I think my Nvidia drivers are causing issues

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I was updating my GPU drivers and while it was updating I noticed there wee no graphical issues. I brought up a context menu and same again, just fine. The second the update finished it went back to flickering.

Why?
How do I fix it?
It's the Nvidia driver 391.35 for the GTX 780 on Windows 10
 
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Barty1884

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It went "back" to flickering? When was it flickering before?

A failed/corrupt driver install is a possibility, but it's hard say without knowing the full story.

Incidentally, did you fully remove your prior GPU drivers? Or did you just install the latest driver overtop of the old one?
 
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It depends upon how you updated the drivers. Windows has been on a campaign to update device drivers. These drivers are basic versions that do not support all of the features of the graphics cards.

Download and install the Nvidia graphics drivers directly from geforce.com . Choose the custom option and then select clean installation. Then unzip the driver and begin the installation.

Also uninstall previous graphics drivers before installing drivers.
 
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Certain windows flickering, text rendered the wrong colour ad context menus flickering a lot on desktop. Don't know which driver this started with.

4K resolution.
60 Hz I think, although 60 Hz shouldn't be possible with this card, but the Nvidia settings let it do it.
HDMI, unknown length (I forget). I think I tested other cables ages ago and the result was the same. IGPU was perfectly fine and everything is rendered correctly.
Using LG 49uh770V.
I forget which driver worked properly last
I always use the clean install option and when the Nvidia driver was removed, everything was fine from what I could see. It's when install process finished that it went back to corrupt picture.
My old TV stopped accepting an image from the GPU's HDMI port ages ago

In game though, no issues
 
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I always use the custom and clean install options meaning GeForce experience gets rid off the old drivers first. Wouldn't know where to find them to manually remove them anyway
 
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I told GeForce experience to remove the old ones
 
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They are uninstalled using Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features\Uninstall or change a program. Just as you would uninstall any other program.

 
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Whats your system specs?

4k 60Hz requires Hdmi 2. 24~30Hz with Hdmi 1.4.

Check Hz in Windows / resolution / monitor / adapter properties.

If Hz is set too low which sometimes Windows doesnt configure properly for TVs can result in a light purpley tinge and fuzzy display.
 
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