NVIDIA RTX Hotfix June 2026 Display Stability and Crash Fix

What is the NVIDIA June 2026 Hotfix?

On June 14, 2026, NVIDIA released Hotfix Driver 576.94 to address a cluster of regressions introduced in Game Ready Driver 576.88 and Studio Driver 576.92, both shipped earlier in June. The headline issues are random black screens with the GPU staying alive (fans at 100%, monitor signal lost), DLSS Ray Reconstruction crashes in Crimson Desert, Marvel Rivals and Subnautica 2, and a fresh nvlddmkm Event ID 153 storm after the Windows 11 KB5094126 cumulative update.

The hotfix is a branch driver, not WHQL, and it must be downloaded manually from nvidia.custhelp.com. GeForce Experience will not push it. Both RTX 40 (Ada Lovelace) and RTX 50 (Blackwell) cards are affected, with RTX 5070, 5070 Ti, and 5080 reporting the highest crash density. This page is the decision-tree hub: install, wait, or roll back.

When does it occur?

• Random desktop black screen, fans spin to 100%, "No Signal" on monitor
• Game-specific crashes on Crimson Desert, Marvel Rivals, Subnautica 2 with RR/DLSS 4
• Event ID 153 — nvlddmkm stream in Event Viewer after KB5094126
• HDR flicker / colors crushing on RTX 50 with secondary monitor
• VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE BSOD referencing nvlddmkm.sys
• DLSS Frame Generation freezes for 1–3 seconds before resuming

Common causes

• DLSS 4.5.0 DLL regression — ships in 576.88 and 576.92, breaks Ray Reconstruction state on multi-display setups
• DWM present-pacing change in KB5094126 — exposes a latent race condition in the NVIDIA D3D12 runtime
• Blackwell display pipeline bug — RTX 50 specific HDR pipeline mishandles SDR-on-secondary configurations
• PCIe ASPM (L0s/L1) re-enabled by KB5094126 power profile — triggers TDR on idle wake
• Studio Driver 576.92 ICC profile issue — content creation apps lose color calibration after wake
• Stale shader cache from previous driver — uninstall did not clean %localappdata%\NVIDIA\GLCache and DXCache
• GeForce Experience overlay conflict — In-Game Overlay hooks into the broken DLSS path

Step-by-step fixes

1. Decision tree: install hotfix, wait, or roll back — Install 576.94 hotfix if you (a) play Crimson Desert / Marvel Rivals / Subnautica 2, (b) run multi-monitor, or (c) see Event ID 153 daily. Stay on current driver if stable and you don't run those games. Roll back if 576.88/576.92 already broke you and you need productivity stability today.

1. Install Hotfix Driver 576.94 — Download 576.94-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql.exe from nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5601. Choose "Custom Installation > Perform a clean installation." Reboot. Verify nvidia-smi shows version 576.94.

1. DDU clean install (if hotfix doesn't help) — Download DDU from guru3d.com. Disconnect from the internet (so Windows Update can't push back the old driver). Boot Safe Mode: Settings > Recovery > Advanced startup > F4. Run DDU > GPU > NVIDIA > "Clean and restart." Then install 576.94 manually. Reconnect to internet only afterwards.

1. Roll back to 572.83 (the last reliable stable) — In the NVIDIA driver archive, download Game Ready Driver 572.83 (released March 2026). DDU first, then install. Pause Windows Updates in Settings > Windows Update > Pause for 7 weeks to prevent auto-replacement. This is the recommended path for creators on Studio 576.92 who can't wait for a WHQL fix.

1. Clear NVIDIA shader caches — Quit all games. Delete the contents of %LOCALAPPDATA%\NVIDIA\DXCache and %LOCALAPPDATA%\NVIDIA\GLCache. Also delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\D3DSCache. Reboot. Stale shaders from 576.88 cause TDR even on the fixed hotfix.

1. Disable ASPM in BIOS — Enter BIOS (Del or F2 at boot) > Advanced > PCH-IO Configuration > PCI Express Configuration > set ASPM Support and PCIe Power Management to Disabled. This neutralizes the KB5094126 power profile regression.

1. Disable GeForce Experience overlay — Open NVIDIA App (the new merged client) > Settings > Features > toggle off "In-Game Overlay" and "Game Filters." The overlay hooks the DLSS DLL and is implicated in the Marvel Rivals + Frame Gen freezes.

1. Reapply HDR / display profile — After install, Settings > System > Display > HDR > Off > On to re-handshake the EDID. For creators, reload your ICC profile: Color Management > Devices > select monitor > Add > ICC profile. The hotfix does not auto-restore ICC.

If it still doesn't work

If 576.94 still crashes on your config, escalate by filing the issue at nvidia.custhelp.com with nvidia-bug-report.log attached (run nvidia-bug-report.bat from the NVIDIA install folder as admin). Include your full PCIe topology — NVIDIA's driver team has been triaging by motherboard chipset, and Z690/Z790/X670 cases are getting priority.

If you suspect hardware (persistent VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE on every driver, not just 576.x), run FurMark + 3DMark Time Spy. A unit that crashes within 5 minutes is likely affected by the confirmed RTX 50 missing-ROPs hardware defect — see the RTX 5070 Ti article for RMA criteria and the RTX 5090 PCIe Gen 5 page for slot/riser-related symptoms. The next WHQL driver (expected late June 2026 as 577.xx) is the long-term fix; until then, 576.94 hotfix or 572.83 rollback are the only sane options.