How to fix Hogwarts Legacy issues after latest Nvidia driver update (March 2023)

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Over a month after its launch, Hogwarts Legacy continues to receive updates to improve its technical polish. On the PC side of things, GPU manufacturers are also dishing out driver updates for graphics cards to enhance performance and fix any anomalies.

However, as of recently, Nvidia users have been reporting issues after updating drivers to the latest renditions. Curiously, these problems do not pertain to just a single driver version either.

Players were inflicted by freezing or crashing onto the desktop past the initial shader compilation process. On top of that, ray-tracing seems to be broken as a whole too. So what can gamers do about it?

For one, the absolute latest Nvidia driver version is 531.29. Unfortunately, some Hogwarts Legacy players have been reporting getting a black screen in Hogwarts Legacy. This means that they cannot play the game after the update.

This occurs around the initial shader pre-compilation process. Some players have reported that this black screen is part of the initial boot-up process for the game. In other words, the shader compilation is apparently longer now.

As such, one solution would be for players to be a little more patient and see if they are able to get into the game. If not, try to restart the game and see if there are any changes.

For those on the slightly older 531.18, some players have been experiencing a number of problems with it too. From worse performance to crashes to the desktop and even freezes.

Additionally, this would also crash Hogwarts Legacy, as raytracing is enabled in the settings. Others have even reported BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) crashes on their PCs.

Then there is the 528.49 patch, released about a month ago. This had mixed results, with the game running