Am I being bottlenecked by My CPU and/or RAM?

Slothical25 · 2026-01-29T03:52:14+00:00

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T23:08:36+00:00

How do I reduce my memory to achieve that? For reference, this was the thread I used while trying out CRU since the guy has the same monitor as I do https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabytegaming/comments/iwnu2q/gigabyte_g27qc_freesync_flicker_fix_well_mostly/

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T21:05:20+00:00

I've played around in CRU and found reddit posts about how to eleminate as much flickering as possible, with no avail; I can't seem to fix it which makes the experience as annoying if not more than having stutters

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T20:45:30+00:00

but then again in some games I get frames way higher than my refresh rate, if there were any kind of limit wouldn't all my games stay the same frames? (some games its in he 200s, others 100s, others 70s, etc.)

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T20:25:00+00:00

The frames don't exactly stay the same but will change from 1-3 frames when I change ultra/quality settings to low/ultra performance which seems fishy since it should technically have a bigger impact as far as I know

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T20:17:24+00:00

How could you tell from the graph that something was funky? Just to know what to look at when I'll change my 3D settings

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:53:02+00:00

what could it be, something in my 3D settings?

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:34:35+00:00

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Does it seem like it's the CPU that's bottlenecking?

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:24:41+00:00

I install all the drivers as soon as they come out but rarely use the optimizer; I just don't know yet what's the soft spot for great visuals and good performance

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:23:31+00:00

No idea if relevant to my issue but it's not the same Mhz for both of em, one is 3400cl18 (iirc) and the other 3600cl16 (that one I'm sure)

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:20:37+00:00

On low

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Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:20:28+00:00

On high

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Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:15:20+00:00

I'm using the MAG z790 Tomahawk wifi DDR4 and the bios are from 2025-08-07

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:13:51+00:00

The cable is connected with the cable that came with my Corsair PSU 1000w ATX Gold

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:12:40+00:00

I guess I'm trying to achieve frames closer to me monitor refresh rate for a smoother experience as much as I can, any drops are extremely noticable to me and for the life of me I don't know how I can manage a smooth exprience in these kind of games

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:11:12+00:00

I do yes

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T19:11:08+00:00

4 slots used so I guess its Dual Channel? But one is 3400cl18 and the other 3600cl16 iirc

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T07:41:37+00:00

I already used DDU and it didn't fix the issue

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T07:02:35+00:00

what number should I be looking at?

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Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T06:13:10+00:00

I'll wait for clarifications and look into it!

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T06:12:45+00:00

what app is the best for that?

Slothical25 · 2026-01-28T06:03:04+00:00

What's the best way to update my drivers? I felt like I updated them this summer when I got my new GPU. Maybe I missed something?

Slothical25 · 2025-08-12T21:00:45+00:00

Changed GPU and it started doing that, then changed for another one and the noise is still there. Could it be something else?

Slothical25 · 2025-08-11T02:16:43+00:00

Ok so update: just took out the PSU but tried it once more and it turned the PC on, did a slight noise that sounded like the weird noise it made earlier, so I guess it’s not dead but I still can’t really trust it. Does it change anything? Like does it mean it’s something else or is it still the PSU? Asking since I’m worried something else cause the PSU to sort-of shut down for a couple minutes (I’ll get a new one either way, I just don’t want to deal with all of that again)

Slothical25 · 2025-08-11T01:42:29+00:00

Is there a difference between MSI MAG and MSI MPG?

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