EA has confirmed through a social media post that the Battlefield 6 team is investigating a hardware issue affecting users of Nvidia’s RTX 50-series GPUs on current drivers. The company has advised players to temporarily roll back to driver version 596.49 in the meantime. The latest Nvidia driver is 610.74, and was released earlier this month.
The issue itself causes the GPU drivers to crash whenever they play Battlefield 6 on a map with large bodies of water. This includes one of the newest additions to the game – Tsuru Reef. EA has noted that, while not all RTX 50-series GPU users are being affected, the driver rollback is a safe option while the developers work on fixing the core issue.
“We’re investigating an issue on PC where some players may experience a GPU driver crash when playing on maps with large bodies of water, including Tsuru Reef,” said the company. “Based on our current data, the issue appears to affect Nvidia GPUs, with reports more concentrated among players using GeForce RTX 50 Series cards. The issue does not appear to affect all players using these GPUs.”
While the developers work on a fix, EA has asked players suffering from further crashes to send over details through the EA forums.
Battlefield 6 just kicked off Season 4, and in the process introduced Tsuru Reef to the shooter’s roster of multiplayer maps. The season’s launch was celebrated with the release of its intro cinematic, which set up the narrative foundation for the battle of Tsuru Reef. Leading up to its launch, Season 4 also got a gameplay deep dive trailer last week.
Details about the Tsuru Reef map were revealed earlier this month, with Battlefield Studios noting that it was part of the Season 4 push towards Naval Warfare. The new map allows players to battle it out across the land, the sea, and the air, with a variety of vehicles and weaponry at their disposal.
“Battlefield has always been about player choice. Some battlefields are designed around fast-paced infantry combat, while others provide room to maneuver, make use of vehicles, and approach objectives from different angles. Naval Warfare builds on that philosophy by expanding how players can approach every engagement.”
Tsuru Reef has been described as one of the largest maps in Battlefield 6 so far, and its core design revolves around allowing players plenty of options for how they want to engage with opponents or approach objectives. Along with direct combat-oriented options, players can also use the water around them to set up flanking positions against entrenched enemy squads.
The addition of Tsuru Reef has brought the total map count of Battlefield 6 up to 15. Since the shooter’s October 2025 release, it has also gotten plenty of new weapons, bringing the total up to 58, as well as a host of new vehicles, game modes, and seasonal events.
Battlefield 6 is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. For an idea of how many changes it has gone through, check out our review of its launch version.
