I found the issue - leaving this here in case anyone else searches the same issue. I used DDU to uninstall the GPU drivers but when I went to reinstall it wouldn't take - it would error out.
I found that my Windows updates was stuck at 0%. So I found a guide online on how to delete the windows updates and restart them. After updating Windows all the way I was able to reinstall the driver and it worked!
-Originally Windows was updated all the way -Originally I was able to install the GPU driver just fine.
This is why I was so confused - even though the GPU driver was installed it was not working properly the first go round!
Hope this helps some others in the future.