Nvidia 581.57 Drivers Causing Black Screens and Total PC Lockups

[IndyNavy]

Anyone else noticing these issues with Nvidia's new drivers??

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/576272/geforce-grd-58157-feedback-thread-released-101425/

Edited Saturday at 09:09 PM by IndyNavy

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I’ve had black screens with the previous driver. I did a thorough cleanse of shaders and a fresh install of the new one, and all seems fine for now.

[Mr_sukebe]

Have you cleaned out your Metashader and FXO folders?

[silverdevil]

18 hours ago, IndyNavy said:

Anyone else noticing these issues with Nvidia's new drivers??

along with the others answers. i have noticed that sometimes when nvida adds some sort of new setting, an upgrade of the driver introduces weird issues. as stated, you can use DDU to remove everything related to the driver. then install the new one should get you sorted. also even though you likely made no changes after an upgrade of the driver, just taking note of your current settings, defaulting the driver state, and then re-adding your settings may clear it up. 

[IndyNavy]

2 hours ago, Mr_sukebe said:

Have you cleaned out your Metashader and FXO folders?

Yes. I rolled back my drivers and its been resolved. Nvidia hasn't acknowledge this but many people are having similar issues across various titles. Hopefully next game ready driver is better. 

[HUZARN]

On 19.10.2025 at 16:38, Mr_sukebe said:

Czy wyczyściłeś foldery Metashader i FXO?

Could you please tell me how to clean this folder? I would really appreciate some advice.

[Mr_sukebe]

1 hour ago, HUZARN said:

Could you please tell me how to clean this folder? I would really appreciate some advice.

Look in your Saved Games/DCS/ folder and you’ll find the two folders there.

Just delete the content of both.

Note that DCS will need to regenerate new textures, meaning that the first time after cleaning the folders, it will be slower.

[Dawgboy]

For me, in VR and on my monitor's view, there are mirrors of the clouds at ground level, and they disappear as I gain altitude.  After PC reboot and multiple game restarts, it persists.  The only change was me updating the NVIDIA game-ready driver.  I did an express install to retain my NVIDIA settings.  I've not troubleshot or attempted to rectify...yet.