What are you playing this week? (April)

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1. DPDamian Piszczek

   Damian PiszczekAdminOriginal post

   @damianpiszczek · 16 Jan 2026, 05:30

   #1

   Been chewing on this for a while, so I figured I would ask here. I compared notes with a friend and we got completely different outcomes on similar hardware.

   Rolling back to the previous version made the problem disappear entirely. Happy to be told I am overthinking it.

2. ISIris S.

   Iris S.

   @iris_s · 16 Jan 2026, 07:17

   #2

   Same boat here. that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

3. ISIris S.

   Iris S.

   @iris_s · 16 Jan 2026, 09:37

   #3

   Counterpoint: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

4. MFMaya F.

   Maya F.Mod

   @mayaf · 16 Jan 2026, 09:46

   #4

   Depends on your setup, but broadly it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

5. NENeonash

   Neonash

   @neonash20 · 16 Jan 2026, 16:49

   #5

   Agreed on most of this, except the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

6. DPDamian Piszczek

   Damian PiszczekAdmin

   @damianpiszczek · 16 Jan 2026, 18:43

   #6

   Had the exact same issue. the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

7. NENeonash

   Neonash

   @neonash20 · 16 Jan 2026, 22:16

   #7

   The usual fix here is do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

8. ISIris S.

   Iris S.

   @iris_s · 17 Jan 2026, 04:07

   #8

   Not the answer you want, but do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

   That fixed it for me, at least.

9. SHShadowstein

   Shadowstein

   @shadowstein · 17 Jan 2026, 06:59

   #9

   Not the answer you want, but the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

10. DPDamian Piszczek

    Damian PiszczekAdmin

    @damianpiszczek · 17 Jan 2026, 09:12

    #10

    For what it is worth, you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

11. MFMaya F.

    Maya F.Mod

    @mayaf · 17 Jan 2026, 16:19

    #11

    Adding to the above: you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

12. NENeonash

    Neonash

    @neonash20 · 17 Jan 2026, 20:59

    #12

    Had the exact same issue. region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

    Others may have a cleaner method.

13. ISIris S.

    Iris S.

    @iris_s · 17 Jan 2026, 21:28

    #13

    This comes up a lot, so: measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

14. MFMaya F.

    Maya F.Mod

    @mayaf · 18 Jan 2026, 00:33

    #14

    Depends on your setup, but broadly the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

15. ISIris S.

    Iris S.

    @iris_s · 18 Jan 2026, 02:43

    #15

    I went through this last month. do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

16. ISIris S.

    Iris S.

    @iris_s · 18 Jan 2026, 04:37

    #16

    Depends on your setup, but broadly you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

17. DPDamian Piszczek

    Damian PiszczekAdmin

    @damianpiszczek · 18 Jan 2026, 10:05

    #17

    Quick correction to the above: the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

18. DPDamian Piszczek

    Damian PiszczekAdmin

    @damianpiszczek · 18 Jan 2026, 13:04

    #18

    Quick correction to the above: it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

19. DPDamian Piszczek

    Damian PiszczekAdmin

    @damianpiszczek · 18 Jan 2026, 15:24

    #19

    From experience, this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

20. GLGlitchwave

    Glitchwave

    @glitchwave · 18 Jan 2026, 15:57

    #20

    I went through this last month. it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.