Which affinity should I stack first? (updated numbers)

Curious how everyone else approaches this, because my way feels clumsy. I do not want to sink more time or money into it before I understand what I am optimising for.

The patch notes hinted at this but never actually spelled it out. Curious whether that matches what everyone else is seeing.

Same boat here. give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Same boat here. give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Only partly related, but give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

In my testing, keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Slightly different take — the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Only partly related, but the community guide covers this better than I can, but the summary is to prioritise the basics first.

Same boat here. temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.