Isaac Sim 6.0.0 crash with RTX 5080

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

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GPU Information

• Model: RTX 5080
• Driver Version: Studio Driver 610.62

Topic Description

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Issue: Isaac Sim crashes on startup with a white window.
Details:
• Customer is new to Isaac Sim and installed it locally on PC
• GPU: GeForce RTX 5080
• Crash occurs while opening the GUI; window stays white and then a crash report opens
• Customer tried multiple older driver versions for the RTX 5080
• NVIDIA App is installed
• Debug Mode was enabled in NVIDIA App
• Customer launched Isaac Sim with .\isaac-sim.bat --/persistent/isaac/asset_root/default=“C:/isaacsim_assets/Assets/Isaac/6.0”
• Customer was asked to test without the custom asset_root argument
• SignalRGB was closed for testing
• Issue occurs only with Isaac Sim, not other GPU-heavy applications
• Customer followed crash-dump guidance, but no .dmp file was generated
• Isaac Sim does not appear in Task Manager when launched and left on the error screen

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start Isaac Simwith: .\isaac-sim.bat --/persistent/isaac/asset_root/default=“C:/isaacsim_assets/Assets/Isaac/6.0”

Error Messages

Crashed

Screenshots or Videos

Additional I

nformation

What I’ve Tried

Couple of old driver versions.

Related Issues

(If you’re aware of any related issues or forum posts, please link them here) None

Additional Context

(Add any other context about the problem here)

[Simplychenable]

@r.hirsch.veilsdorf i am just another user, but i suspect it’s related to your driver version. can you revert to the recommended driver mentioned in the official doc to see if it helps with the crashes?

Isaac Sim Requirements — Isaac Sim Documentation

Technical Requirements — Omniverse Developer Guide

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

Hi I also tested: R580 - Production Branch 581.42 and it is still not working.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

@Simplychenable

I tried also the following three but only “581.42-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql” can be installed. The other two were not possible. See second picture.

[VickNV]

Thanks for the detailed report, and for already trying the recommended driver – that rules out the most common cause.

To confirm: 581.42 (R580 Production Branch) is the correct validated driver for Isaac Sim 6.0.0 on Windows, so you’re on the right track there. The fact that the crash persists on 581.42 suggests something else is going on, and we’ll need the Kit log to pinpoint it.

Next Step: Share the Kit Log

The Kit log captures everything up to the crash point. Please locate and attach the latest .log file from:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ov\data\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\

Or if you’re using the NVIDIA App / Omniverse Launcher install, check:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ov\data\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\

The file is named something like kit_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log. Attach the most recent one (or paste the last ~100 lines). The lines just before the crash will tell us exactly where it fails.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

As I tried to work with AI help, Chat GPT helped a little bit. I can “start” it with, it shows app ready but I do not know if I can use it or how:
isaac-sim.bat --no-window

Well I also tried it with the newest Studio Driver, right now 610.62

Here the latest files from %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ov\data\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\:

crash_2026-06-19_21-03-04_22384.txt (10.1 KB)

b60b5a77-e096-4292-8309-601b8b68b1b3.py.txt (171 Bytes)

Awkward, I do not have %LOCALAPPDATA%\ov\data\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\:

Shall I roll back to 581.42?

I did the crash again for the actual data files :

29a433ad-4af1-4f81-afaf-86636642831e_zip.zip (1.4 MB)

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

It seems to be a GPU driver + Vulkan compatibility issue. I cannot fix the problem on my own. Please check the files and if it helps, we can make a meeting to check directly on my PC and make some tests.

[VickNV]

Thanks for sharing the crash file and for already trying 581.42 – that was the right move and helps us narrow this down significantly.

I’ve looked at your crash report closely. Here’s what’s going on and what to try next.

What We Can See From Your Crash File

The crash is happening inside the Vulkan renderer initialization, very early in startup (35 seconds in, before any Python code even runs). Specifically, it’s failing during display surface setup – the part where Isaac Sim tries to create a window to render into.

Here’s the important clue from your own testing: --headless works and reaches “app ready.” That means the Vulkan rendering engine itself is fine – it’s specifically the GUI/display surface creation that’s failing.

Most Likely Cause: Dual-GPU Conflict

Your system has two GPUs:

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (discrete, 16 GB VRAM)
• AMD Radeon™ Graphics (integrated CPU graphics, 2 GB VRAM)

On Windows 11 with a mixed AMD+NVIDIA setup, Windows (WDDM) sometimes routes the display output through the AMD iGPU rather than the NVIDIA card – even when your monitor is plugged into the NVIDIA outputs. When Isaac Sim’s Vulkan renderer tries to create a display surface on the NVIDIA GPU, it can fail if the OS considers the AMD adapter the “primary” display device.

This explains why:

• Headless works (skips display surface creation entirely)
• Standard GUI launch crashes (hits the Vulkan surface creation failure)
• Trying different NVIDIA driver versions didn’t help (it’s not a driver compatibility issue – it’s a GPU routing issue)

Steps to Try

Step 1: Disable the AMD iGPU in Device Manager (easiest test, no BIOS needed)

1. Open Device Manager (Win + X → Device Manager)
2. Expand Display Adapters
3. Right-click AMD Radeon™ Graphics → Disable device
4. Relaunch Isaac Sim normally (without --headless)

This forces Windows to use only the NVIDIA card for display, which should resolve the surface creation conflict.

Step 2: While you’re testing – also disable NVIDIA App Debug Mode

Your original report mentions Debug Mode was enabled in NVIDIA App. Debug Mode can affect Vulkan layer behavior and should be off when running Isaac Sim. Disable it in the NVIDIA App settings, then test again.

Step 3: If the iGPU fix doesn’t work, share the Kit log

The crash report file you uploaded is useful, but we also need the Kit application log – it’s a different file and contains the full startup sequence.

Look for a file named kit_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log here:

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ov\data\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim*\6.0\

or

%userprofile%\.nvidia-omniverse\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim*\6.0\

Upload the most recent .log file (it will be several MB). This will show us the exact Vulkan device enumeration output and where the initialization path diverges.

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Also, just to confirm for others finding this thread: 581.42 (R580 Production Branch) is the validated driver for Isaac Sim 6.0.0 on Windows per the Isaac Sim Requirements. Driver 610.62 (Studio/Game Ready) is not validated and should not be your primary test driver – though as you’ve found, even 581.42 is crashing here, which points away from driver version as the root cause.

Try the iGPU disable first – that’s the most likely fix for this symptom pattern. Let us know what you find.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

First:

I tried and it did not work:

1. Without internal graphics:

   

2. Nvidia debugging mode off:

I got the following files but NOT a “kit_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log”:

6e16e0e8-c021-4571-8fff-657fadff401a.py.txt (162 Bytes)

crash_2026-06-24_05-11-13_22808.txt (9.8 KB)

Is there a reason why I do not get / find a “kit_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.log”?

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

I searched in the search bar also for “kit_” and no file was found. So I run Isaac Sim one more time and copied the files WHILE CRASH here:

7bb54e0d-d610-4b50-b4d6-7eb10fb7e50c.dmp.zip (1.3 MB)

After crash the files delete automatically.

One more thing, I tried the following, all crash, and EVERYTIME a window opens and stays white (GUI?):

“isaac-sim.bat --/app/window/headless=true”

“isaac-sim.bat --/renderer/enabled=false”

“isaac-sim.bat --/renderer/enabled=false --/app/window/headless=true”

All commands lead to a crash except the last one here works:

“isaac-sim.bat --no-window”

Working.txt (31.4 KB)

[VickNV]

While following the instructions in Workstation Installation — Isaac Sim Documentation to run Isaac Sim app from the command line with isaac-sim.bat, the first few lines of output will show the path to the Kit log file. Have you inspected the output? Could you paste the output here?

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

I got under C:\Users\“USER”\.nvidia-omniverse\logs\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0 the last 4 files:

kit_20260624_053510.zip (2.8 MB) → 135 MB

kit_20260624_053434.log (1.8 MB)

kit_20260624_052952.log (1.8 MB)

kit_20260624_053123.log (1.8 MB)

[VickNV]

Thanks for sharing those Kit logs – they tell us exactly what’s happening.

What the Logs Show

I’ve reviewed all three .log files. The crash is identical across every run,
regardless of which flags you used (--/app/window/headless=true,
--/renderer/enabled=false, or both combined):

nvoglv64.dll!+0x3f5b18
nvoglv64.dll!vkGetInstanceProcAddr+0x847b4
...
carb.graphics-vulkan.plugin.dll!+0xd93d
gpu.foundation.plugin.dll!carbOnPluginStartup+0x375ce
omni.kit.renderer.plugin.dll!carbOnPluginStartup+0x20784

The crash happens at exactly 959-989ms into startup – immediately after this
line in every log:

[omni.rtx] Device extension VK_NVX_image_view_handle required by NGX.

This is the NGX initialization step (NVIDIA’s AI inference library, used for
DLSS and related features). The crash is inside nvoglv64.dll – the NVIDIA
Vulkan ICD – at a fixed offset, consistently, on driver 581.42 with your RTX 5080.

This is a driver-level bug specific to the RTX 5080 (Blackwell GB203) on
driver 581.42. It is not a display surface issue, not related to AMD iGPU
(your Ryzen 9950X has no integrated GPU), and not caused by the flags you were
testing – the crash always happens before any window is even created.

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What to Try

1. Disable NGX / DLSS in the Kit config

Create or edit C:\Users\<your-user>\AppData\Local\ov\data\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\user.config.toml
(or C:\isaacsim\apps\isaacsim.exp.full.kit) and add:

[settings.ngx]
enabled = false

Or launch with a command-line override:

isaac-sim.bat --/ngx/enabled=false

2. Try driver 582.70 (latest R580 production branch)

Driver 581.42 was the R580 U4 release (Sep 2025). Since then, there have been
several updates on the same R580 branch. The latest is 582.70 (R580 U10,
released Jun 2026). If this is a driver bug, it may be fixed in a newer build.

Download from: Driver Details | NVIDIA

This keeps you on the validated R580 production branch while getting bug fixes.

3. Use headless + streaming as a workaround

Until this is resolved, isaac-sim.bat --no-window works because it takes a
completely separate code path that bypasses the NGX initialization that is
crashing. You can then connect via the streaming URL printed in the console.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

1st I tried first with command:

isaac-sim.bat --/ngx/enabled=false

Crash again,log file:

kit_20260626_063506.log (1.8 MB)

2nd I edit “C:\isaacsim\apps\isaacsim.exp.full.kit” AND created

“C:\Users\\AppData\Local\ov\data\Kit\Isaac-Sim Full\6.0\user.config.toml” with

[settings.ngx]
enabled = false

Second start with

isaac-sim.bat

crashed, log file:

kit_20260626_064350.log (1.8 MB)

3rd, edited files AND start with

isaac-sim.bat --/ngx/enabled=false

crashed again, log file:

kit_20260626_064600.log (1.8 MB)

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

@VickNV

582.70

About the driver you linked me, it is not compatible with my device (RTX 5080:

There could be multiple issues. I checked the BIOS, I have the newest version:

I deinstalled my Nvidia driver with Display Driver Uninstaller and tried again, still not compatible(?!)

So now I reinstalled 581.42-desktop-win10-win11-64bit-international-dch-whql to have a working driver with Nvidia App as clean installation.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

One more thing, here are my System Information, maybe they will help?:

RTX 5080: Gainward Phoenix 16 GB

Overclocked RAM: XMP profile

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

Last check for 3. Use headless + streaming as a workaround:

I started with

isaac-sim.streaming.bat

but there is no URL printed, here the code lines in the CMD:

URL_Search.txt (31.0 KB)

With log file, running + shutting down:

kit_20260626_075006.log (14.8 MB)

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

Now running and streaming with:

isaac-sim.streaming.bat

- → App running

than running Isaac Sim WebRTC Streaming Client.

The window is streamed, so a slightly blurry image (also if I select 4k resolution). For longer working it will be difficult. Hope we can fix it running normally. Is there a way to just work with all this in a simple execution?

[VickNV]

What the Logs Actually Show

I re-examined all three .log files carefully. The crash is happening inside the Vulkan ICD (nvoglv64.dll) during initialization of the NGX device extensions – specifically VK_NVX_image_view_handle and VK_NVX_binary_import. This is confirmed as the last logged activity before the crash in every single run:

[omni.rtx] Device extension VK_NVX_binary_import required by NGX.
[omni.rtx] Device extension VK_NVX_image_view_handle required by NGX.
[crash] 000: nvoglv64.dll!+0x3f5b18

The crash is inside the driver itself, at a consistent offset, before any window or display surface is involved. This is a driver-level compatibility issue with driver 581.42 + RTX 5080 on this specific code path.

The Fix: Driver 595.97 (R595 Production Branch)

The Omniverse Technical Requirements page and Isaac Sim Requirements — Isaac Sim Documentation now lists the R595 production branch as the latest validated driver for Windows + Blackwell GeForce:

Please try this driver with Isaac Sim 6.0.1. It’s the current validated production branch and is the most likely fix for the crash you’re seeing.

Why the NGX Disable Didn’t Work

The [settings.ngx] enabled = false and --/ngx/enabled=false flags work at the Kit/settings level, but the crash happens deeper – inside the Vulkan driver during device creation, before Kit can act on that setting. So that path won’t help until the driver-level issue is resolved.

Next step: Please try driver 595.97 and let us know whether the GUI launch works. If it still crashes after upgrading to 595.97, please share the new Kit log and we’ll escalate this to the driver team.

[r.hirsch.veilsdorf]

Hi VickNV 👋🏾

I am currently on a business trip (Taipei, I would love to visit NVIDIA 😆) and cannot try this now. I am back at home in about 2 weeks. As soon as possible I will test your solution and give you feedback about it!

Greetings.