Win 10 -> Win 11 Text/Font Issues

ronnieb555 · Feb 5, 2023

Since updating to Windows 11 from Windows 10 I have a strange issue with text.

It's hard to describe or even show on a picture/video but on the left side of my main display the text is just off, it looks like it is all set to be bold and in some applications it is really hard to make out the text. The right hand side of my screen is fine with no issues.

I thought it was my monitor dying, but I've tried switching my second monitor to my main and the same thing happens.

I've tried clean/fresh installs of the graphics driver which didn't resolve the issue, but I noticed that when there is no Nividia driver installed, the text looks perfect and how it used to before I updated to Windows 11. I've also tried turning ClearType on/off and a multitude of combinations within the ClearType.

I've tried different HDMI/DP cables, tried different inputs/outputs on the monitor/GPU but it is all the same.

My last solution was to try and reinstall Windows 10 or do a fresh install of Windows 11.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what could be causing this or had any similar experiences?

System:

AMD Ryzen 5900x

Nvidia RTX3080 (Asus TUF) (Non LHR)

32GB RAM

Windows 11 Pro 22H2

ronnieb555 · Feb 5, 2023

Here are some pictures which show the issue.

https://imgur.com/a/4HM09uU

Sir_George · Feb 5, 2023

ronnieb555 said:
Here are some pictures which show the issue.

https://imgur.com/a/4HM09uU

Are you sure your graphics card is OK?

ronnieb555 · Feb 5, 2023

Sir_George said:
Are you sure your graphics card is OK?

As far as I'm aware it's ok, the only change has been windows, I can still play games normally.
Is there anything I can run that will check that the GPU is fully working?

johnlgalt · Feb 5, 2023

Try running the Cleartype utility built in to Windows. See if you can get it fixed.

But, also, it looks like only part of your monitor's backlight is working, unless it was the angle the pictures were taken at. The second picture looks much brighter, and the first looks a lot dimmer. Check to see if you may have some app running that is trying ot automatically dim / reduce blue light or something like that.

Also, you can open the nVidia control panel and perform a reset on your driver to see if that makes a difference.