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    Question Galax RTX 3070 Performance Issues After Nvidia GR Driver Update

    Card came back from the repair shop. Still didn't work on my machine. I figured out the problem: In the BIOS, set PCIe Lane to Gen 3, not Gen 4 or Auto. This is something I had done when I first built the system 3 years ago. I booted into Windows and it looked really fuzzy. I remember I changed...
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    Question Galax RTX 3070 Performance Issues After Nvidia GR Driver Update

    Absolutely! Since last posting here, I have submitted the card to an indpendent repair shop here in Mumbai, India. I am expecting a response from them today. I will collect the card soon, reconnect it and report back. The shop also posts educational videos on their YouTube channel about GPU...
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    Question Galax RTX 3070 Performance Issues After Nvidia GR Driver Update

    I have re-installed drivers for the chipset, wifi, Bluetooth, audio, lan. I even rolled back to an older driver after disabling my internet and DDUing the current driver in safe mode. Thank you for the Re-BAR tip. I had to update the GPU firmware to enable it, which was available on GALAX's...
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    Question Galax RTX 3070 Performance Issues After Nvidia GR Driver Update

    Specs: Mobo: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX MOTHERBOARD (BIOS ver. 1.F0, 12-Oct-23) RAM: G.SKILL Sniper X Series 16GB (2x8GB) 3600MHz DDR4 Memory [upgraded to] Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (2 x 32GB) DDR4 DRAM 3600MHz C18 Memory Kit Storage: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Internal SSD...