Tuesday, March 7th 2023

NVIDIA Releases 531.26 Hotfix for CPU Usage Bug

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Fouquin
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NVIDIA was quick to respond to the reported CPU usage bug present in Game Ready Driver 531.18 and has issued Hotfix Driver 531.26 which claims to resolve the issue. This release still includes the new RTX Video Super Resolution AI upscaling feature introduced with 531.18, which you can use with RTX 30 and 40 series cards in conjunction with Chrome or Edge internet browsers. Below are the release notes.

This hotfix addresses the following issues:
  • Higher CPU usage from NVIDIA Container might be observed after exiting a game [4007208]
  • [Notebook] Random bugcheck may be observed on certain laptops with GeForce GTX 10/MX250/350 series GPUs [4008527]
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 531.26 can be found here, available for Windows 10 and 11 x64.
Source: NVIDIA

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18 Comments on NVIDIA Releases 531.26 Hotfix for CPU Usage Bug

#1
P4-630
I'll just wait for the next official driver...
I haven't seen this affecting my system.
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#2
erek
Thank you
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#5
izy
I cant find it in NVCleaninstall.
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#6
mobiuus
P4-630I'll just wait for the next official driver...
I haven't seen this affecting my system.
i also don't have that issue probably because i did not install that bloatware called geforce expirience:laugh:
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#7
mouacyk
I used NVCleanstall and unchecked all telemetry options and it affected me. Which is odd.
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#8
Fluffmeister
I just installed the drivers as I always do... via GeForce Experience (The Horror!), ironically no issues so I won't be grabbing the hotfix.
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#9
Hyderz
Downloaded and installed the update via GeForce experience no issues at all, played around the video super resolution with YouTube 144p, 240p and 360p on my 1080p monitor id say it’s pretty impressive at 360p is quite sharp the lower resolution is not bad too, just a bit of funzies tinkering
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#10
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Does it fix the BSOD's and driver crashes?
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#11
R0H1T
Can it fix the 240+ (W) power draw on youtube :rolleyes:
Yes for RTX video super resolution o_O
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#12
Bomby569
had zero issue with it, no weird cpu usage during or after gameplay and i'm on 531.18
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#13
Enkur
Glad they are fixing this as I saw my CPU spiking in a weird way lately and looking at the tasks monitor it was the NVcontainer or some process like that which I manually killed.
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#14
WonkoTheSaneUK
Hope that the Linux driver skips this bug (We're still on the 525 series over here).
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#15
skates
MusselsDoes it fix the BSOD's and driver crashes?
It did not fix driver specific crashes on BF 2042 for me. The only driver which is stable that I have found is 528.02, but again, my GPU crashes when playing BF 2042 and every consistent.
skatesIt did not fix driver specific crashes on BF 2042 for me. The only driver which is stable that I have found is 528.02, but again, my GPU crashes when playing BF 2042 and every consistent.
528.02 fixed the GPU driver crashes in that game for me, so you could try it for any GPU driver crashes.
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#16
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
I'm playing BL3 at the moment after the recent sale on it, and the previous driver was giving stutters that turned out to be driver crashes - the PC would often recover fast enough the game kept running, but not always and sometimes i'd do something like alt-tab and get a black and white checkerboard windows UI
Tried to screenshot it and the PC rebooted, rolled back and zero troubles

I might wait another version or two
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#17
Selaya
it's still not uploaded to tpu btw
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#18
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
Selayait's still not uploaded to tpu btw
I'm not sure if the hotfixes are, usually
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