PC gamers with GeForce GPU graphics cards might want to think twice about installing the latest driver software for their computers.
According to many players, the new driver, which Nvidia released on Monday, comes with a host of bugs, some so bad that they could break Windows on the PC.
Nvidia intended for the new driver to fix performance issues with The Division, as well as Need For Speed. Instead, gamers report that the update only made their computers buggy, and includes issues with random blue screens of death, an inability to boot back into Windows and completely black screens.
Reports of issues have surfaced all over the Internet, particularly from angry players on the Nvidia forums, as well as over at NeoGAF.
"Driver crashed my windows and going into safe mode I was not able to uninstall and rolling back windows would not work either," wrote one frustrated gamer on Nvidia's official forums. "I ended up wiping my system to a fresh install of windows. Not very happy here."
The issue isn't isolated to one particular GeForce card, either: it seems that it affects every GeForce product currently available.
"Well, I've tried every combo of unplugging monitors, pulling cards, etc.," writes another angry gamer. "Windows 10 continues to give me the frowny face and can't start. I can't get into safe mode, can't repair, restore does zero good, I can't even reset windows."
The best solution for now is to stay away from the update. Nvidia also suggests this course of action until the issue gets resolved.
"We had received reports of some users having issues installing driver version 364.47," wrote the company on its website. "Initial investigation suggests the issue was related to doing an 'Express' installation. If you happen to have a pending installation of 364.47, we recommend that you do not install it and either use the new 364.51 beta version or wait for the WHQL certified version."
As of Tuesday, Nvidia released a newer version of the driver and began to encourage players to install that one instead. However, it seems that gamers are still reporting problems on the company's official forums.
