Revit 2025/2026 Crashes with "Video Driver Error" on NVIDIA RTX 5060 Laptop GPU — Issue Persists After Full Laptop Replacement

[ElieSeklawy]

Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing constant crashes in Revit 2025 and 2026 on my NVIDIA RTX 5060 Laptop GPU. The crashes happen during normal viewport navigation — panning, orbiting, and zooming in 3D views — and Revit gives me the "Video driver error occurred. Revit will exit." message. Sometimes it’s just the application that crashes, other times I get a full black screen or a BSOD.

My system:
• Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX10
• Intel Core i9-14900HX
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU (8GB)
• 32GB DDR5 RAM
• Windows 11 Pro (fully updated)

What I’ve tried (nothing fixed it):
• Clean install of NVIDIA Game Ready Driver — still crashes
• Clean install of NVIDIA Studio Driver — still crashes
• Reinstalled Revit — still crashes
• Updated BIOS and all system drivers — still crashes
• Tested Hybrid and Discrete GPU modes — still crashes
• Replaced the entire laptop with the same model — same problem on the new unit

What works:
• Forcing Revit to run on Intel integrated graphics → no crashes at all

So the issue is clearly tied to Revit running on the NVIDIA GPU. The Windows Event Viewer shows GPU errors from the NVIDIA driver (nvlddmkm) every time Revit crashes.

I’ve also opened a case with NVIDIA support.

Is anyone else using an RTX 5060 (or other RTX 50-series) with Revit and seeing similar issues? Are there any known fixes or workarounds beyond disabling the NVIDIA GPU?

Happy to share logs and diagnostic files if needed.

Thanks,

[idony]

Any luck fixing this? I have the same issue with a brand new laptop 

[bacosta8CEB7]

I also have the same problem with a brand new laptop with 5070 ti and i9 275hx ultra, with both versions.

[lauri_barnhart]

Hello @ElieSeklawy, @idony and @bacosta8CEB7, thanks for posting in the community!

I wanted to follow up to see if you're still facing this problem?

If your issue is now resolved, please share the details with the community.

If you still require support, please post an update so we can assist you further.

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Lauri | Community Manager

[bacosta8CEB7 · Accepted solution]

Hi lauri_barnhart, thanks for the help, I have great news, I already found a solution, this is what happened in my case: 

I had crashes and freezes in Revit when Hardware Acceleration was enabled especially when using only the laptop built in screen. Revit worked normally with my two external monitors.

Before finding the solution I tried reinstalling Revit 2025 and Revit 2026 removing Autodesk files folders add ins and temporary files reinstalling Autodesk components updating Revit updating NVIDIA drivers trying older NVIDIA drivers performing clean NVIDIA driver installations checking if Revit recognized the NVIDIA GPU disabling and enabling Hardware Acceleration in Revit testing different display configurations testing AutoCAD Hardware Acceleration trying Windows repair and system checks changing general Windows graphics settings and manually disabling the Intel graphics device in Device Manager. None of those steps fixed the issue. Disabling Intel Graphics manually only affected the laptop screen resolution and refresh rate controls.

What actually fixed the problem was changing the laptop GPU mode from MSHybrid Graphics Mode to Discrete Graphics Mode in MSI Center. After changing the mode I restarted the laptop. Then I checked Device Manager and only the NVIDIA GPU appeared under Display adapters. I also checked NVIDIA Control Panel in Configure Surround PhysX and the laptop display was connected directly to the NVIDIA GPU. After that I opened Revit enabled Hardware Acceleration again and the crashes stopped.

In my case the issue was caused by the hybrid Intel NVIDIA graphics pipeline used by the internal laptop display. Revit was unstable when the laptop screen was routed through hybrid graphics. Switching to Discrete Graphics Mode or dGPU only made the internal display run directly through the NVIDIA GPU and Revit stopped crashing with Hardware Acceleration enabled.

lol.

[lauri_barnhart]

Hi @ElieSeklawy, thank you for your question.

Did the information provided by @bacosta8CEB7 help you resolve your issue too?

If this helps, feel free to accept it as the solution.

This helps other users benefit from the shared solution.

In case you still need help, please provide an update here so we can help you best moving forward.

Thanks!

Lauri | Community Manager