It's been a while since I played Clair Obscur, but I do recall from nVidia users on its forums at the time that their then-latest drivers were apparently having issues for some people, and rolling back to older drivers fixed it. nVidia's drivers and hardware in 2025 haven't been as great as they historically have been.

From what I heard they use AI now to write drivers. It's a disaster.

I've had no issues on my 5060ti or 5090, if it's working, don't rush to grab new drivers, if it ain't broke, dont fix it.

The driver issyes overall don't seem to impact everyone, which is odd, so it seems likely it's a conflict with something.

Originally posted by Monk:

I've had no issues on my 5060ti or 5090, if it's working, don't rush to grab new drivers, if it ain't broke, dont fix it.

The driver issyes overall don't seem to impact everyone, which is odd, so it seems likely it's a conflict with something.

What driver version are you using? It's defeintelly a widespread issue affecting a lot of users.

Here is an example -
https://www.reddit.com/r/oblivion/comments/1ka6fcz/comment/nei4a75/?context=1

You can also see it clearly here:
https://youtu.be/cnkq_dBcc44?t=690
(Go to 11:30 mark)

I had this exact problem when playing Expedition 33. I was getting the fatal error after loading the game like 50% of the time. Sometimes I got the artifacts. Only rebooting my PC helped. The good thing was if the game launched without problems, it ran well until the next launch.

Originally posted by SERGEANT:

I had this exact problem when playing Expedition 33. I was getting the fatal error after loading the game like 50% of the time. Sometimes I got the artifacts. Only rebooting my PC helped. The good thing was if the game launched without problems, it ran well until the next launch.

I have been playing for like 8hrs straight on driver 577.00 with not one crash or any artifacts and it actually seems smoother.

Jayz2cents has shown nVidia drivers have actually decreased average fps in all games the newer they get. It's crazy.

You should really try DDU and wipe your drivers and then install 577.00. It seems the most stable.

Everyone with RTX 30 series or.later should be on NVIDIA Driver 580.88 or 581.29

And be sure to make use of the DLSS Updater app. You can also force enable FSR4 in many games on RTX 30 and later and also RDNA3 GPUs

Originally posted by Monk:

I've had no issues on my 5060ti or 5090, if it's working, don't rush to grab new drivers, if it ain't broke, dont fix it.

The driver issyes overall don't seem to impact everyone, which is odd, so it seems likely it's a conflict with something.

Yeah same here. My girlfriend occasionally plays Claire Obscure and Expedition 33 on my PC, and we’ve never seen any artifacts or graphical glitches on any driver version. I also have several friends running Blackwall and the other games OP has mentioned, all on RTX 5090, and none of them reported such problems.

Sure, there are a couple of threads on Reddit bringing this up, but judging by the number of users it seems to affect a very small minority at best, if at all. There’s also no official acknowledgment of such an issue, neither from the game developers nor from NVIDIA.

To be honest, OP has posted about this multiple times already. The way its described really suggests something is interfering on his specific system. Could be a corrupted installation, leftover driver files, or whatever. I highly doubt its a driver-wide bug, since the same driver is running fine for millions of users without reproducing the issue.

That said, glad to hear rolling back fixed it for you, but I wouldn’t worry other 5090 owners unnecessarily. We are absolutely golden. For now. ;)

So just because it doesn't affect 100% of users, we are just going to disregard it? You know how dumb that sounds? It's a proven issue, it's not smoke and mirrors affecting 2 people. It's a fairly well confirmed issue.

And you are not "absolutely golden" because I can promise you haven't personally done extensive enough testing on every UE5 title to clear yourself. You don't own some magic 5090 that is safe from driver issues.

Fact is, the issue exists, just because you haven't expeirenced it yet, doesn't detract from that fact

Jayz2cents has already proven drivers have gotten progressively worse with the 5090 since release.

I bet you are one of those guys saying "RMA your GPU" without getting all the facts. And that guy you told to RMA his card, gets it back and has the same issues.

Until you can prove it's NOT driver related, you should probably take a seat. Others on reddit have also stated that rolling back drivers resolved the issue for them.

And the entire purpose of this thread was to inform 5090 owners of the issue (that is confirmed to exist) and offer potential solutions.

Not to say "ehh it's only affecting a smaller % of users I think, so who cares."

Oh, seems I’ve hit a sore spot there. :D
Sorry if I hurt your feelings, but no , nothing has been 'confirmed' the way you put it. Like with every single driver release, there will always be a minority of users experiencing issues. That does not mean you get to speak for an entire community of millions of 5090 owners.

Also, please dont spread false info. Jayz2Cents has never once "confirmed artifacts in UE5 titles on the 5090". He has talked about general driver issues, yes, but not the specific problem you’re claiming.

Fact is, there are plenty of people (myself included) running UE5 games on the current driver without any artifacts or crashes. If this was a widespread, reproducible issue, it would be all over the official forums, patch notes and hotfixes not just a handful of Reddit threads.

So no, I don’t own a 'magic 5090'. I just know the difference between isolated user reports and a truly confirmed, widespread driver bug.
And why would you want to open a new thread every time theres a random anecdote about your GPU? That just floods the forum with noise. If there’s a real, confirmed, widespread issue, it will get an official sticky or patch note. One person’s experience ≠ global driver bug. ;)

edit:

Originally posted by bRice153:

Until you can prove it's NOT driver related, you should probably take a seat. Others on reddit have also stated that rolling back drivers resolved the issue for them.

And the entire purpose of this thread was to inform 5090 owners of the issue (that is confirmed to exist) and offer potential solutions.

Not to say "ehh it's only affecting a smaller % of users I think, so who cares."

Lets get one thing straight. I never said "who cares". What I said is that isolated reports don’t equal a confirmed, widespread driver bug. That’s a big difference.

Yes, some people report that rolling back helped them, that happens with literally every new driver. Others, like me, have zero issues on the same driver. That’s why you can’t just jump to "confirmed issue" status without proper testing or official acknowledgement.

The purpose of the thread should be to share experiences and solutions, sure. But framing it as a blanket "5090 driver issue" is misleading when the vast majority of users are unaffected.

Look. If me and you got an issue I am easy to find if you are anywhere near Nashville.

And for the record, I said he has confirmed drivers have gotten worse. Which is what he very clearly says and shows here:

https://youtu.be/lcQ2tLLNLo8?si=ly5oorImwfe5IgyN

Reading may be difficult for you.

Fact is. These issues exist. This thread is about those issues (that exist).

Not sure what is difficult to understand about that? If you aren't going to actually contribute, take your happy ass elsewhere.

Originally posted by bRice153:

Look. If me and you got an issue I am easy to find if you are anywhere near Nashville.

And for the record, I said he has confirmed drivers have gotten worse. Which is what he very clearly says and shows here:

https://youtu.be/lcQ2tLLNLo8?si=ly5oorImwfe5IgyN

Reading may be difficult for you.

Wow, threatening someone with physical violence just because they disagreed with you… that says it all. Now everyone in this forum knows what kind of person you are.

Where was that even ever mentioned? Do you just make things up all the time? Whatever you take from what I said and interprete it, is on you.