Code expired before I could use it — timing tips

I searched first and found three threads that all contradict each other. It works fine most of the time, but the edge cases are where I keep getting stuck.

Marking this solved once something actually works.

Not the answer you want, but if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Agreed on most of this, except you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Agreed on most of this, except worth testing on a second account to rule out something profile-specific.

For what it is worth, temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

Let us know which part worked.

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

Report back once you have tried it.

This is the bit people miss — nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Quick correction to the above: verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.

Let us know which part worked.

Short version: keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Not the answer you want, but the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Quick correction to the above: region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.