Constant Stuttering After Moving My Ryzen 7 and RX 7800 XT to Another Build
I merged two working PCs into one system. The current build uses a Ryzen 7 5700X3D, ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming motherboard, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3600, and an…
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Why Do Unity Games Stutter on a Powerful PC When Other Games Run Smoothly?
I'm using an RX 9060 XT 16GB, Ryzen 5 5600, and 32GB of RAM, but I get severe stuttering in games such as Tyranny, Pillars of Eternity II,…
PC Became 40–60% Slower After a Crash and Hard Reset
About five days ago, my PC nearly froze while I was playing a game. The frame rate dropped to a slideshow, Windows became mostly unresponsive, and I had…
Brand-New Gaming PC Suddenly Stutters in Every Game and Sometimes YouTube
I recently bought a custom-built gaming PC for €2,700 with a Radeon 9070 XT Nitro+, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of DDR5-6000 CL36 memory, and a 1TB P310 SSD.…
Device Manager Keeps Refreshing and Causes Stuttering in One Game
Device Manager constantly refreshes on my computer, and the refresh appears to cause brief stutters in War Dogs. I only noticed the connection because the stuttering stops during…
Why do these games freeze every second on my PC?
Cities: Skylines II and Anno 117 repeatedly freeze for about a second at regular intervals, even while sitting in the menus. The computer has an Intel i5-13420H, an…
Can an 8,000Hz Keyboard Reduce CPU Performance or Cause Game Stutters?
I recently bought a Fun60 Pro keyboard advertised with an 8,000Hz polling rate, but its software doesn't provide a way to change that setting. I'm wondering whether the…
Why do these games freeze every second on my PC?
Cities: Skylines II and Anno 117 both freeze at regular one-second intervals, including on their menu screens. Other games have not shown the problem so far. The system…
How can I stop stuttering when gaming while playing fullscreen video on a second monitor?
I'm using a Radeon 9070 XT with a 270K Plus processor and currently sticking with the stock graphics drivers because newer releases have been unstable for me. My…
What Should I Upgrade First to Fix Game Stuttering?
I built this PC in 2022 and chose parts based on compatibility and availability at the time. Lately, a few games—including Final Fantasy XVI, the Oblivion remake, Expedition…
Is 100% GPU usage normal in lighter games, and why does YouTube stutter on my second monitor?
I built my PC in November 2025 with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Radeon RX 9070 XT, Samsung 990 PRO 2TB SSD, 32 GB of RAM, and an AORUS…
How can I fix brief stutters every few seconds in GTA 5 Enhanced?
GTA 5 Enhanced briefly stutters every few seconds even though my CPU usage is only around 24% and memory usage is about 72%. I have most settings reduced…
Games Stutter for the First Few Minutes and Briefly Act Like They’re Running on Battery
Whenever I launch most games on my laptop, they run normally at first but then stutter every 10–15 seconds. During each stutter, MSI Afterburner shows the dedicated GPU…
Why Is Windows Using Nearly All 16 GB of RAM When Nothing Is Running?
I have 16 GB of DDR4 memory, but Windows reports that around 15.8 GB is in use even when I don't have any obvious programs open. When I…
Why might a Windows game perform worse on Linux through Proton?
I recently watched a comparison of RAM usage and gaming performance between Linux Mint and Windows. One of the games tested was Expedition 33, which is designed for…
My Ryzen 7 5800X is constantly hitting 100% usage - what should I do?
I'm facing a frustrating issue with my Ryzen 7 5800X where the CPU usage spikes to 100%, causing my whole PC to slow down drastically. This impacts my…