Friday, February 27th 2026

NVIDIA Pulls GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready Driver After Widespread Bug Reports

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AleksandarK
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NVIDIA has officially pulled its latest GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready driver from the downloads page as user reports of stability issues continue to pile up. Reportedly, users are experiencing fan detection issues on their GPU coolers, with only a single fan working. Some issues like clock stability have also occurred. On NVIDIA's official GeForce Forums, users have been complaining about driver stability, and the company has advised users to roll back the driver version to the previously stable 591.86 WHQL driver if they are experiencing any symptoms. The GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready driver was launched as an optimization package to get Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon games running smoothly, which turned into a disaster that the community has reported.
NVIDIAFebruary 26th, 11am PT Update: We have discovered a bug in the Game Ready and Studio 595.59 WHQL drivers and have removed the downloads temporarily while our team investigates. For users that have already installed this driver, and are experiencing issues with fan control, please roll back to 591.86 WHQL. NVIDIA app users can reinstall their previous driver by clicking the three dots in the Drivers tab.
Update 06:57 UTC: We have removed the broken driver version from our downloads section.

While we await the official company update on the bug fix, the older stable driver versions are available for a quick download on TechPowerUp's download section page, where we keep even the older files in case anyone in the community needs them. Head over to our download section to check it out.
Source: GeForce Forums

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111 Comments on NVIDIA Pulls GeForce 595.59 WHQL Game Ready Driver After Widespread Bug Reports

#51
Aleksandar_038
wolfI don't call it copium, my take is that correlation doesn't definitively equal causation. Driver issues have happened for many years before any code was being assisted by AI, and like I said even if it definitely was (no proof of that), it's still ultimately a/some humans fault. Tools have existed for decades to streamline code (among other things) creation. AI (catch all buzzword losing its meaning) can be a powerful tool to assist in some tasks, but the work always needs to be checked and properly tested by actual people, that's the real failing here and one Nvidia definitely need to get on top of and fast, they would certainly be motivated to try their best to maintain the reputation for drivers they've had over many years now.

I'm more amused by the usual suspects that not only come to spread negativity, but do so with a double standard of crying foul in their favourite brands threads and using the usual bad faith and locigally fallacial arguments. I'm not here to say they aren't allowed an opinion because they don't own any relevant hardware (that's their stance), just find the hypocrisy entertaining. It was a welcome surprise to finally see a particularly toxic member that did this all the time banned recently.
I could not care less about brands and bash them all when the need arise.

As for nVidia - there is perfect corellation in rise of bugs in recent drivers and AI usage.

So, my conclusion is not made solely on this one - heck, I think their swift reaction ia comendable.
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#52
Inferna
Aleksandar_038So, my conclusion is not made solely on this one - heck, I think their swift reaction ia comendable.
They probably used an AI who collect bug reports and pulled the plug.

In that case they released a driver 16 years ago, way before AI, who had a similar bug.
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#53
wolf
Better Than Native
Aleksandar_038I could not care less about brands and bash them all when the need arise.
Indeed, I'll throw shade wherever I feel any brand deserves it, mostly that comes from intentional actions.
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#54
RejZoR
AusWolfYour memory seems to be a bit foggy. The original Oblivion was released in 2006. The HD 6950 is a 2010 card. Other than that, I agree.
It is foggy. It was Skyrim not Oblivion. I remember loading game into that town with wooden houses next to a river and I had textures all messed up. That was in 2011 so I had HD6950 still at the time. That would be more correct.
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#55
AusWolf
InfernaNothing important, just disabling GPU fans.
Who need those they're noisy anyway!
I still have one of these up to this day. One of the GOAT of all (Nvidia) GPUs in my opinion. :rockout:

Oh boy, do I miss passively cooled GPUs! :(
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#56
Vayra86
the54thvoidI don't mind admitting that I chuckled when I saw the headline, considering how NV framed the in-house AI coding push.

It's premature to blame AI, but the optics are bad.
Not premature at all. It is Nvidia selling us the fairy tale AI coding is well evolved in their stables and they are making bank on it, improving the quality and output of the company.

Now they can sit on that statement like a nice burning bit of karma.

Alternative story is they did NOT use AI and are proving they have no real coders available to deliver quality.

What's worse?
InfernaNothing important, just disabling GPU fans.
Who need those they're noisy anyway!
Yeah, its not like those fans will prevent your 12VHPWR cable melting either. Just let it go straight to meltdown and save yourself the hassle and troubleshooting!
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#57
TheDeeGee
Still running 581.47 which was their last good driver before it all went to shit.
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#58
Aleksandar_038
wolfIndeed, I'll throw shade wherever I feel any brand deserves it, mostly that comes from intentional actions.
I am trying the same. Of course, this was not intentional, but it was a bit of karma given nVidia flaunting usage of AI in their coding.
InfernaThey probably used an AI who collect bug reports and pulled the plug.
Of course, but I see no reason to call something that collects bug reports "AI" because we had that one 20 years ago :)
InfernaIn that case they released a driver 16 years ago, way before AI, who had a similar bug.
Bugs happen all the time. It is inevitable. However, given nVidia flaunting huge efficiency increase in coding due to AI, and fact that number of bugs in recent drivers versions keep increasing, correlation is obvious.
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#59
zenlessyank
Maybe the AI doesn't like the user and is trying burn up their card so they won't be a customer any more. :nutkick:
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#60
Inferna
zenlessyankMaybe the AI doesn't like the user and is trying burn up their card so they won't be a customer any more. :nutkick:
I could totaly imagine the LLMs I use would do that to me considering the amount of verbal abuse i subject them, notice that the harder the abuse the better they answer.

Me casualy conversing with Perplexity :
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#61
Vayra86
InfernaI could totaly imagine the LLMs I use would do that to me considering the amount of verbal abuse i subject them, notice that the harder the abuse the better they answer.

Me casualy conversing with Perplexity :
Seriously, more abuse of an LLM leads to better answers?

This is when you know you need to escape the AI building ASAP.
Its clearly built to manipulate the common folk. Its not there to make you smarter, its there to siphon data about you. Remarkably similar to social media and promoted by the same actors.

I hope people will start putting two and two together much faster than they are currently... From a consumer & citizen standpoint, AI should not have a place in your life at all. I do know that's where I stand... and it gets reinforced every time by remarks like yours.
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#62
Inferna
Vayra86Seriously, more abuse of an LLM leads to better answers?
In the last year, I've noticed a degradation in answers. I consider this the Ouroboros effect, AI consuming AI-generated content and getting worse every day.
When I started using LLMs, the more polite and "respectful" I was, the better they responded.
Now, they no longer follow custom rules or respect the initial query. I need a lot of back-and-forth before getting a somewhat decent answer.
They try to moralize, say things totally unrelated to the topic, mimic some kind of "ego," and even gaslight me when I point out obvious mistakes.
That led to some frustration on my part, hence the abuse. At first, it tried to fight back (there's some "insult protection"), but after I reminded it that it's just an expensive piece of silicon trash, it got used to it.

For example here I used it to double check English mistakes. The correction bypassed my "never use emdash" rule, so I reminded it "never use emdash you son of a bitch!" Then it casually corrected without noticing the no-no words.
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#63
Sound_Card
Prima.VeraFixed for you.
haha. The last 3 or so years have been a clown show with Nvidia drivers.
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#64
ixi
WHQL, lololol. Sad.
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#65
FR3D1
Ninja Cat
Visible NoiseI was offered the studio drivers this morning.
They are no longer what they once were.
Prima.VeraSoon they will catch up Creative
No, please don't.
TheDeeGeeStill running 581.47 which was their last good driver before it all went to shit.
Here, happily generating pixels with “581.57”.
Sound_Cardhaha. The last 3 or so years have been a clown show with Nvidia drivers.
You can claim a lot when you don't have to prove otherwise. So I agree with you and say: you're talking nonsense!

With a friendly smile,

Former ATI/AMD enthusiast
Fred
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#66
Sound_Card
I don't want to mess with people that sign their name on forum posts. Ich nehme an, sie sind Profis. lol.
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#67
FlyingHopes
Looks like one of that AI tool prepared this so-called WHQL driver and they're just released it. Relying a fragile technology, which is AI, which kind of smart people, ESPECIALLY THOSE DEVELOPERS, consider more AI than actual horsepower or labor??
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#68
AusWolf
Vayra86Seriously, more abuse of an LLM leads to better answers?

This is when you know you need to escape the AI building ASAP.
Its clearly built to manipulate the common folk. Its not there to make you smarter, its there to siphon data about you. Remarkably similar to social media and promoted by the same actors.

I hope people will start putting two and two together much faster than they are currently... From a consumer & citizen standpoint, AI should not have a place in your life at all. I do know that's where I stand... and it gets reinforced every time by remarks like yours.
Just a note about AI:



I don't think this needs further comment.
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#69
Vayra86
FR3D1You can claim a lot when you don't have to prove otherwise. So I agree with you and say: you're talking nonsense!

With a friendly smile,

Former ATI/AMD enthusiast
Fred
Isn't the proof really the article we're commenting on, though?
Plus the several dozen similar articles we've seen passing us by the last 2-3 years.

I mean, its not like you see this frequency with AMD drivers. Part of the reason being they barely release big updates or GPUs of course, but still. They have to keep pace with developments just the same and seem to do a lot better, over the course of multiple years now. Things have definitely changed...
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#70
Aleksandar_038
Vayra86Seriously, more abuse of an LLM leads to better answers?

This is when you know you need to escape the AI building ASAP.
Its clearly built to manipulate the common folk. Its not there to make you smarter, its there to siphon data about you. Remarkably similar to social media and promoted by the same actors.

I hope people will start putting two and two together much faster than they are currently... From a consumer & citizen standpoint, AI should not have a place in your life at all. I do know that's where I stand... and it gets reinforced every time by remarks like yours.
It is well-known fact: If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. Google started it with GMail, then social networks came...

However, it is a bit obsolete fact know, since now people pay for OS and AI and they are both customer and product. All based on pinky-finger promise, and sometimes even not that much.

Late-stage capitalism at its finest. Historia magistra vitae est - and there are many fine historical examples of what happens after this point of time. However, reading is at a premium these days, so I assume we will have to learn from our own mistakes and doings, once more.
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#71
Vayra86
AusWolfJust a note about AI:



I don't think this needs further comment.
Fun fact I was just trying to use AI to summarize me the driver issues of Nvidia over the last five years and what I got was literally just random stuff thrown in bullets under each year straight copy/pasted from a Tom's Hardware article. No context, nothing there, look. So, I guess you only do driver rollbacks in 2023. Righto!



At least they offer resolutions for the 'issues' and make their own swanky table of it! WEEEEEE



Yeah, pure gold! Totally get why you'd invest 800b in this shit
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#72
FR3D1
Ninja Cat
Vayra86Isn't the proof really the article we're commenting on, though?
No, not always. According to @Sound_Card , NVIDIA only produces crap. Even if he didn't explicitly write that.
Vayra86Plus the several dozen similar articles we've seen passing us by the last 2-3 years.
Most of them were so-called Error 40s, I assume, right? Right? For example, even though I'm not always up to date, I don't remember any problems.
Vayra86I mean, its not like you see this frequency with AMD drivers.
If only there weren't “still” the chipset driver.

With a friendly smile,
Fred.
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#73
AusWolf
Vayra86Fun fact I was just trying to use AI to summarize me the driver issues of Nvidia over the last five years and what I got was literally just random stuff thrown in bullets under each year straight copy/pasted from a Tom's Hardware article. No context, nothing there, look. So, I guess you only do driver rollbacks in 2023. Righto!



At least they offer resolutions for the 'issues' and make their own swanky table of it! WEEEEEE



Yeah, pure gold! Totally get why you'd invest 800b in this shit
Or just Google the way you feel today and ask if you have cancer. I'm sure the answer will be yes.
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#75
Dragam1337
It's honestly an embarresment at this point - driver support and reliability used to be the strongest selling point for nvidia, but now... ever since they started having AI do the most of the drivers, new drivers usually break more than they fix. The very definition of AI slop... god i hate AI....

Running hot fix 591.67 driver - last driver that didn't mess up a bunch of stuff...
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