EA Tells RTX 50 Owners to Downgrade NVIDIA Drivers as Battlefield 6 Keeps Crashing on Water Maps

Sarfraz Khan
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The Battlefield 6 community has been reporting game crashes in some maps, particularly where there are large bodies of water.

EA Starts Investigating NVIDIA Driver Crash in Tsuru Reef, Affecting Players With RTX 50 GPUs

EA debuted its latest Tsuru Reef map with Battlefield 6 Season 4: Pacific Front on July 21, but that has been causing some trouble for the players. EA has now acknowledged the problem with the map, which continues to affect Battlefield 6 players, particularly those with NVIDIA RTX 50 series graphics cards.

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Battlefield Studios has issued a statement regarding the issue, which is causing frequent driver crashes. This issue seems to be specific to maps with large bodies of water, and mostly affects players in the new Tsuru Reef map. According to the reports, it mostly affects RTX 50 series owners, but we have noticed that some users with RTX 40 series have also been affected by the driver crashes.

EA says that this issue doesn't affect every player, but since it has now become a common problem, it has started investigating the issue with NVIDIA. At the moment, it isn't clear whether the issue is caused by the map or the latest NVIDIA drivers, including the recent one, which is version 610.74, launched on July 7. EA recommends that users downgrade to the older driver 596.49 for the same reason.

This supposedly fixes the crashing issue for RTX 50 series owners, but if users still continue to see crashes, they are encouraged to contact EA by sharing details such as the GPU model, NVIDIA driver version, the affected map, and any other details. The developer has announced that they will be sharing the new update on the issue soon.

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