Performance on Windows 11 + HDR monitor + GPU acceleration

Question

My computer is a desktop with an Intel i9 13900k, 64GB DDR5, GTX 1080 8GB. So fairly modern, except for the GPU. I don't want to upgrade the GPU because I have no use for a more modern GPU, I don't play games on this machine.
 
I recently upgraded to an OLED, 4K, HDR Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift OLED PG32UCDM. Monitor is connected to my GPU via DisplayPort 1.4. And after upgrading the monitor I had to enable HDR on Windows, otherwise the colors would not look accurate:

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Now comes the Lightroom settings:

As we can see, Lightroom is correctly detecting my GPU and is going to use it, but the problem is that if I have GPU acceleration enabled Lightroom gets completely laggy and unusable. I can't do anything on it.
 
I have tried disabling Windows HDR, and that fixes the issue, but then I get awful colors on the monitor.
I have tried disabling GPU acceleration and that improves it a bit, but then it uses the CPU for everything and is also not great (but still much better than with acceleration enabled).
 
Here is a table describing the things I have tried and the result.
 
 
What can I do to improve this? It's hard to believe that a 2,000$+ system is not able to run Lightroom in 2025.

serene_positivity5054 · Accepted Answer

If anyone runs into this issue, I managed to fix this by doing Method 2 in this link: https://adobe.ly/44tJQ8i

1. Close Lightroom and backup your catalog.

2. Go to %appdata%\Adobe\Lightroom

3. Rename the folder Preferences to PreferencesBackup

4. Restart your computer.

5. Reopen Lightroom and reopen the catalog.

johnrellis · Answer

"GTX 1080 (32.0.15.6636)" That graphics driver is over 7 months old. As a first step, update to the latest Nvidia Studio driver here:https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/247854/ LR is very sensitive to bugs in graphics drivers, of which there are many (which is why manufaturers continually release new versions).  Don't rely on Windows or manufacturers' update utilities to keep your driver up-to-date. "I don't want to upgrade the GPU because I have no use for a more modern GPU, I don't play games on this machine." You don't play games, but you do use LR. LR relies heavily on the GPU to get good performance for basic editing of raws and especially for its AI commands. The GTX 1080 is a 9-year-old GPU, which is 60 dog years and 90 LR/GPU years. You can google for standard benchmark measurements of GPUs, and you'll see a huge difference between the 1080 and a current mid-priced GPU.

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