Nvidia issues hotfix for Windows 11 22H2 stuttering issues
The last week has been a strong one for Nvidia. The announcement of the RTX 40 series(opens in new tab) generated a lot of buzz, but the company has also been dealing with many complaints from gamers after updating to Windows 11 22H2. Users took to social media to report issues with stuttering and lag. After an investigation, it turns out that the GeForce Experience software was to blame.
According to Bleeping Computer(opens in new tab), reports of issues surfaced last week. This thread(opens in new tab) over at the Windows community forum gives examples of the problems users were having. Reports of large fluctuations in CPU usage resulting in stuttering and lag were numerous. The issues were gone after rolling back to the previous Windows version.
Over at the official GeForce forums, Nvidia staff member Manuel posted the following(opens in new tab): «Thank you for your feedback. Windows 11 22H2 added new graphics debugging tools which are inadvertently getting triggered and this is leading to some users to see lower performance in games. We are working on a fix.»
That fix is now available. Nvidia posted an article on its support site (opens in new tab)directing users to either download GeForce Experience 3.26 beta or update from within the GeForce experience app itself, though to do so, you need to go to the app settings and ‘enable experimental features’ which gives permission to install the beta version.
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