CD 2024 running very slow on my fast computer, would love some IDEAS as to why?

I recently did a fresh WIN 11 install on my...
MISI laptop 
32 gig ram
I7 Late model
3080 GPU with 16gig vram
Latest - Studio Driver Installed

PS: this was a fresh install, it was running Win 11 before reinstalling, and CD 2022 ran fine.

I purchased the latest CD 2024 and have to say I am very disappointed in the performance.
I have selected the Nvidia 3080 as an option for Hardware Acceleration.

Interesting. I watch CPU and GPU performance in Task Manager, and CD never uses more than 18% of the CPU. I don't think it actually ever uses the Nvidia GPU, even though I have selected it. The fans often spin up on my laptop, even when I am just zooming in or out, I never had that before this version. Today, just changing pages in a file spins up the fans, and I have to wait for 5 seconds or more for the page to show.

ITS JUST SLOW
At the moment, I would happily go back to the 2022 version; it was faster.

So, any suggestions? I just can't work it out.

I've been a CD user for 30+ years every day, so I know how it should run and feel.