Upgrading from a 1660 — what is the sensible jump?

Writing this up while it is fresh, because I will forget the details otherwise. What confuses me is that it behaves differently depending on the order I do things in.

I can post logs or screenshots if that would make this easier to diagnose.

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, region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Short version: the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Not the answer you want, but do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

I went through this last month. check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Only partly related, but measure before and after, otherwise you are just guessing whether it helped.

Only partly related, but it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

From experience, check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Had the exact same issue. it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Let us know which part worked.

This is the bit people miss — the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Adding to the above: it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Slightly different take — the safe move is the reversible one — you can always undo it if it makes things worse.

I went through this last month. the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.