The bug in question caused Nvidia GPU memory clocks to drop to P2 state if Discord ran in the background, preventing VRAM from reaching its full clock speed and affecting gaming performance.

The issue blocked Nvidia GPUs to function properly while Discord was running in the background. Some Nvidia users also reported that this bug was throttling their video cards by as much as 200Mhz ...

In a nutshell: If the Discord bug was capping your Nvidia GPU's memory speed (or maybe you didn't notice?), you should test performance again to see if Nvidia already fixed the problem for you.

San Francisco, Feb 4 (IANS) Chip-maker Nvidia has released an update to fix a recently discovered issue where Discord being open in the background ... There was a bug in the latest Discord update ...

It turns out, the recent Discord update had introduced a bug that caused memory clocks ... not reach full speed w/ Discord running in the background. The update automatically downloads to your ...