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  • NVIDIA Releases Hotfix For GeForce Driver To Resolve CPU Usage Spikes

    19 days ago - By Anand Tech

    NVIDIA released the company's GeForce 531.18 WHQL driver on February 28 th. It didn't take long before user reports started to pile up on the NVIDIA forums about a strange bug causing processor usage to spike. The problem would occur after the user exited a game, and the issue would persist until a system restarted. Now a week later, NVIDIA has solved the problem and deployed a hotfix tailored to replace the GeForce 531.18 WHQL driver, bringing the version number up to 531.26.
    The GeForce 531.18 WHQL driver was an installment with several notable features, including DLSS 3 support and...
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  • Nvidia driver bug might make your CPU work harder after you close your game

    Nvidia driver bug might make your CPU work harder after you close your game

    19 days ago - By Ars Technica

    Enlarge / Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4080.
    Nvidia released a new driver update for its GeForce graphics cards that, among other things, introduced a new Video Super Resolution upscaling technology that could make low-resolution videos look better on high-resolution screens. But the driver also apparently came with a bug that caused high CPU usage on some PCs after running and then closing a game.
    Nvidia has released a driver hotfix that acknowledges and should fix the issue, which was apparently being caused by an undisclosed bug in the "Nvidia Container," a process that exists mostly to...
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