Question Most stable Nvidia driver ?

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Which RTX 50 series GPU do you have?

Please list the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
CPU cooler:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:
include the age of the PSU apart from it's make and model. BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time.

Unfortunately, drivers that seem to work for a couple of people tend be broken for another group of people, so I feel like the issue should be treated on a case by case basis, given how not everyone will have the same system's specs or conditions to created anomalies users are reporting.

I'd advise disabling the iGPU, then using DDU to remove all GPU drivers(intel, AMD and Nvidia) in Safe Mode, then install the latest GPU driver sourced from Nvidia's support site, in an elevated command, i.e, Right click installer>Run as Administrator. If the driver you've used is causing instability issues, you use DDU as stated above, then move down to a prior driver version.

This might be of relevance;
 
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It may be a good idea to take a look in Event Viewer and Reliability History and see what the system is telling you about whatever problem this is.

As above, we don't know what you are working with and also don't know what manner of issue you are having with it, so everything at this point is guesswork.
 
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5090 FE I bring it up because of the Event ID errors I've been receiving. When I used the 4090 FE with driver 566.36, everything was stable. However, when I attempt to apply the same driver to my newer 5090 FE, it informs me that the driver is not compatible with the 50 series cards. Question. Using the DDU, do you really need to be in safe mode to perform the driver uninstallation? And if not, can you tell me how it can be done outside of safe mode?
Thank you.
 
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The oldest driver for the 5090 is 572.16, any driver older then that probably has no knowledge of the 5090 even existing.

572.16 was released on Jan 30, 2025 the same day as the 5090. There was probably some early drivers sent out to reviewers/testers but the first official driver for the card was 572.16
 
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Easiest way is to download latest from nvidia

www.nvidia.com

Download The Latest Official NVIDIA Drivers

Download the latest official NVIDIA drivers to enhance your PC gaming experience and run apps faster.
www.nvidia.com

You can select your card and OS.

Drivers are updated regulary, a list of supported cards can be had too. Latest as 17th June is 576.80 for W10/11. Should be improvements in latest drivers, if turn out to be buggy then rollback until the next version and give that a try.
 
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Sadly, there is no 100% stable driver for the 5000 series yet though I have heard some good stuff about 572.83. Experience varies across different configurations which is why it's trial and error basically.
 
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