Windows 10: Experiencing frequent crashes, freezing, and graphical glitches after updating to Windows 11

I recently updated to Windows 11 22H2 after experiencing some audio issues with Windows 10, and I've had nonstop issues since. My brwsers Firefox, Chrome will freeze, crash tabs, and crash outright when doing things as simple as watching youtube videos, and videos are full of graphical glitches and dropped frames. Applications like games and Lightroom also crash frequently, and I'm having to write this for the second time because my tab crashed in the middle of writing.I've tried everything I can think of: I've updated all my apps and drivers, updated Windows to 22H2, deleted and reinstalled

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all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

Graphics glitches and Crashes

Since the BIOS update, I've had no major issues whatsoever. Everything works fine.

But minor issues such as random flickering and that purple outline issue have appeared. These are barely noticeable but I'm worried they might be a sign that there might be issues again in the future.

But since it's been confirmed that the BIOS update fixed the major issues such as everything crashing and all of the random glitches, it's most likely still a software issue.

Yes, it's still possible that it's a hardware issue, but I doubt it now.

And the 9500 GT's confirmed to work fine with Windows 8. It's on Nvidia's Windows 8 compatibility list.

I agree with MailMan. I've researched a lot of possible issues just in case, and a lot of issues are caused by software. If you work in tech support, I doubt you find that the majority of issues are caused by hardware as most users have pre-built PCs. Just my two cents.