No, this is not typical for BF HL.
No, this is not typical for BF HL.
It seems unusual. The main ideas are: Run DDU Installer properly to clear all previous drivers—AMD, Nvidia, Intel—and reinstall the newest version. This usually fixes performance issues because driver conflicts often affect FPS. Speaking of that... when I purchased an AMD 295X2, it didn’t perform as expected in tests. As a final option, I updated the BIOS, and suddenly things improved dramatically!
I believe you're facing an issue. Using Windows 8 or later takes advantage of DX11.1, which offers better performance compared to Windows 7's DX11.0. There are many reports showing performance gains with Windows 8 and newer versions. Thanks for sharing these improvements!