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Home › Forums › Drivers & Updates › NVIDIA 576.40 driver — fixes Elden Ring stuttering but breaks OBS

NVIDIA 576.40 driver — fixes Elden Ring stuttering but breaks OBS

Jun 5, 2026 at 9:30pm #1

Just updated to 576.40 and the Elden Ring shader compilation stutter is noticeably better. However, OBS game capture is now broken — black screen on every source.

Temporary fix: use window capture instead of game capture. NVIDIA acknowledged the issue on their forums and said a hotfix is coming.

Anyone else hit this?

Jun 6, 2026 at 11:21am #2

The OBS thing is so annoying. Had to roll back to 576.33 because I stream. NVIDIA really needs to test with OBS before releasing drivers.

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Jun 7, 2026 at 9:51am #3

Confirmed — 576.40 also broke NVENC encoding in DaVinci Resolve for me. Rolled back immediately.

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Jun 7, 2026 at 11:31am #4

Is there a way to selectively install just the game-ready bits without the GeForce Experience stuff? I feel like half the issues come from the overlay.

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Jun 7, 2026 at 8:39pm #5

NVCleanInstall is what you want. Lets you pick exactly which components to install. Strips out all the telemetry and overlay junk too.

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