Auto-battle versus manual for hard content (low-end setup)

Quick one for the people who have put more hours into this than me. Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not.

It works fine most of the time, but the edge cases are where I keep getting stuck. If someone has a link to a proper explanation, I will take it.

Quick correction to the above: the difference is real but small enough that you may not notice it while playing.

This comes up a lot, so: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Had the exact same issue. ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Had the exact same issue. you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

From experience, the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

Let us know which part worked.

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

That fixed it for me, at least.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, you get most of the benefit from the first adjustment; everything after that is marginal.

Had the exact same issue. the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Slightly different take — region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

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

That fixed it for me, at least.

Only partly related, but this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

That fixed it for me, at least.