Update: Nvidia Drive Bugs in Geforce Series Cards

While reading an article this morning on Actiontrip.com; I stumbled across this article: Nvidia 196.75 Drivers Bugged, 'May Cause Serious Damage to GPU'. So as a Nvidia customer, I immediately checked it out.

It appears that there were some issues with the fan speed controls that are integrated into the driver for Geforce model cards. This driver release was: 196.75 WHQL drivers which were previously available from Nvidia's website. Running this driver set could cause permanent damage to your Geforce GPU. For the time being, Nvidia is recommending user's who have updated to '196.75 WHQL' driver set to roll back to '196.21 WHQL' driver set until the issue is corrected. This driver set could potentially cause your GPU to overheat therefore causing a drop in frame rates when gaming, or possible permanent damage to the card itself from overheating.

They have removed the faulty driver set from their website, so if you're like me and haven't updated your GPU drivers in a while, don't worry. A new update will undoubtedly roll out soon. Nvidia is usually on top of that kind of thing anyways.

If you use a Nvidia card and are unsure of the driver version you're running visit: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us and select 'Option 2: Automatically Find Drivers for My Nvidia Products.' and click the 'Graphic Drivers' button. Accept the security certificate and let the Nvidia site detect your current version. It takes about 5 seconds, and doesn't automatically download the new driverset. It simply detects what version you have, and listed the most current version available should you decide to update.

Enjoy!