NVIDIA's New Hotfix GPU Driver Targets Voltage Caps, Crashes And Gaming Bugs

It took a few attempts, but NVIDIA's latest driver release for GeForce GPU owners is polished and properly optimized for Resident Evil Requiem. The caveat is that you have to install a new hotfix, which is technically beta software, though it purportedly stomps out several bugs that were introduced with the latest Game Ready release.

The saga began a week ago when NVIDIA issued and then pulled its 595.59 WHQL driver that coincided with the latest and hotly anticipated installment in the long-running Resident Evil franchise. Following the driver's release, users began complaining of quirky fan control and clock speed issues. NVIDIA quickly followed up saying it had "discovered a bug" in both the Game Ready and Studio branches, and advised users who were experiencing issues to roll back to the 591.86 WHQL driver.

Then a few days later, NVIDIA released a 595.71 WHQL driver ...