New NVIDIA Driver 595.59 Causes Major Issues in Windows 11 (How to Fix)

In this article, we will talk about the Latest NVIDIA Driver 595.59 which Causes Major Issues in Windows 11 and How to Fix it.

Yesterday, NVIDIA has released the latest Game Ready and Studio Driver, Version 595.59 which optimizes your system for Resident Evil™ Requiem, featuring immersive path tracing, DLSS 4 With Multi Frame Generation, and DLSS Ray Reconstruction.

Additionally, there’s support for Marathon and its Server Slam open test, starting today, featuring DLSS Super Resolution and NVIDIA Reflex.

Fixed Gaming Bugs:

• The Ascent: Intermittent black bar on top of screen on GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs [5859818]
• Total War: THREE KINGDOMS: Green artifacts appear on GeForce RTX 50 series [5745647]
• FINAL FANTASY XII The Zodiac Age crashes with fatal error after driver update [5741199]
• Call of Duty Modern Warfare (2019) displays image corruption after driver update [5733427]
• Quantum Break: Performance drops significantly on Act 4 Part 1 [5607678]

Fixed General Bugs:

• Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve: AV1 decode crash with multiple obu in one packet [5671098]

Check more info about the Driver on the NVIDIA Forum.

NVIDIA has also published a full article, because this is quite a big Driver release, which they later updated with the following:

February 26th, 11am PT Update: We have discovered a bug in the Game Ready and Studio 595.59 WHQL drivers and have removed the downloads temporarily while our team investigates. For users that have already installed this driver and are experiencing issues with fan control, please roll back to 591.86 WHQL.

NVIDIA app users can reinstall their previous driver by clicking the three dots in the Drivers tab.

The Official Driver Page has also been removed as part of this pull.

Also a Reddit Thread about this Driver has been made, and a lot of users confirm the issues related to the fan control problem.

Game Ready & Studio Driver 595.59 FAQ/Discussion
byu/Nestledrink innvidia

On Twitter, user UNIKO’s Hardware has posted a full list of reported issues related to this Driver Update.

nvidia has removed the driver 595.59 released on 26th feb.

outraged users are complaining the driver on nvidia forum.
– youtube freezed
– hdr 144hz failed
– gpu fans stopped spinning
– voltage locked to 0.9v
– huge gaming performance loss
and more

nvidia forum… pic.twitter.com/FAehXUXDBC

— UNIKO's Hardware 🌏 (@unikoshardware) February 26, 2026

How to Fix

Make sure you open the NVIDIA App, go to the Drivers Section and check the Driver Version that you have.

If you have the 595.59 Version, go at the bottom, click on the 3 dots and Reinstall, to roll back to the previously installed Driver.

For a more in-depth tutorial, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.