Hey folks,
I've been struggling to maintain steady high frame rates while playing League of Legends and CS2 on my setup. My specs are pretty solid:
- **CPU:** Ryzen 5 3600
- **GPU:** RTX 2060 Super 8GB
- **RAM:** 16GB DDR4 3200MHz
The problem is that I often can't stay above **144 FPS**, particularly in **LoL** during late-game, where it sometimes dips to around **90 FPS**. I've been monitoring my usage and temps with Afterburner:
- **GPU Temp:** ~75°C
- **GPU Usage:** 60-70%
- **CPU Temp:** ~50°C
- **CPU Usage:** 40-50%
I suspect there's a bottleneck somewhere, given that neither component is maxing out. How can I accurately test which part is the bottleneck? Any tips would be very helpful!
1 Answer
As others mentioned, it's likely a CPU bottleneck you're facing. Even if overall CPU usage seems low, games often utilize just 1-2 cores very intensively. A simple test is to tweak the graphics settings in your games. If you increase some options like textures or shadows and see little change in FPS, that could indicate your GPU is capable but the CPU is holding you back. Also, if you're not multitasking much, 16GB of RAM should generally be fine.
That makes sense, I’ll run those tests for sure.
Right, I’ll give that a shot! Let’s see what happens when I play with the graphics settings.