I'm noticing some serious performance problems while playing League of Legends and Counter-Strike 2. In League, the game is nearly unplayable during team fights, even when I set the graphics to the lowest settings. My framerate drops to around 60, but I usually get 110-120 during idle gameplay. I'm experiencing similar issues with CS2. I've got dual-channel RAM at 3000 MHz total and there seems to be a discrepancy with my GPU display—it's showing 4 GB instead of the 8 GB I expect.
Here are my specs:
- **Operating System**: Windows 10 Home 64-bit
- **CPU**: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (61 °C, Matisse 7nm Technology)
- **RAM**: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1496MHz (16-20-20-38)
- **Motherboard**: Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE (AM4, 17 °C)
- **Graphics**: 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER (52 °C) with two monitors (one at 1920x1080@144Hz and another at 1920x1080@60Hz)
- **Storage**: 931GB Hitachi HDD and 476GB Intel SSD
- **Audio**: Logitech PRO X Wireless Gaming Headset
4 Answers
How do you know your GPU isn’t actually 4GB? Have you seen it allocated that amount during usage? Your RAM usage seems high, which is a big issue, but I'm also concerned that your 2080 SUPER might not be genuine.
Also, you might be running out of RAM while gaming. What’s your RAM usage like? If it's hovering around 90%, that could definitely slow things down.
Yeah, it typically hovers around 90% when I’m playing.
It sounds like you might be dealing with thermal throttling or a driver issue. Have you checked your CPU and GPU temperatures during gaming? They can get pretty high if the cooling isn't up to par. Most folks see around 70-80°C during intense gaming sessions, which could be a red flag.
Yeah, I'm hitting around 70-80°C while gaming, but I usually sit at 60°C when I'm just browsing.
I make sure to update my graphics drivers right when new releases come out.
From my experience, in CS2, the CPU seems to be a bigger factor than the GPU. It might help to check CPU usage during gameplay.
There’s definitely no 4GB variant of the 2080; everywhere else on my PC shows 8GB. I think it's just a speccy glitch.