I'm upgrading my PC from an RTX 4060 to an RTX 5060 with my Asus Prime B550MK motherboard, and I'm wondering if I need to update the BIOS. A year ago, I built my system with an R5 5600 and 16GB of DDR4 RAM at 3200 MHz. The RTX 4060 recently broke, and the store replaced it with the RTX 5060 under warranty. However, the new graphics card isn't performing well—it's running at only 50-60% load and my FPS is lower than what I had with the 4060. I've tried various troubleshooting steps, but I need advice specifically regarding the BIOS: should I go ahead and update it? Are there any major changes relevant to the RTX 5000 series from the past year?
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Updating the BIOS isn't usually necessary for a graphics card upgrade, but it can be a good idea just in case. Sometimes it fixes compatibility issues. Let's not rule it out. You might also want to try reinstalling your graphics drivers to see if that helps with performance.
Updating the BIOS *probably* won't help your issue, but it definitely can't hurt! Have you tried uninstalling the old drivers completely using DDU and then reinstalling? That can sometimes fix issues like this.
Thanks for the tips! Just to clarify, I've already uninstalled old Nvidia drivers and tried rolling back to an earlier version. I even enabled the resize bar in BIOS and tweaked some settings in Windows, but nothing seems to work. I'm really stuck here.
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