Technology Nvidia driver 572.83 is causing a black screen on Windows 11, Windows 10

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

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https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/04/05/nvidia-driver-572-83-is-causing-a-black-screen-on-windows-11-windows-10/

Nvidia Driver 572.83 was released on March 18 and is turning out to be a disaster for some users on Windows 11 (and Windows 10). In our tests, Windows Latest observed that Driver 572.83 causes a black screen out of nowhere during the installation, after reboot, and in the middle of games.

Unlike Windows updates, Nvidia GeForce Driver 572.83 or other drivers aren’t mandatory, so you have the choice to skip it. Still, we typically install these drivers in the hope of better performance in games and some much-needed fixes. According to the official release notes, this Game Ready driver 572.83 has the following fix:

• A bug where RTX 5080/5090 may struggle to perform and won’t run at their full speed. This happens when the system when overclocked.

The irony is that the update also has a fix for black screen issues with GeForce RTX 50, but turns out it was not enough.

Nvidia driver 572.83 is causing a black screen on Windows 11, Windows 10

Nvidia Diver 572.83 was released on March 18 and is turning out to be a disaster for some users on Windows 11.

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[brambedkar59]

I remember when Nvidia had the reputation of making stable drivers.

 

[Morro]

Strange, I have these drivers installed, and I have not seen this black screen out of nowhere during installation, after rebooting and in the middle of games? But I installed it with NVCleanstall, with no telemetry and no NVidia app. (Maybe this is the reason?)

 

[Marko :)]

People should stop updating drivers as soon as the new version comes out. It only leads to problems and nothing else. It's even recommended not to update drivers unless you have problems or some kind of vulnerability was patched which is very rare.

 

[n8chavez]

People should stop updating drivers as soon as the new version comes out. It only leads to problems and nothing else. It's even recommended not to update drivers unless you have problems or some kind of vulnerability was patched which is very rare.

But it's because people update their drivers as soon as they're able to that we know if a driver has issues or not. Without that, we wouldn't. So, you're welcome.

 

[Marko :)]

But it's because people update their drivers as soon as they're able to that we know if a driver has issues or not. Without that, we wouldn't. So, you're welcome.

Doesn't make a difference for me; I don't search the web before installing any driver because hardware is all connected. Same Bluetooth drivers can work wonders on one configuration, and give you hell on another. This is why those "test" are useless.

Even if driver works without any side effects, I still won't update unless the current one is causing me headaches. Like... my Bluetooth driver is from 19.4.2024., NVIDIA from 14.8.2024., Wi-Fi from 19.6.2024. If Windows won't require newer, I could rock these versions until my laptop dies.

 

[lokamoka820]

My rule when dealing with drivers is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

 

[Vasudev]

I switched from GRD to Studio and it has no stuttering and strange slowdowns.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

My rule when dealing with drivers is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

Sadly most of the time it is broke, yes it's a pain when drivers updates go wrong but the benefits outweigh the bad. Software Q&A has improved a lot, I rarely hear or see bad BIOS updates or bad Intel/AMD/NVIDIA driver updates. It does happen but it's improved immensely from 20 years ago.