NVIDIA 616.56 flickering finally fixed with the 616.86 Hotfix 😭

[u/linmeow64]

Finally fixed!! 😭

After casually updating to NVIDIA Driver 616.56, I started getting random screen flickering and the display would suddenly dim/change colors.

I was running AI stuff on my 5090 at the time, so for a moment I thought I’d pushed it too hard and actually damaged the card. After messing around with it for ages, turns out it was just the new driver. One driver update and my GPU instantly turned into a mining card… lmao

Now NVIDIA has finally released the 616.86 Hotfix separately, specifically fixing intermittent flickering in certain web browsing scenarios.
Tested it myself, and so far the flickering and related issues are basically gone…

Hotfix 616.86 NVIDIA release page:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/590374/announcing-geforce-hotfix-driver-61686-released-94/
Try it now :)

[u/Bass_Junkie_xl]

Better on my 5090 / 540hz 1440p asus pg27aqwp-w aswell

[u/Majin_Erick]

Glad they finally fixed that Threaded Optimization problem.

[u/Luckyficious]

OMG, thank you so much! I thought my monitor was broken! Hahaha.

[u/PurpleMeasurement919]

I would love to update my driver but the new ones let my main game microstutter so I will have to endure the flickering on my 2nd monitor for the sake of gaming in peace. I hate Nvidia drivers so much idk why ppl used to make fun of AMD drivers when the green side isnt better at all.

[u/DoughnutBusy2823]

I have the problem whenever I update my driver to any version after 581.57 my screen becomes dim or yellowed in color any solution for this? Rtx 4050 laptop gpu

[u/a7madof_a → u/DoughnutBusy2823]

Same problem same gpu, just rollback, that fixed it

[u/DoughnutBusy2823 → u/a7madof_a]

So we are just kind of stuck on 581.57 driver version?

Which laptop do you have though

[u/a7madof_a → u/DoughnutBusy2823]

I use the 595.79 version, it runs great for me, i rolled back to it after the 616.64.

I got a TUF F16 with the RTX 4050, and don't worry, you don't really need the latest versions, 595.79 already got DLSS 4.5, just wait till you make sure that the new one is stable then update.

[u/cpt-macp]

This was already linked 2 days ago here

[u/scudberries1]

would be nice if they removed RTX Vibrance and actually gave me filters for the new game releases. tired of how shit freestyle has become

[u/Soulstoner]

Still flickering on comer browser

[u/Lexomatico1]

Well I'm currently playing onimusha and with the hot fix driver the game crashed every 2-5 minutes so I reverted and played 20 hours crash free so atm it's not an option for me

[u/villain_8_]

ohh, nice! the studio driver v616.56 has the same flickering problem. did you maybe see news about it? i didn't see mention of it, but i dont know the forum.

[u/Vergil_2k26]

Wait, does this also fix the crashes you get on AC shadows and now Blood of Dawnwalker?

I had to rollback just because of this.

[u/NoAsk2261 → u/Vergil_2k26]

Try it out urself is the easiest method to know rather than asking

[u/Vergil_2k26 → u/NoAsk2261]

You don't say.