Nvidia launches GeForce 595.71 driver, fixing critical fan‑control bug on RTX 30 and 40

Nvidia’s latest GeForce 595.71 driver arrives just days after the company recalled its 595.59 release, which had triggered a cascade of fan‑control failures on RTX 30‑, 40‑ and newly launched 50‑series GPUs. According to Tom’s Hardware, the bug manifested as the driver failing to detect one or more GPU fans, and in the worst cases the fans stopped spinning entirely, risking thermal runaway under load. User reports surfaced across the official Nvidia forum and third‑party sites such as ComputerBase, where owners of a broad spectrum of RTX cards documented sudden temperature spikes and, in a few instances, complete GPU shutdowns. Nvidia responded by urging users to roll back to the stable 591.86 driver while engineers worked on a fix.

The 595.71 update not only restores proper fan detection but also re‑introduces the performance optimizations that were stripped from the recalled version. Tom’s Hardware notes that the driver includes game‑release tweaks for Resident Evil Requiem, which the outlet tested for CPU‑side performance and found “reasonable success.” In addition, the new package adds “game‑ready” support for Marathon, bringing DLSS Super Resolution and Nvidia Reflex to the title. All of these enhancements are now available for download from Nvidia’s website, and the driver is compatible with the full lineup of current GeForce GPUs.

This isn’t Nvidia’s first emergency driver patch in recent memory. The company was forced to issue a rapid fix last year after a Windows 11 update caused severe gaming performance regressions, and in March 2025 a rollout for the RTX 50‑series inadvertently destabilized older RTX 30‑ and 40‑series cards, prompting developers to recommend a driver rollback. Those incidents, documented by Tom’s Hardware, illustrate a pattern of tight coupling between Nvidia’s driver stack and both OS updates and new hardware generations, a relationship that can produce systemic bugs when timing misaligns.

Industry observers will be watching how quickly the community adopts 595.71, given the high stakes of GPU cooling. A non‑functioning fan can push a card’s temperature beyond safe limits in seconds, potentially triggering permanent silicon damage. While Nvidia has not disclosed the exact root cause of the fan‑control regression, the swift recall and replacement suggest a concerted effort to prevent hardware failures and preserve consumer confidence. If the driver performs as intended, it should close the brief but alarming window of vulnerability that emerged with 595.59 and restore stability across Nvidia’s flagship GPU families.