What got you back into gaming this year?

Third attempt at getting this right, so bear with me. Half the advice online is a year out of date, which is why I wanted a current thread.

I do not want to sink more time or money into it before I understand what I am optimising for. Happy to be told I am overthinking it.

Agreed on most of this, except the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Let us know which part worked.

I went through this last month. the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

For what it is worth, the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Same boat here. if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Agreed on most of this, except the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

For what it is worth, the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Slightly different take — measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

Depends on your setup, but broadly that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

I went through this last month. temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Depends on your setup, but broadly you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

I went through this last month. ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

This comes up a lot, so: you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

This comes up a lot, so: temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Worth checking first: you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Had the exact same issue. if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.