Nvidia confirms Windows 11/Windows 10 high CPU usage bug, promises to release emergency fix

After the March driver update, some Windows 11 and 10 users are experiencing high CPU usage on their Nvidia systems. The chipmaker confirmed the high CPU usage issue and told us it will be fixed in the next few hours with an upcoming emergency patch.

Nvidia has officially confirmed that a software fix has been developed for GeForce driver version 531.18 and will arrive within a few hours. According to reports on Reddit, a bug in GeForce driver version 531.18, released on February 28 and widely installed by users in March, appears to cause excessive CPU usage. Users reported that the driver This causes Nvidia's Display Container Service to use up to 15% of the CPU. This issue is said to cause their laptops to heat up and cause performance issues and battery drain too quickly, which makes sense since all of these laptop features depend on the CPU.

After investigating these issues, it was discovered that these issues are caused by the Nvidia Display Container Service.

So what exactly does the Display Container Service do, and why does it still occupy your CPU? An Nvidia official explained that the service handles some display tasks, including GeForce Experience functionality and displaying icons in your notification area.

However, the Display Container Service is not that critical, so if you end the service using Task Manager, GeForce Experience and Nvidia notifications will still work. Users discovered that Nvidia changed its Display Container service in the latest driver update, causing unexpected spikes in CPU usage.

It’s worth noting that not all users will experience these performance issues.

Nvidia preparing emergency patch for high CPU usage

Nvidia officially acknowledged the issue and told us it plans to release an emergency patch in the next few hours. Given that this error is frustrating and can make your Windows 10 or 11 hardware run slower than usual, you can try rolling back to a previous version of the chipmaker's driver.

Given the statements we have received and what has been communicated to users, it is likely that this issue will be fixed soon. Users can now try to end the service process in Windows 11’s Task Manager. If you're using Windows 11 Moment 2, you can use Task Manager's search bar to find a specific process and end its task.

For example, you can try the following steps:

Open an administrative command prompt (cmd.exe)

• Stop the NVDisplay.Container service
• Delete_NvGSTPlugin.dll
• Restart the NVDisplay.Container service
• However, this does not work for all users and rolling back to an older version of the GeForce driver seems to be the best at the moment s Choice.

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