My games look bad even on high settings

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i got a new monitor for christmas and its a 24'' curved 1080p samsung monitor. i decided to update my drivers because apparently they were outdated by 11 updates.
so i updated and before i updated i was running far cry 5 on medium settings at 55 fps and after the driver update i was running it at 55 fps and medium settings but i looked like i was playing on low settings.

the picture quality was terrible even though i was playing on high settings. so i reverted the drivers update to the old one and the games still looked terrible on high settings. this carried on into my other games like watch dogs 2 and dark souls scholar of first sin.

dont know why this is happening and its strange after i reverted it was still an issue.

my specs are as follows:

1050ti
i5 7400
16gb ddr4 ram
corsair 550w power supply
 
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this is probably a dumb question but how would i know if i have the resolution set in windows correctly
 
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yeah i have it set to the right one. i messed around with the monitor settings and it didnt help at all. i might just reinstall windows