NVIDIA has successively released updates for the GeForce Game Ready driver. While fixing major faults in the previous version, it seems to have quietly imposed voltage limits on the RTX 50 series graphics cards.The v595.59 version driver released by NVIDIA a few days ago was urgently removed due to serious bugs. A large number of users reported that after installing the driver, graphics card fans stopped spinning and game performance dropped significantly.

NVIDIA recommends users to roll back to the v591.86 WHQL version, and yesterday launched the v595.71 WHQL repair version, which restored the normal performance of the graphics card.

However, the new driver seems to have introduced another implicit adjustment. According to Bang4BuckPC Gamer, which was first disclosed, version v595.71 imposes a voltage limit on RTX 50 series GPUs.

Its tests show that the RTX 5090 is locked below 3GHz in overclocked state and the voltage is limited to 1V, while the card has previously been able to stably operate at voltages above 1V and frequencies above 3GHz in 3D loads.

Wccftech used MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM


591.86 driver (manual overclocking)

Under the same settings after updating the v595.71 driver, the graphics card's operating frequency dropped to below 3GHz, and the voltage was only 1.005-1.010V, even touching 1.00V at one time.


595.71 driver (manual overclocking)

This voltage-locking behavior also exists at default frequencies, with the RTX 5090 operating at a lower voltage than previous versions.


595.71 driver (default)

NVIDIA has not yet stated the specific reason for this move, but Wccftech speculates that it may be related to the overheating problem of the 16pin power supply interface.

The actual game performance of the graphics card has not been affected. The running performance of "Resident Evil: Requiem" has returned to normal, and users will have difficulty detecting the difference caused by the voltage limit under normal usage scenarios.

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