If you aren't one of the lucky customers to get their hands on RTX 50-series graphics card, and are stuck with something older, some popular game developers are warning against updating to the latest Nvidia drivers.
As reported by , developers of popular recently released games and have [[link]] put out notes to FAQs and patch notes respectively. These notes recommend those on RTX 40-series cards skip driver version 572.83, in favour of 566.36 which launched last December.
launched on March 18, 2025, and was subsequently followed by a . [[link]] This thread is filled with users reporting their rigs are stuttering or generally acting worse than before getting the update.
One user says "I have a 4090 mobile GPU, and even though I’m using the latest driver version, I’m also experiencing these issues." Another says "I believe [[link]] this update completely bricked my laptop." Some users, however, report that their rigs are otherwise unaffected, with one user claiming their is "not really having any issues" while their mobile RTX 4080 is struggling to run games well.
If you are having the same issues, or just feel a bit cautious of potential problems, you can go back to previous graphics drivers by finding your product on the and downloading the version recommended for your card.
My rig has not seen any stuttering since installing the latest graphics drivers but, given a few major developers are recommending rolling back drivers, I'll be doing the same until some sort of fix is found.
We have reached out to Nvidia for comment on this story.