If you’ve installed Windows 10’s monthly cumulative update for April and are suddenly having issues when playing your favorite games on your PC, you’re not alone.
Some gamers have taken to varioussocial media outletsto report issues after installing the latestKB5001330andKB5001337updates, including stuttering, skipped frames, and other bugs with V-Sync that could make certain games unplayable.
Microsoft has yet to officially acknowledge these issues on any of its support pages, but a Reddit thread with more than 72 comments and 64 upvotes describes the issues that the update could be causing. There’s also a thread on theWindows 10 Feedback Hubthat explains the scope of the problems.
Over on Reddit, one gamersayshe’s having constant stutter inDoom Eternalwith an RTX 3070 graphics card and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU. Another Reddit usermentionsthe same issues with an Intel Core i7-9700 processor, and a RTX 2070 Super GPU.
Yet another frustrated gamer on Redditalso complainsthat the issue isn’t limited to Nvidia. He reports the same problems with an AMD Radeon RX580. One usergoes as far as to mentionthat gameplay inForza Horizon 4dropped from 110 frames per second to nearly 40 frames after installing this latest update.
Nvidia has seemed to become aware of the problem, while Microsoft has not made any mention of it. Nvidiasaid in a forum postthat anyone seeing a dropped performance in games should try rolling back to Windows 10 Update KB5000842.
As withprevious known issueswith Windows 10 updates, it’s likely that this issue could be limited in scope, which is why Microsoft hasn’t officially responded as of yet. However,Windows Latestreports that the update alsocan fail to installand cause the so-called blue screen of death error in certain situations.
If you’re having these problems, you can easily uninstall recent Windows 10 Updates (which include the problematic KB5001330 and KB5001337) in just a few steps as a remedy. Just head into Windows 10Settings, clickUpdate and Security, and then chooseWindows Update.
From there, you can chooseView Update Historyand see your full update history. Then, at the top of the screen, click theUninstall Updatesbutton and then click the KB5001330 or KB5001337 update, and chooseUninstall.
