Region-locked codes — is there a workaround?

Reposting with more detail after my last thread got no traction. Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not.

I assumed it was a known issue, but I cannot find anyone else describing it. Curious whether that matches what everyone else is seeing.

Agreed on most of this, except it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.

I went through this last month. the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Worth checking first: the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

From experience, region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

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

Adding to the above: do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Others may have a cleaner method.

In my testing, the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Adding to the above: the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

I went through this last month. you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Same boat here. the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Had the exact same issue. give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Worth checking first: the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

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

Counterpoint: the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

That fixed it for me, at least.