I am in dire need of assistance.....

[Detoxified]

guys
i need help
so i have a
gigabyte b460m motherboard
gigabyte gtx 1650 GDDR6
i3 10100 (3.6 ghz)
Hynix 1*8 gb ram (2400 mhz)
128 gb SSD
500 gb HDD
600 Watt PSU
seeing other youtube videos with the same build as mine, i came to realize that in low end games like Valorant, they get around 200 constant fps but with my pc build, i have random fluctuations and inconsistent fps. It goes from 160 fps (capped) to 140,130,90,120 and feels unplayable. I really need help and I still haven't found a working solution to this.

[jaslion]

You have a single stick of ram that majorly impacts performance your memory bandwith is half of what you would have with 2 sticks and games nowadays need the bandwith. Get a second stick and that should fix it

[TukangUsapEmenq]

As above, and the fact you're using a 2400 MHz stick either. Your i3-10100 and your motherboard supports 2666 MHz, could say getting 2x8 GB 2666 MHz stick would be the best option.

 

Either, did you check the temps of your CPU/GPU either? There's a huge chance you have such abysmal performance simply because your hardware went throttling.

[DoctorNick]

3 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said:

As above, and the fact you're using a 2400 MHz stick either. Your i3-10100 and your motherboard supports 2666 MHz, could say getting 2x8 GB 2666 MHz stick would be the best option.

 

Either, did you check the temps of your CPU/GPU either? There's a huge chance you have such abysmal performance simply because your hardware went throttling.

Wouldn't make sense to change it. Wont make a big difference with that setup anyway. I would just get another stick

[aStateofEntropy]

Indeed having a 2x8 16GB RAM will help with pretty much everything I recommend getting it. GPU is decent but a better one will net you massive performance although i see this is a pretty budget build so getting a big video card upgrade is gonna also need a cpu upgrade which will also require the mobo upgrade and so on.. Probably the cheapest option is just getting another 8gb stick of the same putting you at 16gb just make sure you match your current ram stick speed. Getting a better GPU doesn't necessarily mean you have to upgrade other parts you'll just have big bottleneck on the cpu for sure and you'll have to check your power supply is adequate enough . Also monitor refresh rate, game graphics settings, and drivers can impact performance between similar systems greatly.

[MLConian]

Other than RAM, consider the airflow in your case. You might be throttling the system due to bad airflow or ventilation.

[191x7]

30 minutes ago, Detoxified said:

...
Hynix 1*8 gb ram (2400 mhz)
128 gb SSD
500 gb HDD
...

 

I see three flaws here, two major, one not so much.

1. A single-stick RAM configuration (no dual channel RAM).

2. Only 8GB of RAM.

3. Games probably on an HDD.

[manikyath]

probably a mix of a few things:

- relatively low memory bandwidth, which might also be impacted by background processes on top of that.

- presumably a low budget and/or very old HDD and SSD limiting I/O bandwidth for loading in assets.

- while they claim only needing 4GB RAM, at this high framerate that 8GB is probably at least limiting the frametime stability.

[tkitch]

If you consider 90 fps unplayable?  I have questions about your 'rig' 

[jaslion]

6 minutes ago, tkitch said:

If you consider 90 fps unplayable?  I have questions about your 'rig' 

It is if its a stuttery mess which happens with valorant on single channel systems

[tkitch]

Just now, jaslion said:

It is if its a stuttery mess which happens with valorant on single channel systems

I'm apparently just too old, cuz there was a time when 30 sustained was "buttery smooth" 

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, tkitch said:

I'm apparently just too old, cuz there was a time when 30 sustained was "buttery smooth" 

That is still fine. But basically imagine if your 30fps just suddenly dropped to 0 for a fraction of a second a couple times a minute. That would get frustrating eventually. Or if for no reason your fps just randomly dips and stays there for a while before going back like nothing happend ehilst also including those stutters.

 

As long as you have a locked smooth fps its fine be that 30 or 200 but the moment the game literally freezes for like 200ms a couple times a minute it gets frustrating quick