NVIDIA releases new hotfix driver to address crippled GPU clocks and more

A new hotfix from NVIDIA is out to address problems with graphics card clocks after the recent update, plus a few gaming issues.

NVIDIA recently had bad luck with its drivers once again. After releasing a day-one driver for Resident Evil Requiem, the company had to quickly pull the driver due to broken fan control software. A fixed version arrived shortly, only to get flagged as one, causing more issues. This time, users noticed problems with GPU voltage, which ruined overclocking for many. Now, NVIDIA has a quick hotfix, which also addresses bugs in Resident Evil Requiem and Star Citizen.

Here is the changelog:

When the graphics card is overclocked, GPU voltage may become capped, preventing it from boosting to expected levels
[Resident Evil Requiem] White glowing light/dots may appear in the game when Subsurface Scattering is enabled
Improved path tracing performance in Resident Evil Requiem
[Star Citizen] Game client crashes when launched
Intermittent application crash or driver timeout may be observed when playing multi-key DRM content in a browser on HDCP 1.x monitors

As usual, hotfix drivers are optional, so feel free to skip them if you do not need any of those fixes. NVIDIA will include it in the next WHQL update.

Hotfix 595.76 is based on driver 595.71, and it contains all the fixes and optimizations from it. As NVIDIA puts it, "these drivers are basically the same as the previous released version, with a small number of additional targeted fixes." If you are updating from older driver versions, get right to 595.76 instead of 595.71.

You can download NVIDIA 595.76 Hotfix from the official NVIDIA Support website. Supported OS includes 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11. As for graphics cards, everything starting with the GTX 16 Series and up is supported.