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This started as a small annoyance and turned into a proper rabbit hole. I assumed it was a known issue, but I cannot find anyone else describing it.
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SHShadowstein #1ShadowsteinOriginal post@shadowstein · 6 Feb 2026, 19:39
This started as a small annoyance and turned into a proper rabbit hole. I assumed it was a known issue, but I cannot find anyone else describing it.
The default settings are clearly tuned for a different setup than mine. If someone has a link to a proper explanation, I will take it.
YEYusuf E. #2@yusuf_e · 7 Feb 2026, 18:12
Had the exact same issue. ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.
Good luck, it is a common snag.
DPDamian Piszczek #3Damian PiszczekAdmin@damianpiszczek · 7 Feb 2026, 20:02
This comes up a lot, so: give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.
NINightshard #4NightshardMod@nightshard · 8 Feb 2026, 07:53
Short version: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.
CICinderlynx #5@cinderlynx81 · 8 Feb 2026, 21:15
Same boat here. the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.
DPDamian Piszczek #6Damian PiszczekAdmin@damianpiszczek · 9 Feb 2026, 07:31
Worth checking first: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.
DBDeniz B. #7@deniz_b · 9 Feb 2026, 08:59
From experience, ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.
Report back once you have tried it.
NINightshard #8NightshardMod@nightshard · 9 Feb 2026, 22:47
Had the exact same issue. nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.
DRDriftspark #9@driftspark44 · 10 Feb 2026, 16:26
Not the answer you want, but it depends heavily on your specific setup, so take any single number with a grain of salt.
CICinderlynx #10@cinderlynx81 · 10 Feb 2026, 23:12
Short version: measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.
ASAstralnyx #11@astralnyx99 · 11 Feb 2026, 12:13
Slightly different take — check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.
Others may have a cleaner method.
DPDamian Piszczek #12Damian PiszczekAdmin@damianpiszczek · 11 Feb 2026, 15:18
I went through this last month. the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.
SHShadowstein #13@shadowstein · 11 Feb 2026, 22:48
Slightly different take — temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.
Let us know which part worked.
ASAstralnyx #14@astralnyx99 · 13 Feb 2026, 00:42
Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.
Worth a shot before anything drastic.
ASAstralnyx #15@astralnyx99 · 13 Feb 2026, 16:58
For what it is worth, it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.
GLGlitchwave #16@glitchwave · 13 Feb 2026, 21:01
Not the answer you want, but you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.
YEYusuf E. #17@yusuf_e · 14 Feb 2026, 07:52
This comes up a lot, so: do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.
CICinderlynx #18@cinderlynx81 · 15 Feb 2026, 02:50
Only partly related, but ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.
CICinderlynx #19@cinderlynx81 · 15 Feb 2026, 02:59
This comes up a lot, so: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.