My PC is performing much worse than expected in games. In Warzone, buildings and parts of the map sometimes fail to load, I fall through the floor, and the game can freeze or crash. In Forza Horizon 6, I see low stream bandwidth warnings and freezing, and my FPS is lower than it should be. The system has a B650M Pro RS WiFi motherboard, an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, a Radeon 9070 Challenger 16GB graphics card, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD. My display cable is connected to the graphics card, and Windows was installed about nine months ago. What should I check?
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The 1200W PSU should be more than enough if it is a reputable model and the GPU power cables are connected correctly. Verify that the graphics card is fully seated, use separate PCIe power cables where applicable, and check that the SSD has plenty of free space. Run the game file repair tool and check the SSD's health as well.
First, check the basics: update or clean-install the graphics driver, install the latest motherboard chipset drivers and BIOS, and make sure the RAM is running stably. Also monitor CPU and GPU temperatures, clock speeds, usage, and VRAM/RAM usage while the problem occurs. Falling through maps and missing buildings can be caused by driver issues, unstable memory, overheating, or corrupted game files.
Since the display cable is connected to the GPU and you're using an SSD, the next useful step is to isolate whether this affects every game or only certain ones. Try a clean graphics-driver installation, reset any overclock or memory profile to default, then test with one game. If the issue continues across multiple games, run a memory test and a GPU stress test while watching temperatures.
The display cable is definitely connected to the graphics card, and Windows was installed around nine months ago. I'll check the drivers, temperatures, and memory stability next.