Ultrawide versus dual monitors for gaming

Quick one for the people who have put more hours into this than me. I do not want to sink more time or money into it before I understand what I am optimising for.

Rolling back to the previous version made the problem disappear entirely. Any pointers appreciated, even partial ones.

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

Report back once you have tried it.

This comes up a lot, so: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

Slightly different take — ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

From experience, the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

This comes up a lot, so: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Let us know which part worked.

This comes up a lot, so: the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Worth checking first: the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Same boat here. give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

From experience, the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Let us know which part worked.

For what it is worth, the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

For what it is worth, if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

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

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

Only partly related, but nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Slightly different take — ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

This comes up a lot, so: temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.