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for me it was the cable. swapped it and boom, fixed

That error is often misleading. Installers check the GPUs hardware ID against their INF file, not just the OS. Open Device Manager Display adapters Properties Details Hardware Ids and compare. If you grabbed the desktop package for a…

been there man some laptops use OEM customized drivers (common on hybrid graphics). in that case get the driver from the laptop maker's support page, or use teh generic NVIDIA package only if it explicitly lists mobile GPUs. good luck man!

ok so on some newer CPUs, the chipset package inculdes power plans or scheduler related components that imporve behavior. for those, installing it from the vendor or board maker is recommended.

lol same thing happened to me check Device Manager with View Show hidden devices . if there are unknown devices like SM Bus Controller or PCI Device , the chipset package or related drivers fill those in. hope that helps :)

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been there man after a drvier update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which causes stutter for teh first sessions... give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver shader cache manually in teh control panel / %LocalAppData% cache…