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looks like swapping GTX 1060 for RTX 3070 solved basically all my graphics related issues i was having the most amazing part is that despite having almost 3 times more VRAM available, RTX 3070 uses only half as much VRAM as GTX 1060 used. VRAM use on 1060 was about 2 GB out of 3 GB and on 3070 it's 1 GB out of 8 GB. it also now goes up and down with load whereas before it was basically just always maxed out. i used to get massive stuttering on YouTube 4K HDR videos and lately it even started going black on some video frames while scrolling X content with Videos embedded and all those issues have basically resolved themselves with the GPU upgrade. just as i suspected 1060 was just too old. the NVDEC version was too ancient and the VRAM was not enough. the only downside to this GPU swap is that overall the computer feels 100% as slow as before the upgrade. only difference is that videos render correctly without black frames or stuttering. but the PC overall is still slow as a snail. unbearably slow. good thing i have two new ones but i won't migrate to them until after moving to Florida ...