Black Artifacts in RDS Sessions with NVIDIA RTX A4000 (DDA) on Windows Server 2025

Card & Driver

  • Card: NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • Driver: 573.92

Issue Description

We have an issue with an RTX card on a Windows Server 2025 Standard Host and VM.

Problem

  • RDS session runs in Hyper-V on Windows Server

  • Hardware passthrough enabled so the card is used in the session (DDA)

  • At random moments the display generates black areas in square parts of windows

  • The application does not freeze; it is purely a graphical issue

If you minimize everything in the session using Windows + M and open it again, everything is fine again.

The issue occurs with at least all +/- 15 users and different machines in the (RDS) session and feels completely random.

Troubleshooting Already Performed

  • Fan settings changed from ambient to performance, reducing temperature from ~60°C to ~35°C

  • Tested different driver versions, including version 8

  • RDP settings reset to default with automatic graphics quality

  • GPOs adjusted on the local TS (Hyper-V VM)

System Specifications

  • Windows Server 2025 fully updated

  • Resources checked:

    • CPU: ~5%

    • Graphics: ~30%

GPO Settings on the Terminal Server

To enable GPU usage in RDS, the following local GPO settings are applied:

Path:
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment\

  • Use hardware graphics adapters for all Remote Desktop Services sessions → Enabled

  • Use WDDM graphics display driver for Remote Desktop Connections → Enabled

  • Configure H.264/AVC hardware encoding → Enabled

  • Prioritize H.264/AVC 444 graphics mode → Disabled

Question

Do any of you have seen this issue before and maybe have seen a fix for this problem?

Thanks in advance!