Can an RTX 3070 and Ryzen 7 5800X handle 1440p at 144+ FPS in Overwatch?
I've been using a 1080p monitor since building my PC about six years ago. My system has an RTX 3070 and a Ryzen 7 5800X, but Overwatch sometimes…
PC performance
Why has my gaming performance suddenly dropped from 150 FPS to around 30 FPS?
I built my PC near the end of 2024, originally using a Radeon 6750 XT. I later upgraded to an RTX 5070 and then to an RTX 5080…
Why Has My Gaming Performance Suddenly Dropped So Much?
I built my PC near the end of 2024, originally using a Radeon 6750 XT. After upgrading to an RTX 5070 and later an RTX 5080, American Truck…
Why am I only getting around 60 FPS in Rust with this hardware?
I'm trying to figure out why my gaming PC is performing so poorly in Rust. The system has a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, GeForce RTX 5060, ASUS ROG STRIX…
Is Windows 11 finally worth upgrading to with version 26H2?
I've stayed on Windows 10 for a long time and kept it updated with extended-support patches because Windows 11 felt sluggish and frustrating when it first launched. Now…
Why is my new RTX 5080 gaming PC running slowly?
I bought a custom-built gaming PC about a month ago, and it is my first gaming computer. The system is advertised as having a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, an…
Why Is My Five-Year-Old Gaming PC Getting Louder and Struggling to Record Gameplay?
My PC was built about five years ago with an Intel i7-10700K, RTX 3060 Ti, and 32GB of DDR4 memory. I mainly play games at 1440p, ranging from…
Is My Five-Year-Old Gaming PC Actually Wearing Out, or Is Something Else Causing the Slowdown?
I built my current PC about five years ago with an Intel i7-10700K, RTX 3060 Ti, and 32 GB of DDR4 memory. I mainly play games at 1440p,…
Why am I not getting consistent 500 FPS in CS2 with a 4090 and 9950X3D?
I mainly play Counter-Strike 2 and recently bought a 500 Hz 1440p OLED monitor. I upgraded to an RTX 4090 but could never maintain 500 FPS consistently, so…
Why does my new Ryzen 7 and RTX 5080 gaming PC feel slow?
I bought my first custom-built gaming PC about a month ago, with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RTX 5080, and 32 GB of RAM. Despite the high-end hardware, the…
How can I diagnose and improve my new gaming PC’s slow performance?
I bought a custom-built gaming PC about a month ago with a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RTX 5080, and 32 GB of RAM. This is my first gaming PC,…
Are These FPS Results Normal for a Ryzen 7 5700G and RX 9060 XT at 1440p?
I recently built my girlfriend a gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 5700G, ASRock RX 9060 XT 8GB Challenger, 32GB of 3200MHz XPG memory, an ASRock B550M-HDV motherboard,…
How Can I Stop Random 100% Disk Usage Spikes in Windows 11?
My Windows 11 PC occasionally freezes for a moment when disk usage reaches 100%. It happens most often during startup or while running demanding programs such as games.…
Are These FPS Results Normal for a Ryzen 7 5700G and RX 9060 XT Build?
I recently built my girlfriend a gaming PC with a Ryzen 7 5700G, ASRock RX 9060 XT 8GB Challenger, 32GB of 3200MHz XPG memory, an ASRock B550M-HDV motherboard,…
Why Is My PC Running Poorly With These Specs?
I've been away from PC gaming for a long time and recently ended up with this system, but it performs much worse than I expected. The hardware is…
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…
When should I upgrade my RAM from 16GB to 32GB?
I currently have 16GB of RAM, and the games I play generally run well, although I sometimes notice brief stutters. My memory usage only reaches close to 100%…
My PC is extremely slow and won’t respond after being unused for weeks
I returned from a trip and turned on my PC for the first time in several weeks. The cursor shows the spinning indicator, almost nothing loads, and I…
My PC became extremely slow after being unused for weeks—what should I check?
I turned on my PC for the first time in several weeks after returning from a trip. The cursor shows a spinning indicator, almost nothing loads, and I…
NVIDIA Driver 617.14 Caused Slow Performance and Game File Corruption—How Can I Fix It?
I updated my NVIDIA graphics driver to version 617.14, and since then my browser feels sluggish, the display takes longer to sync during startup, and several installed games…