Nvidia has released the new GeForce 595.71 drivers to fix a serious bug in the fan control affecting some GeForce RTX 30, 40 and, potentially, future 50 series graphics cards.

Problem details

The reported problem prevented the fans of some graphics cards from working properly, risking overheating and potential hardware damage. The new drivers aim to solve this problem, restoring full fan control and ensuring adequate cooling.

Affected graphics cards

The update concerns the GeForce RTX 30 and 40 series graphics cards. The mention of a potential GeForce RTX 5070 suggests that Nvidia is taking precautions to prevent the problem from recurring in future GPU generations.

For those evaluating on-premise deployments of workloads that leverage these GPUs, it is crucial to ensure that the drivers are up to date to avoid reliability issues. AI-RADAR offers analytical frameworks on /llm-onpremise to evaluate the trade-offs of different hardware configurations.