do is track a complete pile of suggested solutions, some of which work for some people, but not for others.
However, this can of worms seems to be related to the last controller, an idea backed by a dispersion of problems with the RTX 4000 graphics cards and this most recent GPU controller. As the PC player theorizes, these Gremlins could belong to the old driver files that are produced in the background, colliding with the new configuration in some way after the user has installed this last controller.
That is why our brother site informs a complete cleaning of the controller (using the screen controller uninstaller, or DDU, which completely eliminated each bit of the old graphic controller; this does not happen with a normal installation: they can remain small bits of debris of the debris controller) Before setting up your brilliant new RTX 5000 GPU.
Therefore, in terms of the controller, their options are to return to the previous NVIDIA graphics controller before this latest version, or do a complete cleaning (using DDU as mentioned) before reinstalling the last controller, keeping the firmly crossed fingers.
Or, live with its PC for games as it is, if the blockade is not excessively annoying in its particular case, with the hope that Nvidia display a figure soon enough. This may happen, since one arrived recently to solve blocking problems with a couple of games on the last pilot.
Meanwhile, if you are in the ‘Live With It’ mode, there are some common solutions that you can prove that they are simple and have made the trick for some people. They include turning off HDR in Windows 11 (assuming it has it, of course) and reducing the update speed of its monitor to 60Hz.
The latter seems to have worked for a few people to solve some, if not all, of the blockade. So that is one to have a chance, definitely. It could also help explain why multiple monitors configurations are apparently more unstable, as if there are problems related to the driver’s monitor, then it is obviously more likely that they occur in that scenario.
Keep in mind that, as advised in the past, some owners of RTX 5090 have found a solution when entering the BIOS and let their graphics card use PCIE 5.0 to PCIE 4.0. That will mean that the GPU works slower, but not in an important way, and if it means an experience without shock, then clearly that is a much better path for now, as a temporary solution, until Nvidia comes out with its report (and hopefully a solution).
As already noted, I have the feeling that the solution could be complicated here, so I am not too optimistic about a quick figure, but you never know.
