Nvidia’s CPU hogging bug lastly and absolutely nixed with official driver launch

After releasing a Hotfix driver model 531.26 final week, Nvidia has now carried out a full WHQL launch to lastly and absolutely repair the bug that precipitated Nvidia’s Container software program to proceed hoovering up CPU sources on exiting a game. 

As we reported beforehand, there have been present workarounds, together with rolling again to a earlier driver or just popping a cap within the Nvidia Container process in Activity Supervisor.

The Nvidia bug was one half of a pair of wonky driver updates from Nvidia and AMD. If Nvidia’s bug was a minor inconvenience, AMD’s glitch might really resulting in corrupted Home windows installations. Nasty.

To be truthful the AMD, their situation appeared as a lot a consequence of Home windows Update being hell bent on doing its update factor, regardless of the affect, as AMD’s badly written code. AMD itself suggested customers how to make sure the confliction with Home windows Update does not occur.

“We suggest customers guarantee all system updates are utilized or paused earlier than putting in the motive force, and that the ‘Manufacturing unit Reset’ choice is unchecked in the course of the AMD driver set up course of.”

One other win for Home windows update. Not. Anyway, you may download the brand new Nvidia driver right here. And with that, we’re formally calling an in depth on this enjoyable little graphics driver saga.