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I recently got a new GPU and Ive been having issues with my pc that I feel like can be attributed to like a single setting or hardware issue but I cannot find it. I Mostly play Overwatch and most of the issues revolve around it: I get 200-240 FPS average and a 1% low of 5-ish frames and a 0.1% low of 2 fps. Games crash, disk goes to 100% randomly, downloading games on gigabit internet and a brand new ssd takes very very long: sitting on 1 kb/s on 0% network usage, and crashes on absolutely everything. No real overclocking, everything is up to date except bios, and temps are normal. System wasnt always perfect im not confident its the GPU. Most of the parts are several years old. I7-8700 ASUS TUF RTX 3060 TI msi z390-a pro 2x8 3600 mhz corsair vengeance intel rm700crucial p2 1 TB m.2 (sorry for bad quality)

I've recently bought a 3080ti and I've noticed that during benchmarks, in this case furmark my clock speeds were far below what I expected. I opened up msi afterburner and noticed that power limit was 1 and that my power draw was 200W. I thought this was strange since the TDP of the 3080 TI should be 350W. As you can see in the attached screenshot the clock speed idles at 1710 mhz but drops to around 400 during the benchmark while the memory idles at 9501 mhz and stays there. Strangely enough, at idle, the gpu sits at 1710 MHz. I have a corsair cx750 powering this rig so that should at least get it to it's rated TDP. What gives? The gpu in question is the Gigabyte 3080ti vision OC

SInce a few months my disk has been at a 100% usage all the time. at first I noticed that the LED in my case didn´t turn off during my session, but I dismissed it since it caused me no problems with performance. but this week my computer became absolute unusable. it takes 10 minutes to open davinci resolve and everytime y try to scroll trough the time line it frezees for a second, Devil may cry 5 takes three times longer to load and so on. when I open the task manager I found this. I really don´t know what causes this to stay like this 24/7. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi there! I need some help choosing what to upgrade! I've found the Ryzen 5 5600x for $175 https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5600X-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B08166SLDF/ref=sr_1_2?brr=1&content-id=amzn1.sym.72459b27-e231-4837-b61c-b057ff0c50ac&pd_rd_r=6f4d9e76-c702-49e5-89ed-9a0d0c6de050&pd_rd_w=Eo9wE&pd_rd_wg=tiPtK&pf_rd_p=72459b27-e231-4837-b61c-b057ff0c50ac&pf_rd_r=AJYVG98PWQRDGTGYG6JB&qid=1657659269&rd=1&s=pc&sr=1-2 But I've also found an RTX 3060 for $385 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08X12YK8G/?coliid=I2ZMU31ZUW2M4K&colid=1QCKAK5I7SYYJ&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it I only game at 1080p and my rig is mostly fine reaching above 60+ fps in most games at max settings, but I've got a 144 htz monitor, and I would like to get closer to that for smoother gameplay in at least some of my games. My specs right now are as follows: Ryzen r5 1600 AsRock b450m pro4 ( if I got the CPU, I'd have to BIOS update, but it's compatible as far as I know) 16gb Ram 3000 MHz Zotac GTX 1080 mini I play Rdr2, Payday2, Dead by Daylight, Warframe, and just now Ready or Not (I get lots of random frame drops below even 40 fps medium settings, but could be b/c its still being worked on) I want to buy one of these parts, wish I could do both, but I simply can't right now, I'm wondering which part would yield more performance for my system. I've read that 1st gen Ryzen has/had some problems before, I used to get random shutdowns at least once a day and my RAM wouldn't run at full speed, but then I updated my BIOS and that has seemed to fix those problems. Any help is appreciated!!! Thanks!!

Hope this is the right place to post to, sorry if not. Bought a Lenovo Legion T5 (26AMR5) 2 months ago. Been experiencing a few problems here and there ever since, like sometimes not detecting usb sticks or performance issues in games where there shouldnt be any as far as I know. I have stutters in nearly all games, few examples: minecraft (with mods), lol, borderlands 3, ghostrunner. Also installed and tested the performance in fortnite and its really laggy before the game starts (pre game lobby) , and I cant manage to hit stable 100+ fps on epic without stuttering after jumping out of the bus. B550 Board from Lenovo, Ryzen 5600g, 2x8 GB RAM (Dual Channel, XMP enabled), RTX 3060 Ti, 500 GB NVMe Drive, Windows 11 (all drivers including BIOS up to date) Downloaded Aida64 to check if there's maybe a problem regarding my psu, and it shows me 0.6v on +3.3v. 5v and 12v seem to be fine. I know that those tools arent the best when it comes to showing the correct values, and that the PC wouldnt even turn on with a voltage that low.. But is this a sign that my PC problems are caused by the psu? I can either send it in to repair incase something else is causing these performance issues or buy a new psu and swap it myself, but cant really decide on whats the right call here. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hey just about 3 weeks ago I got my RTX 3080 (brand new), I ran user benchmark just to see what scores I could get but for some reason my card (even when overclocked) scores in the 6th percentile. This is very frustrating, I feel like I’ve spent money and ended up getting a defective card. Or possibly my motherboard??? any help would be great! Specs: GPU: evga RTX 3080 XC3 (Good temps) CPU: Ryzen 5800x (360 AIO) Ram: 2x16 3200 cl16 Motherboard: MSI B550 Mortar PSU: Gold 1000w Corsair

I am planning a very basic looking wall mounted PC and am planning on water cooling. I am planning out my loop and placement right now and I noticed that my water block of the GPU would make it vertical, as shown below. I've seen photos of air cooled GPUs in this position, but not water cooled graphics cards. Do you think it will cause any issues? Additional information: -Inlet is currently on top -I'm like 90% certain I will replace that pump before I even start the loop -My use case is 1080p gaming at and above 60 Hz and YouTube (with occasional editing and 3D modeling)

Hey there! I recently upgraded my GPU from a 1050ti to a 1070 amp edition by Zotac. My CPU is a i7-4770 (ancient I know) and im running 16 GB of RAM. I have a 650W psu which i think should be up to the job. First it all seemed well, games were running as expected and there were no issues to speak off. However, couple of days ago i started noticing very lacking performance in more demanding games (that i not often play) like PUBG. The graphics settings barely influenced the performance but turning OFF Vsync made the fps go to precisely 60fps on low enough settings... Weirdly the problem also occured in Assetto Corsa, which was running perfectly on the highest settings on my 1050ti. It feels like a mix of low fps and some kind of rubberbanding. I checked MSI afterburner and my cpu was only used like 30% which for me spoke against a cpu bottleneck. My gpu usage however is unusually high even in Assetto (roughly 80%). I then tried messing around with the pagefile, reinstalling the graphicsdriver, resetting the settings in Nvidea Control Panel and checked for any apps that might be hindering my performance but nothing came out of it all. Do you think im dealing with a CPU bottleneck or that there is another (perhaps hardware-related) issue. Thank you to anyone trying to help! Kind Regards, Jonas.

I upgraded to this system a couple of months ago and the temps have been bothering me ever since. I keep looking at benchmarks online and the temp values that most people are getting don't match mine at all. First of all, here's the relevant specs: Be Quiet! Silent Base 802 Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X Intel 12700k Noctua DH15 ASUS RTX 3080 TUF OC Corsair RM750x First, for the case, it has the standard fan configuration that it came with. 2x PURE WINGS 2 in the front, pulling air in, and one in the back, pulling air out. For the CPU thermal paste, I used Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. Before you say this, yes, I am sure that I mounted the cooler correctly and I am also sure that the thermal paste was applied properly. I tested the Arctic MX-4 and Noctua NT H-2 paste as well, with not much difference. My ambient room temperature right now, in the summer months sits at around 23-24 degrees. For the CPU, due to the very high temps (reaching 95 degrees+ in benchmarks) I had to lock its performance cores to 4.8 GHz. Sadly, this motherboard is pretty weird when it comes to Vcore so the most I was able to do was add a -0.100 offset. On my previous rig, the Asus motherboard allowed me to use adaptive vcore which was really nice, but Gigabyte doesn't seem to offer this option (or if they do, it's extremly confusing and I can't figure it out). Idle temps are also very weird, jumping around between 40-50 constantly. Right now, I'm sitting at around 55 degrees. Here's my temps with Cinnebench R23 running and the fans at full blast: Now I know that synthetic workloads cannot compare with real world usage. Truth be told, I never saw temperatures this high while gaming or doing productivity work, however, most results I see online have the 12700k sitting at a comfortable 60-70 maximum range, and I'm sure that they didn't cripple their performance by lowering the clock speeds. In modern games, the CPU goes to 70-80 almost constantly. It even happens on older games for some reason. Lately, I've resorted to simply crippling the CPU further via Intel XTU by limiting the TDP to the lowest ammount possible where the game is not heavily impacted. As for the GPU, things are a little bit better, but not great either. I had to cripple its performance as well a little bit by undervolting, to maintain some decent temps. Here's the GPU running Furmark at 4k. GPU temp in itself is fine, but memory junction and hotspot temps seem a little bit too high for me: During gaming sessions, the memory junction temp can go to 95 degrees. As you can imagine, having both the CPU and GPU this toasy makes my room very hot almost instantly, which in turn, makes the temps even worse. I've been having the exact same room / desk configuration for the past couple of years. My previous systems had no issues like this. Previously, I was rocking a 1080 with a 8700K and I barely heard my fans. Am I just expecting the temps to be too low? Is this the new norm with the newer hardware? If so..this seems insane to me. I was thinking of getting some additional Arctic P14 fans to fill up all the available fan spots in the case, but from what I've seen, the difference that these can make is very low (2-3 degrees at best). I've also been thinking about upgrading to a 360 AIO, but I would really want this to be the last resort, since I don't want water in my system. In terms of air cooling, Noctua DH15 is as good as you can get. Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Let's take a look at one method we can use to measure the efficiency of a Graphics Card (GPU) at various Power Limits. With electricity costs soaring globally and the need to reduce heat emissions running Folding@Home can be a delicate balancing act between contributing to a worthwhile cause and keeping your Electricity Bill low and the Temperature in your home at a reasonable level. Modern GPUs, like CPUs, have a power-efficiency curve that is exponential. At the upper end of the curve you get diminishing increases in yields. So our goal is to find the most efficient Power-Level to run a GPU at. We can define Efficiency as the Yield (PPD) at a specific Power Level (W). For convenience we will use kPPD/W as the measurement of Efficiency. What you will need: Folding at Home Advanced Control Harlam's Folding Monitor (HfM.net) (Windows only or using Wine in Linux) nvidia-smi (Bundled with NVidia drivers on Windows and Linux) Excel or Google Sheets An hour or two per GPU. The best way of measuring efficiency in Folding@Home, given the variable yields in differing Work Units (WUs), is to run a GPU at a target Power-Level over a period of several days recording the Aggregate Yield of the GPU and dividing it by the Power-Level to obtain the Efficiency at that Power-Level then adjusting the Power-Level and repeating the measurements. However, a quick indication of a GPUs efficiency can be measured by observing the changes in Yield (PPD) during a single WU as the Power-Limit is adjusted. Frame Time (TPF) is the time required to complete 1/100th of a WU. In this example we will look at a EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC Hybrid (08G-P4-3178-KR) running project 18202 as the WU. First we need to configure HfM.net to calculate it's estimate of Yield (PPD) using the last 3 Frames as the Sampling Window. A larger Sampling Window might provide more accuracy but will take more time to measure. Select Preferences in the Edit Menu in HfM and choose "Last 3 Frames" to Calculate PPD based on and Click OK. Note that TPF appears to be calculated across all Frames so PPD will be a better measurement. Select a GPU to profile taking note of which Slot on which Host it is running. First we need to determine the Minimum and Maximum Power-Levels supported by the GPU. Open a Command Prompt (Windows) or a Terminal Window (Linux) and enter nvidia-smi -q to query the capabilities of the GPUs installed in the system: Power Readings Power Management : Supported Power Draw : 126.81 W Power Limit : 125.00 W Default Power Limit : 215.00 W Enforced Power Limit : 125.00 W Min Power Limit : 125.00 W Max Power Limit : 240.00 W where: Power Limit: Current value Power-Limit is set to Power Draw: Current Power consumed by the GPU Default Power Limit: Min Power Limit: Max Power Limit: Here we see this GPU has a minimum Power of 125W, a Maximum of 240W so we will want to measure the Yields between these two Limits. We will use 25W as the step size and record Yields at: 125, 150, 175, 200, 225 and 240 Watts. Next open the Folding@Home Advanced Control application from the Task Bar. Select the system with the GPU under test click on the "Log" tab to view the log checking the "Filter" option and selecting the appropriate "Slot" from the drop-down list.: Here we can see that this WU Checkpoints every two frames. We want a consistent sampling window with the same number of Checkpoints as the Checkpoint process adds a slight delay reducing the Yield. In this case we choose to record the Yield after an odd percentage has completed every 6th percentage as we want a sampling interval (6 frames) wider than that used for the Yield estimate (3 Frames) but with a consistent number of Checkpoints (3). It is important we measure the actual Power Draw rather than the set Power-Limit as at lower and upper bounds the GPU may have trouble enforcing the Power-Limit. Wait until the WU is 5-10% complete before starting measurements. In our Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Linux) enter: nvidia-smi -i 0 -l 1 --format=csv,noheader --query-gpu=temperature.gpu,power.draw,clocks.gr,fan.speed which will query GPU 0 (-i 0) on this system and display the GPU temperature, Power Draw, Graphics Clock Speed and Fan Speed once a second. While the sampling window for the current set Power-Limit is in progress we will use this to estimate the Power Draw during the sampling window. In the above example with a 125W Power-Limit we see that the GPU appears to be averaging around the set value of 125W. Next we create a spreadsheet to record our values: The first Column is our "Set" Power-limit; the second our Observed Power-Draw; The third the Percentage measurement point; the fourth the TPF in Seconds from HfM; the fifth the Yield from HfM and the 6th the calculated Efficiency (E/B/1000) in kPPD/W. In a second Administrator Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Linux) set the GPU starting with the lowest Power-limit at the end of a Frame. nvidia-smi -i <GPU#> -pl <Min. Power> In this instance I used: nvidia-smi -i 0 -pl 125 Watch the nvidia-smi window during the sampling interval and record the estimate of the Power-Draw. Populate the Command Prompt or Terminal with the next set-point in preparation for when the current sampling window ends. As soon as the current sampling period finishes (watch the Log in Advanced Control) change to the next set-point (nvidia-smi -i <X> -pl <Y>) and record the TPF and PPD estimate from HfM for the previous sampling window. It helps to record the TPF and PPD values a couple of times later in the sampling interval as they should be fairly stable after 3-5 frames have completed and it will give you a good estimate of the final values. As HfM calculates the Yield (PPD) based on the last 3 Frames and our sampling window is 6 Frames you do not have to be super accurate how soon after the Frame Completion you change to the next Set Point. Here are the final values. The values seemed inconsistent after the 175W Set-Point (completed 15:02) so I took measurements adjusting the Power-Limit down from the Maximum for comparison. Perhaps the calculations performed on the WU around this point got more complicated? Here is the smoothed (5-minute average values for PPD and Power) efficiency for this GPU over the initial test run from my Zabbix server for comparison. I then calculated the Average Efficiency over the two measurements for each of the Set-Points: We can then create a scatter graph of the data including a Trend line and display the Confidence or "Fit" of the Trend line (R^2 value): For this WU on this GPU we see the Efficiency is highest at the lowest Power-Limit and gets exponentially worse as the Power-Limit is increased. To put it another way, dropping from 225W, which is close to the 217W Default, to the Minimum 125W Limit we see a 7.53% decrease in PPD for a 44.4% decrease in Power.

Heya! I've recently benched my RX 570 4GB and my newly obtained GTX 1080, and put the results in a nice little spreadsheet that's somewhat easy to compare! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NIjFQUxIsiAUIUc0YsQWtXEAh1dNWcVyUJBOpR98R_4/edit#gid=1604616601

Heya! I've made a pretty nice spreadsheet of performance I get with my GTX 1080 along the settings that goes along with it, at 1080p and 1440P here if you want an image as well that works for me! edit: here's my pcpp list here along with some pictures edit2: the 7700K is clocked at 4.7GHz core, and 4.5 cache at 1.28v edit3: I highly recommend just using the spreadsheet link, as i do not wish to waste time updating the image as i bench games!

Does Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling actually do anything?

Hey all, I purchased a new laptop yesterday and I'm having issue's with the gaming side of things, when compared to my PC. Acer Predator Triton 300, model: PT315-53 i7 11800H 16GB DDR4 RTX 3070 PC: i5 8600k 16GB DDR4 GTX 1070 The issue I've noticed so far, and only tested with Conan Exiles, is that even with the laptop having lower graphics set in-game, compared to PC, I still get lower FPS. I expect the 3070 is a mobile version but I would still expect better results than my PC. To add to this, my PC is running 3 monitors, not sure how much that adds to overall GPU stress but the laptop is just a single screen. This is my first time owning a "gaming" laptop so I'm not sure if there are some settings I'm missing or if my disappointment is justified. P.S. All drivers have been updates along with Windows, haven't updated BIOS yet or played with any BIOS settings. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, TIA

Recently noticed that a large portion of my gaming library which were previously running excellent are now virtually unplayable. Warzone , Horizon Zero Dawn etc were running at max resolution , max settings and running 60-70+fps consistently. Consistently getting 2250 points in Heavens 4 benchmark software. Several other games would detect and default to higher or ultra settings , which they still do even now but the performance of the above mentioned games is terrible , warzone is stuttering in the main menu , running at 1-5 fps in matches. Horizon runs at 20 fps when set to lowest settings but even then the lighting and textures look like 2005. All is still repeated on full game and driver reinstalls. I have noticed that some games seem entirely unaffected such as frostpunk , that runs at the same quality/fps as before While running Heavens 4 benchmark software again I am still getting about the same score, any idea what the cause is? The only change that i can think of is moving from (1 SSD and 1 HDD as different volumes) to (2 SSD as shared volume) for the main game library, but the issue persists when running off the main boot drive which separate I have included the system specs output from Speccy for more details on the hardware Any assistance to even start trying t figure out the problem would be greatly appreciated. system_specs-detailed.txt

Hey. I recently upgraded my PC by replacing my GTX 1080 with an MSI Suprim X 3080 (10G LHR). I also bought a better power supply (Corsair RM850X) and case (Lian Li Lancool II Mesh) to accommodate the card. After installing the GPU, my in-game performance has been awful. It's a laggy and stuttering mess with as little as 50 FPS on low settings. This is playing the same games where my GTX 1080 managed a consistent 144 - 240 FPS on the same settings. According to task manager and GPU-Z, the 3080 is running at nearly 100% load even for games at 1080p low settings. I fear this may be a power issue. The Suprim has a 3x8 pin connector, which I'm currently using two PCI-E 8 pin (6+2) cables for. They're the pig tail type so one of the split ends is hanging loose, as seen here (https://i.imgur.com/4xTSui4.jpeg). The reason I suspect this is because I've tried changing it to three of the 6+2 cables (for even worse results) and because GPU-Z shows I hit a performance cap due to Vrel and (sometimes) Vop as soon as I launch a game, which indicates there might be a voltage issue even though I haven't overclocked anything and am running at stock BIOS / MSI Afterburner settings. So far, I've tried uninstalling the drivers with DDU and reinstalling the most recent version, plugging the PC into different power outlets, using a different power cable, switching out the 850W PSU for my previous 650W, and going for a few different cable configurations. The rest of my build consists of an MSI B550 Tomahawk motherboard, Ryzen 9 5900X CPU and 32GB of 3200 Mhz RAM. I've uploaded an example of my GPU-Z log here (https://filetransfer.io/data-package/2EECXOdD#link) in which I go from idle at desktop to in-game and back to desktop because I'm not too familiar with the voltages and power draw aspects of this. I'm really not sure what to do next so all help is very welcome. Thanks.

Is there Any Downloadable Themes Or something like that that can improve performance in Windows 7 ? Is there Any Themes Or something like that that can improve performance in Windows 7 ? like something that changes the whole GUI and makes it look totally different (DARK , ik the built in high contrast theme , im asking for something like that ) but also improves performance at the same time ? like a LINUX GUI which uses really low resources

Issue: Programs taking minutes to load, Programs going unresponsive for minutes when focused. Setup: New build, existing windows 10 install. CPU: Intel i7-11700k MOBO: Asus Z590-E WIFI RAM: 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR4 3000mhz GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Super SSD: Samsung EVO 1TB SSD. Situation: Updated all drivers. Ram is placed in the 2nd and 4th spot from CPU. Tried swapping the ram (placing 4th slot into second slot, vice versa). Tried using each ram individually. Device manager shows no hardware having driver issues. BIOS is all default with no overclocking. When programs do run - they eventually will, they run just fine performance wise. Played COD Vanguard, Elden Ring, and League of Legends max settings without a hiccup. I did have an issue with the WIFI driver not installing correctly, but I uninstalled the driver and reinstalled and now it works. I'm at a loss of what to try next, google searches are littered with freeware "fixes".

Before I tell you my specs, I just wanna point out, even with these specs, I was playing the game with what I can consider as playable frames for playing the game for fun (30-50fps). I have a Athlon X4 860k, paired with a GTX 1050 2gb, with 8gb 1600mhz ram. I've been playing the game for almost a month with these specs, (through that month, I even upgraded my GTX 750 1gb, to a GTX 1050 2gb, which means I haven't experienced this issue before.), but 2-3 days ago, as I opened my warzone, I noticed that at the lobby, it was struggling to maintain 20-30 fps, as it would always have 40-60fps. As I started my game, it would just have these MAJOR stutters, to the point that it was genuinely unplayable, and just today, I noticed that the CPU Time in warzone is 30-60ms+ while in game, while my GPU Time is 6-17ms only. So far, I have tried these methods which has had little to no effect: Turned on/off game mode, Set Modern Warfare to Normal/Medium/High in terms of CPU Priority, Updated Windows, Reinstalled my GPU drivers, messed around with the config files of the game as proposed on YouTube, disabled Full Screen Optimizations of the game, turned up the Render Resolution to 200 so it would make my GPU work more, then to 100, then to 80, nothing. BTW, I've "monitored", (by monitored, I mean alt tabbing while inside the game to check Core Temp), the temp of my cpu, and high temps isn't the problem, as it would only max up to 70C I believe. Is there any way I can fix this? Thank you in advance. P.S I've also tried to set my paging file to only my SSD, even though Warzone is installed in my HDD (My SSD is 120gb, and is my OS Drive, while my HDD is 320gb)

So I want to purchase i5 12400 (igpu version for now, ofc I will pair smth like 3060 later), I will mostly play and stream comp esports type games like Valo, Fortnite, which require CPU power for giving more FPS. So are the Gigabyte B660m Gaming vrms good enough to give me max out of my 12400? Will my fps while like playing and streaming be stable? or will the vrms go on too high temperatures and throttle?

Hello, I've owned the XPS 15 9500 for about a year and a half at this point. Mine is equipped with the i7-10750h, dedicated 1650Ti and the 4k screen. This laptop is amazing, the battery life isn't bad, the keyboard and the trackpad are amazing, the speakers are very good, and the 4k screen is the best screen I have ever looked at. I decided to update to Windows 11 once I got the notification the update was available, and I have not seen many issues, apart from one that keeps bugging me: The 4k UI performance is absolutely horrible. I saw a similar thing with Windows 10 and HDR enabled: the Windows UI would seem sluggish, running at what I'm guessing is 30-45 FPS. Video playback wasn't better either, 1080p video would sustain 60 FPS, but with evident drops from time to time. 4k video, while seemingly supporting 60FPS, would not run at 60FPS (more like 40). I assumed this was an issue caused by Windows' handling HDR, so I just kept HDR off (it kills the battery anyway). Updating to Windows 11, the UI seems as if I had HDR enabled on Windows 10, except I don't even have HDR enabled. The "beautiful" new animations seem sluggish and delayed. Video playback is fine but watching Netflix with Dolby Vision clearly shows FPS drops during certain moments. Enabling HDR in Windows settings makes the problem worse. Disabling the transparency effects definitely helps, but even this feels slow compared to Windows 10 and my brother's Asus Zenbook 13 (2019). This issue has bugged me since the day I bought the laptop. I have tried everything that came to my mind: Windows settings, graphics driver settings, DFU reinstallation of graphics drivers, general driver updates (my system is up to date). I went as far as to undervolt the laptop to see if that would help. It did not (but it definitely helped the overall performance and battery life). I have posted this question on reddit and other forums (this is where I got the recommendation of DFU). Now I come here for advice. Is this how the laptop is supposed to perform? That is, is my integrated GPU not powerful enough to drive Windows UI elements at 3840x2400? I am a computer engineering student living in a dorm. This laptop is my main (and only) computer, and I have spent hours over the course of a year and a half trying to fix the outlined issue. Here is what I have discovered: (Most of these were stated above, but I'll repeat for clarity) 1. DFU helped, a lot. Then I got a Windows update notification for Intel - Display, and it made it worse again, so I DFUd again. This time, the windows update did not make it worse, but something keeps telling me that the first time I did it was better than what I have now (mind you, I did not spend a lot of time before doing the windows update). 2. Undervolting might have done *something*, but it might just be the system being snappier overall that makes me say that. 3. The Intel graphics command center (the new control panel they have) is the smoothest experience I have had on this device. Scrolling this forum does not feel as responsive as that application. The fact that driver updates make the issue better or worse makes me think that this is a driver issue. Has anyone else with the same laptop either experienced the same issue, or is aware of a fix? Thank you - an aspiring computer engineer

Any recommendations? Can be as loud as a server room and as thick as a brick. All I need is performance. Budget is up to 3k Eur.

Budget (including currency): £1000 Country: UK Other details Current PC specs: Intel i5-4690k, 16GB DDR3 3200MHz, GTX 1070 8GB As you can probably tell by my ageing i5 and DDR3 RAM, it's coming time for an upgrade. I've been to a few local stores and they've almost all recommended upgrading everything except the GPU and wait for prices to come down for that. However, with the way my life is going, I can foresee myself needing a portable machine rather than a fixed desktop. I'll mainly be using the machine for games and maybe some minor workstation work. So, here's my question; Should I A) Do as the local shops say and keep with desktop and upgrade the GPU later? B) Sell my desktop and buy a gaming laptop or C) Sell my desktop and buy a Steam Deck?

My specs are in my bio. My main question is: What should I do to make my PC run many tasks in the background without harming my VR performance? Like, do I need a different CPU? GPU? What components would fit this heavy multi-threaded usage more? I optimized a lot of the processes as much as I could. I have a lot of background programs like Streamlabs OBS with a Game Capture of VRChat, and a lot of filters for my microphone. Next, I always have at most about 5 Chrome tabs, running Youtube and an instance of Discord. In the background, I have apps like Gramarly, Wallpaper Engine (which is set to pause most of the time), Kaspersky Anti Virus (which doesn't seem to use any performance at all), NVidia Broadcast and a lot more apps that just sit idle and suck up system memory. I also have to mention that RAM isn't an issue.

Budget (including currency): $2500 (already invested, over 5 years) Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Gaming (1080p, closest to 144hz I can get, best setting I can get). Most demanding title I own is Halo Infinite, Assassin's creed games coming next. Some office/admin work; web-browsing, discord, VERY light virtualization while I try to teach myself linux, some network simulation software. Possible blu-ray ripping in the future. Other details: I have already completed this build, I am looking to know what I can adjust to get the most out of the core components: Full details are in my profile, but here are the core bits: i7-7700k (cooled by Hyper Evo 212, stock clocks) RXT 2070 SUPER (gigabyte windforce, stock clocks) gigabyte GA-z170XP-SLI ATX g-skill ripjaws 16 GB DDR4 (2133 MHz) samsung 970 EVO pro 500GB EVGA 750W 6 case fans that I don't mind being loud because i'm usually gaming with headphones primary gaming monitor is 27in, 1080p, 144hz. That is not changing anytime soon Windows 10, also not changing anytime soon CPU usually hits ~55C in games, GPU ~65C, I did apply a more aggressive fan curve in BIOS I know the biggest thing I could do is start looking into overclocking the CPU or GPU. I've done basic software optimization in windows like checking power settings, disabling unwanted software, etc. Most of the time this machine performs very well; struggled in Halo Infinite (new, demanding game) and some Assassin's Creed titles (ubisoft has poor software optimization). I will likely not be buying more hardware for this build soon (home server is the next project that I can justify the cost/benefit for). So the only way to make this rig better is config. I'll be honest, I've never overclocked other than the software utility on my original Asus 750 Ti, and it didn't do anything. What should I be looking at the make this build better, that I can do with existing equipemnt? Thanks in advance