NTE on mobile — how does it actually run? (second attempt)

Every guide I can find skips the part I am actually stuck on. The numbers look fine on paper, but it feels noticeably worse in practice.

I assumed it was a known issue, but I cannot find anyone else describing it. Hopefully this saves someone else the afternoon it cost me.

Counterpoint: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Only partly related, but keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Slightly different take — the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Slightly different take — region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

For what it is worth, the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Short version: give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

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

From experience, you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Slightly different take — the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Depends on your setup, but broadly it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

From experience, give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Same boat here. the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Only partly related, but temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

This is the bit people miss — ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Only partly related, but do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Slightly different take — you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Let us know which part worked.