diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanPipelineStableCache.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanPipelineStableCache.cpp
index ddf5e273..739341e6 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanPipelineStableCache.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanPipelineStableCache.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@ uint32 VulkanPipelineStableCache::BeginLoading(uint64 cacheTitleId)
 	m_numCompilationThreads = std::clamp(cpuCoreCount, 1u, 8u);
 	if (g_renderer->GetVendor() == GfxVendor::Nvidia)
 	{
-		forceLog_printf("Disable multi-threaded pipeline loading due to an issue with Nvidia drivers");
-		m_numCompilationThreads = 1;
+		if (VulkanRenderer::GetInstance()->GetDriverVersion() < 515.0f)
+		{
+			forceLog_printf("Disable multi-threaded pipeline loading due to an issue with Nvidia drivers");
+			m_numCompilationThreads = 1;
+		}
 	}
 	for (uint32 i = 0; i < m_numCompilationThreads; i++)
 	{
diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
index 383c0fd8..2164772e 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
@@ -194,10 +194,22 @@ void VulkanRenderer::DetermineVendor()
 		m_vendor = GfxVendor::Mesa;
 
 	forceLog_printf("Using GPU: %s", properties.properties.deviceName);
+
 	if (m_featureControl.deviceExtensions.driver_properties)
-		forceLog_printf("Driver version: %s", driverProperties.driverInfo)
+	{
+		forceLog_printf("Driver version: %s", driverProperties.driverInfo);
+
+		// needed for multithreaded pipelines on nvidia (requires 515.0 or higher)
+		sscanf(driverProperties.driverInfo, "%f", &driverVersion);
+	}
+
 	else
+	{
 		forceLog_printf("Driver version (as stored in device info): %08X", properties.properties.driverVersion);
+
+		// disables multithreaded pipeline loading on nvidia (requires 515.0 or higher)
+		driverVersion = 0.0f;
+	}
 }
 
 void VulkanRenderer::GetDeviceFeatures()
diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.h b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.h
index b77bfa53..1c310386 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.h
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.h
@@ -1012,7 +1012,8 @@ private:
 
 
 public:
-	bool useTFViaSSBO() { return m_featureControl.mode.useTFEmulationViaSSBO; };
+	float GetDriverVersion() { return driverVersion; }
+	bool useTFViaSSBO() { return m_featureControl.mode.useTFEmulationViaSSBO; }
 	bool IsDebugUtilsEnabled() const
 	{
 		return m_featureControl.debugMarkersSupported && m_featureControl.instanceExtensions.debug_utils;
@@ -1020,6 +1021,8 @@ public:
 
 private:
 
+	float driverVersion;
+
 	// debug
 	void debug_genericBarrier();