Unable to play games after upgrading to Windows 8.1

Hi,
Since I upgraded to windows 8.1 , my computer is runing much slower and I'm unable to play games as it looks like that my video card drivers are not good.
To give you an example, I can't even watch match simulation on Football Manager 2015 since I upgraded to 8.1
I'm heavin HP Pavilion 14-E019TX laptop
Regards, Milos

Hi:
Did you install the W8.1 graphics driver from your notebook's support and driver page?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-125100-1&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en...
That would be the only suggestion I can offer.

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