Overview

• Driver 576.02 delivers up to 8% performance gains in synthetic benchmarks and 5–7% FPS improvements in real gaming tests on RTX 50 GPUs.
• Significant power efficiency improvements include reduced idle power consumption and lower clock speeds on RTX 50 series cards.
• Stability fixes address crashes, black screens, and G-Sync/Frame Generation issues on RTX 40 and 30 series GPUs.
• Users are reporting new stability problems, including stuttering, black screens, and diminished overclocking headroom on some RTX 50 GPUs.
• The update represents NVIDIA's most comprehensive driver overhaul in months, integrating prior hotfixes and adding support for RTX 5060 Ti.