I've had my new PC for about two years, and I'm really frustrated with the framerate I'm getting while gaming. Here are my specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, 32GB of RAM, and a GeForce 4060 Ti. It seems like people I know with much worse specs are able to run games significantly better than I can. I haven't cleaned my PC at all since I got it, nor have I used any thermal paste. Do you think I should start using thermal paste? I've already tinkered with my settings, so I'm running out of ideas on how to improve performance.
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Did you build this PC yourself or buy it pre-built? Sometimes a professional build might have better optimizations.
First things first, can you share a pic of where the monitor is plugged into? It's an easy mistake to plug it into the motherboard instead of the GPU. I mention this because after a spring cleaning, it’s not unusual to accidentally switch things around!
Here’s a photo of my setup—it’s definitely plugged into the motherboard. There's also a bunch of dust buildup near the fans.
My dad built it for me, and he works with computers a lot, so I thought it was in good hands!
Yeah, if you're using the iGPU from the motherboard, that would totally cause low framerate issues.