Still experiencing poor gaming performance after Windows 11 22H2 update

You can actually just use rufus format tool to make a pre-22h2 Windows 11 bootable usb and go back in time. It has a download choice in it with the list of choices to make it easy. I just used it recently although for 22h2 which I'm putting on all kinds of unsupported computers

If you're going to clean install then go pre-22h2 and you'll still get supported updates for a while.

https://rufus.ie/en/

But, I'm not seeing any noticeable performance difference with 22h2 and Nvidia RTX 2060. Still playing games without noticing loss. So not everyone is affected. I would not put it in as poor at all. Its about the same as Windows 10. Currently using 546.27 driver released October 27, 2022 and I never install Geforce Experience.

Hi

Welcome to Microsoft community.

I'm glad to help you.

If the problem does not occur before the update, it should be caused by the update.

However, to fully ensure that the problem is caused by the update, you can finally try to format all the following hard disks and reinstall Windows 11 to check whether the problem still exists. Although the possible of formatting is not very high, as you described, it is still worth trying. After all, this is a more thorough solution. If the final result is the same, it is determined that it is caused by updates.

I can understand your feelings. This problem has troubled you for a long time. But if there is a way, it is worth trying, isn't it?

Click this link to get the steps to customize a fresh installation of windows 11.

Download windows 11.

Back up your important information and files before formatting.

Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

Best regards

Derrick Qian | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

Emilio,

Thank you for responding to this message so quickly. I followed your steps, however I do not see the option for HolographicShell. I took some pictures of what I saw. Is there something else I can look for or any more advice I'd appreciate it.

So I've been dealing with this driver issue for the last week or so. I've tried nearly everything to get it fixed. I have a surface book 3 with a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1660 Ti driver. I noticed the issue when I checked the device manager and the Nvidia driver was gone. It was only showing up when I selected show hidden devices. Then I've gone an updated the driver to the newest one and it kinda worked. Then the issue continued and someone suggested disconnecting the screen from the keyboard and poof the nvidia driver showed back up in the device manager. So I figured everything was fine, but when I would go and play games my game would crash at random times. When the game crashed I would check the device manager and the Nvidia driver was gone again. So I've gone and made sure that my surface book had the latest firmware, tried updating to the latest driver, restarted into my BIOS and checked and unchecked my gpu, etc. It seems now my last option is to do a fresh re install of Windows 11 which I absolutely do not want to do. I don;t want to lose all my documents, apps, etc. It makes me angry because this seems to be a Windows 11 and Nvidia issue, and they need to figure out how to resolve this. Does anyone have any advice other than to re install Windows?? Beyond frustrated to say the least!

The solution to my problem as well as others experiencing the same issue is below:

"Go to Computer Management → System Tools → Performance → Data Collector Sets → Event Trace Sessions. In this list, find HolographicShell, right click, and choose ‘Stop’."