NVIDIA recently released a GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 572.24 aimed at solving performance issues that plague users, including gamers playing “Valorant” and those who use Windows 11. Some of the issues complained of included frame rate drops, tearing screens, and system instability cases.
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Background of the Problems
After this Windows 11 24H2 update, many users have seen drastic performance degradation across applications. For example, titles such as “Valorant” are dropping FPS drastically while gaming, which causes a bad gaming experience. Some even reported screen tearing issues when running programs like Google Chrome, Spotify, and Discord. All these issues were more frequently reported on systems using NVIDIA graphics cards.
This later led to discovering that some variants of NVIDIA’s display drivers are incompatible with Windows 11 update. Losses in displays and system instability after updating to Windows 11, version 24H2 had been experienced. Microsoft applied the safeguard hold in order to not allow affected devices to receive the update until such a time that the driver issues were corrected.
NVIDIA’s Response
NVIDIA released the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 572.24 to address all these issues. The current hotfix directly targets the performance problems of the users. Such issues are always addressed promptly by the company; after all, it has experience dealing with problems like this: after the Windows 11 22H2 update, NVIDIA released a performance fix for a similar problem.
Steps for users
For any user to be able to avail the features of the GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 572.24, an update on the driver of their NVIDIA will be required. Updating can be done via the GeForce Experience program or can simply be directly downloaded from NVIDIA’s official website. Furthermore, users are also recommended to turn off Overlay from the NVIDIA application as it has been indicated as one of the causes of performance hindrance.
There is more to be done if they still cannot solve the problems even after updating the driver. They can first update the windows. The recent Windows updates include some like KB5046740, correcting delays and tears on the screen when in full-screen windows. Lastly, updating the graphics card drivers will provide a solution to most of these problems. If the problem persists, they might roll back to Windows 11 version 23H2 until there’s a better-tested solution to the bugs.
Conclusion
NVIDIA GeForce, Hotfix Driver Version 572.24 For all the good it does the company is definitely on its commitment to providing zero lag in video games. That update fixes those problems of game performance caused by the Windows 11 24H2 updates, and which promises to reintroduce full functionality of such a feature within both gaming activities and general performance. Users may have to carry out an upgrading process of OS and drivers.
