Nvidia released GeForce Game Ready Driver version 572.60 earlier this week, but according to various technical forum members, one of the most important bug fixes may not work. Today, Nvidia is trying to plug in the issue of GPU black screens more severely with GeForce Hotfix driver version 572.65. My fingers worked fine this time.
There is only one bullet point in the description of GeForce Hotfix display driver version 572.65. “This hotfix addresses the following issues. Your PC may launch into a black screen when connected via DisplayPort on a specific monitor (5131002),” writes Nvidia. However, the follow-up paragraph outlines the difficult tasks facing graphics driver developers in 2025. “The GeForce drivers are extremely complex software,” says Nvidia. “An army of software engineers is constantly adding features and fixing bugs. These changes are checked in the main driver branch and eventually released through a large QA process.”
So, because of the strange wrinkles of the driver, you have to allow Nvidia (or actually AMD or Intel). Whether it’s a game or a machine-destructive issue, it’s a dramatic drama, such as visual artifacts. However, the good thing about Hotfix is that it can be delivered very quickly and can be applied by anyone who is actually suffering from the bug in question. Others can wait for updates to be deployed to the mainline WHQL driver release in the future. That could be a major bug fix for them at a later date.
Eagle-Eyed readers may notice a significant difference in the black screen bug that fixes the highlights between the recently released Geforce Game Ready Driver version 572.60 and the newly arrived Hotfix. The former was flagged to fix the various black screen issues experienced by RTX 50 series graphics card holders, but it appears that Hotfix applies to the broader GeForce ownership.
Looking at the official version 572.60 feedback thread of GeForce Forum, we welcome the wide range of applicability of this black screen fix version 572.65. Jaunt to the community will find that there are various cards owners, including the RTX 3060, RTX 4090, and RTX 5070 Ti.
It is usually best to refrain from fresh driver updates for a period of time and monitor the forum for others to discover issues. However, those who are keen to buy one of the new RTX 50 cards and keep up with the latest software can pay attention to the wind. Also, GeForce Game Ready Driver version 572.60 was attractive for support for BladePoint (MFG) in Naraka: DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation (MFG), Monster Hunter Wild with DLSS and Frame Generation, and 29’s new G-Sync compatible monitors.
