Why am I getting only 130 FPS in Minecraft shaders with an RX 9060 XT?
I recently upgraded from a GTX 1650 to an RX 9060 XT 16GB and expected a much larger performance increase in Minecraft with shaders. My system has a…
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Why Is My RX 9060 XT Getting Only 130 FPS in Minecraft Shaders?
I recently upgraded from a GTX 1650 to an RX 9060 XT 16GB, but Minecraft with shaders is performing lower than expected. My system has a Ryzen 5…
Why isn’t my NVIDIA MX350 being used for Minecraft on Ubuntu?
I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce MX350 alongside Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 on Ubuntu 26.04. Minecraft is only reaching around 16 FPS, and the system's resource monitor shows…
Severe Stuttering After NVIDIA Driver Updates—Normal Shader Compilation or Faulty Hardware?
I'm trying to determine whether a component in my PC is defective because I get severe stuttering after installing NVIDIA driver updates or rebuilding the shader cache. My…
Why am I only getting 180–220 FPS with low CPU and GPU usage?
I'm seeing roughly 180–220 FPS, but monitoring shows only about 25% utilization on both my CPU and GPU. I use a 280 Hz monitor and would like to…
Why doesn’t lowering graphics quality improve my FPS?
In most games, lowering the graphics settings or resolution barely changes my frame rate. Sometimes I gain only around 5–10 FPS, but often there is no improvement at…
Why doesn’t lowering graphics quality improve my FPS?
In most games, lowering the graphics settings or resolution barely changes my frame rate. Sometimes I only gain around 5–10 FPS, and in some cases there is no…
How do you make intentionally idle GPUs accountable?
We spent about two weeks making our GPU utilization metrics trustworthy by enabling DCGM profiling counters and correcting which workloads the measurements were attributed to. The result was…
How do you hold teams accountable for intentionally idle GPUs?
We spent about two weeks fixing our GPU metrics by enabling the normally disabled DCGM profiling counters and correcting which workload each measurement was attributed to. The effort…
Why Is My RTX 5060 Ti Only Reaching 50–70% GPU Usage?
I recently upgraded to an RTX 5060 Ti, but it rarely reaches full utilization while gaming. I already used DDU to reinstall the graphics drivers and even reset…
Why does CS2 FPS fluctuate so much on an RTX 3060 and i5-11400F?
I'm playing CS2 at 1080p with an RTX 3060 12GB, an i5-11400F, and 16GB of RAM running at 3200 MT/s. On the recommended settings, my frame rate usually…
Why is my FPS capped and much lower than expected across every game?
I'm experiencing a strange framerate limitation in every game, including 3DMark. In BeamNG, I get about 80 FPS when looking at the sky on ultra settings, but the…
Why Is My CPU Doing All the Work While My GeForce 9600 GT Shows 0% Usage?
I need help figuring out why my CPU is heavily used while my GeForce 9600 GT shows 0% utilization and 0/0 GB of VRAM during games. The card…
Experiencing CPU Bottleneck with RTX 4080: Need Help!
Hey folks! I've recently encountered a frustrating issue after moving my components into a new case. I've got an RTX 4080 paired with a Ryzen 9 7900X, but…
Why Is My CPU and GPU Not Fully Utilized While Gaming?
I've been troubleshooting an issue where my gaming performance isn't matching my hardware capabilities. I have an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and an Nvidia RTX 5080, but I'm…
Why is my GPU underutilized in Cyberpunk 2077 with an RTX 5070 Ti?
I'm having a really frustrating time with Cyberpunk 2077 because my GPU utilization is extremely low while my CPU seems to be working much harder. I have an…
Why is my CPU frequency dropping during gaming sessions?
I'm using an Intel Core i7-10700KF CPU with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GPU and 16 GB of RAM. After about 30 to 40 minutes of smooth…
Why Are New Games Struggling to Run on Older Hardware?
I'm having issues running Arc Raiders on my setup with a 3060 Ti and i5-9400F. My GPU utilization is at 30%, but my CPU is maxed out at…
Why Am I Getting Low FPS in Games with High CPU Usage?
I've been playing Space Marines 2 lately, and I noticed that my FPS drops to around 27 despite my GPU only utilizing 30%. Meanwhile, my CPU is at…
Why Is My High-Spec PC Getting Low FPS in Games?
I've just built a new gaming PC with some solid specs, including an RX 9060 XT 16GB graphics card, Ryzen 5600GT CPU, and MSI PRO B550M motherboard. I've…