Why does my computer screen look dark when I turn on a new Windows 11 upgrade?
Why does my computer screen look dark when I turn on a new Windows 11 upgrade?
I just installed Windows updates two days ago (version 22H2) and now my graphics card is always at 100% capacity, making video games run super slow. Even when you have a computer on or open web pages, the frame rate drops massively. Loading screens used to take less than 10 percent of power but are now using 80 to 100 percent. I tried going back to old settings in Windows Update and it said that feature isn't working anymore. In Baulder's Gate 3 I went from a smooth 60 frames per second at about 70 percent power to struggling to get double-digits when the system is fully busy. I also tested CK3, Madden23, TWWH3, Pathfinder, HOI4, and Elden Ring; all of them run much worse. But strangely enough Elden Ring is only down by about 30 percent while most others are down 70 to 80 percent. The updates that got installed were: a full Windows 11 update from August (KB5029263), an update for the .NET Framework and 4.8.1, a security fix for .NET 6.0, and some other stuff too. I have all my specs like Intel i7-13700k, an Asus Z690-A Prime motherboard, an EVGA 3080 graphics card, 32 GB of RAM, G.Skill DDR5 sticks, big hard drives, and the whole thing is running Windows 11 Home. Since then I haven't gotten any new Windows updates and I've already tried reinstalling the NVIDIA driver, but everything seems fine anyway. My last backup was taken when I had Windows 10 so I don't know if a clean install on old software would work well. What should I do next?
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Yeah, that was my last shot but after fighting it for a few days I don't think I have another choice. If I do a clean install of the nvidia driver it works but only until I restart the computer; which seems weird, but I think I'm out of options.