Battlefield 2042 performance on Windows 11, Driver 496.76


Have you disabled Ray tracing? This should boost performance a lot.

I've only ever used raytracing once in a battlefield game. BFV, Rotterdam, B flag. Inside was so shiny and polished and the scene crushed my framerate.
 

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I capped it at 4.4GHz.
OK!

Make sure the game is running in DX12 mode. For some reason it can sometimes turn this off and the performance tank. You can change this in settings and even force it in ROFSAVE_profile file by opening it up in Notepad and changing the line setting GstRender.Dx12Enabled to 1.

After this use the following graphics settings:

  • Texture quality: High
  • Texture filtering: Ultra
  • Lighting quality: Low
  • Effects quality: Medium
  • Post process quality: Medium
  • Mesh quality: High
  • Terrain quality: Medium
  • Undergrowth quality: Low
  • Anti-aliasing quality: TAA High
  • Ambient occlusion: SSAO
  • Ray traced ambient occlusion: Off
  • Nvidia Reflex: Off
  • High-fidelity objects: Ultra

Let me know if anything changed.
 

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Look, its a 8 core 16 thread cpu running at 4.4ghz, Im gonna say its not the cpu tbf. I think its just where performance is at.
The game seemed to have taken a decent bump in system specs. I had a look and found some people anywhere between 70 and 120 on a 3080 at 2560x1440, also bear in mind the maps performance wise seem to vary quite a bit as well, Ive had maps where im using about 60-70% of my gpu on average and theres others where im high 90's for sure.
Ray tracing will save you about 15%, It is only ray traced AO though so aint as costly as full ray tracing but none the less, Doubt anyone uses that setting on seen as its a competitive multiplayer game with 0 campaign.
 

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Depending on your settings you can have either 60-80fps or 100-140fps...some of the settings in the list I provided, doesn't change performance much but does make a difference. Others have HUGE impact.

Also changing render distance may improve performance a lot.
 

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I will just repeat my question... If you get 70+ fps, why do you want more? I doubt you will ever see any difference, especially in fast action scenes.
 

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I will just repeat my question... If you get 70+ fps, why do you want more? I doubt you will ever see any difference, especially in fast action scenes.
Isn't really about seeing the difference, more of feeling the difference, Hey im a quality and resolution over fps guy, always have been, One exception, CS GO, i couldn't see more than 60fps but by god i could feel the difference at 400fps, 60 Felt laggy and slow, But that is a competitive FPS in its barebones form.
 

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I doubt you will ever see any difference, especially in fast action scenes.
As mentioned before, you won't see a diff but you will def feel the diff with higher fps.
 

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OK!

Make sure the game is running in DX12 mode. For some reason it can sometimes turn this off and the performance tank. You can change this in settings and even force it in ROFSAVE_profile file by opening it up in Notepad and changing the line setting GstRender.Dx12Enabled to 1.

After this use the following graphics settings:

  • Texture quality: High
  • Texture filtering: Ultra
  • Lighting quality: Low
  • Effects quality: Medium
  • Post process quality: Medium
  • Mesh quality: High
  • Terrain quality: Medium
  • Undergrowth quality: Low
  • Anti-aliasing quality: TAA High
  • Ambient occlusion: SSAO
  • Ray traced ambient occlusion: Off
  • Nvidia Reflex: Off
  • High-fidelity objects: Ultra

Let me know if anything changed.GstRender.Dx12Enabled

I think GstRender.Dx12Enabled is a redundant setting and is ignored. BF2042 is a DX12 game, and MSI Afterburner reports the game as using DX12. For a baseline I used the Ultra profile with Nvidia Reflex enabled which got me 68 FPS average on the Kaleidoscope map. With your settings I got 82 FPS average. Still 40+ FPS short of what I'm used to in a battlefield game, but useable. I think I'll keep them thank you very much :)

Edit: I gained a further 13 FPS by increasing the DRAM frequency from 2800MHz to 3000MHz. Timings remain at 14-15-15-35-T1.
 
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Look, its a 8 core 16 thread cpu running at 4.4ghz, Im gonna say its not the cpu tbf. I think its just where performance is at.
The game seemed to have taken a decent bump in system specs. I had a look and found some people anywhere between 70 and 120 on a 3080 at 2560x1440, also bear in mind the maps performance wise seem to vary quite a bit as well, Ive had maps where im using about 60-70% of my gpu on average and theres others where im high 90's for sure.
Ray tracing will save you about 15%, It is only ray traced AO though so aint as costly as full ray tracing but none the less, Doubt anyone uses that setting on seen as its a competitive multiplayer game with 0 campaign.
GPU usage is not been as variable as yours. Don't know why that is, but I've haven't seen >=90% GPU usage in this game. I don't think it's the CPU either. If it was my CPU then I'd expect to see upwards of 80%+ CPU usage. I have a hunch BF2042 is sensitive to RAM bandwidth only because both CPU and GPU usage never reaches close to max. I hate stuffing around with RAM timings/voltages. My CPU's memory controller is not a good one.
 

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    Asus Rampage V Extreme
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    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC (10GB)
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    Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz
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    2560x1440
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I will just repeat my question... If you get 70+ fps, why do you want more? I doubt you will ever see any difference, especially in fast action scenes.

Maybe you didn't see my response?
 

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    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme
    Memory
    4 x 4GB G-Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15-4GRR DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC (10GB)
    Sound Card
    Integrated audio (Realtek ALC1150)
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    Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force MP510 NVMe (1.92TB), Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, Seagate ST2000DX001-1CM164 (2TB) SSHD.
    PSU
    Antec HCP-1300 Platinum
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 900D
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    Kraken Z73 AIO CPU cooler w/ 3 x 120mm exhaust fans, 3 x 120mm front intake fans, 1 x rear 120mm exhaust fan.
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    Logitech G Pro TKL
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    Logitech G Pro Wireless
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    950Mb/550Mb
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    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HTC Vive, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 gen 2 headphones.
GPU usage is not been as variable as yours. Don't know why that is, but I've haven't seen >=90% GPU usage in this game. I don't think it's the CPU either. If it was my CPU then I'd expect to see upwards of 80%+ CPU usage. I have a hunch BF2042 is sensitive to RAM bandwidth only because both CPU and GPU usage never reaches close to max. I hate stuffing around with RAM timings/voltages. My CPU's memory controller is not a good one.
I am on 2070 super so i'd imagine there would be some variance between the two in that regard, Certain parts of the map i can be in the 60's and at other times 90's
 

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    Memory
    Viper Steelseries 32gb@ 3600mhz
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    Gigabyte 2070 Super 8GB, +200 core + 600 memory
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    ASUS 4k HDR, Two 1080p Benq and Samsung
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    3840x2160/2560x1440/1920x1080
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Want to see thousands of frames? Play the good old 1942 arcade game in MAME... Just joking.
 

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    4GB
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    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
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    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
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    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
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    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v23H2 (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
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    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
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    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme
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    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC (10GB)
    Sound Card
    Integrated audio (Realtek ALC1150)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force MP510 NVMe (1.92TB), Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, Seagate ST2000DX001-1CM164 (2TB) SSHD.
    PSU
    Antec HCP-1300 Platinum
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 900D
    Cooling
    Kraken Z73 AIO CPU cooler w/ 3 x 120mm exhaust fans, 3 x 120mm front intake fans, 1 x rear 120mm exhaust fan.
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    Logitech G Pro TKL
    Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
    Internet Speed
    950Mb/550Mb
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    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HTC Vive, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 gen 2 headphones.
Only 722 frames? It seems it is about time you upgraded your graphics card...
 

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    Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Extensa 5630
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
    Internet Speed
    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v23H2 (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Patriot Burst Elite 480GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
    PSU
    Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
    Case
    SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
    Cooling
    Stock Intel CPU Fan, 1x 8cm fan at the back
    Mouse
    Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
    Keyboard
    Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
I don't think it's the CPU either. If it was my CPU then I'd expect to see upwards of 80%+ CPU usage.
It is not as simple as that. Multicore programming is very difficult. Even if you could optimize the code to use as much as possible of your CPU resources, timing everything and keeping everything in sync is a very very difficult task. Everything will still be dependent on your fastest CPU core, which in optimal case is running the main game thread. If you get delays in this thread because some other process is "late" you can suffer from many frame skips each second.

Your issue could be as simple as L1/2/3 cache and RAM access latency issue in comparison to more modern CPUs. Actually you increasing the RAM frequency and you gaining a lot of more frames after that suggests this is the case.
 
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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296 (Release Channel) / Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo A485
    CPU
    Ryzen 7 2700U Pro
    Motherboard
    Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    iGPU Vega 10
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328
    Screen Resolution
    FHD + FHD + 1440p
    Hard Drives
    Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB
    PSU
    65W
    Keyboard
    Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Chromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    SecureBoot: Enabled
    TPM2.0: Enabled
    AMD-V: Enabled
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296(Release Preview Channel)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    i7-7700k @4.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus PRIME Z270-A
    Memory
    32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q
    Screen Resolution
    WQHD 2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4
    PSU
    850W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Cromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    AC WiFi Card
To get a better view of what's going on while playing BF2042, you could try to log each individual CPU core. CPU usage, temps and frequency, GPU usage, temps and frequency while also monitoring frame times and RAM usage like usage and read/writes.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296 (Release Channel) / Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo A485
    CPU
    Ryzen 7 2700U Pro
    Motherboard
    Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    iGPU Vega 10
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328
    Screen Resolution
    FHD + FHD + 1440p
    Hard Drives
    Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB
    PSU
    65W
    Keyboard
    Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Chromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    SecureBoot: Enabled
    TPM2.0: Enabled
    AMD-V: Enabled
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296(Release Preview Channel)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    i7-7700k @4.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus PRIME Z270-A
    Memory
    32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q
    Screen Resolution
    WQHD 2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4
    PSU
    850W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Cromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    AC WiFi Card
If you are using a third party antivirus (not Windows Defender), see if there is a game mode and enable it. In Windows Defender you can leave the online shield for security, but you can disable the file access shield to prevent any delays when accessing game files. Alternatively you can add the game folder to the exceptions.
 

My Computers

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 64-bit (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Extensa 5630EZ
    CPU
    Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2000 MHz
    Motherboard
    Acer Extensa 5630
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M (Mobile 4 series)
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC268 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB SATA Device (250 GB, SATA-III)
    Internet Speed
    VDSL 50 Mbps
    Browser
    MICROSOFT EDGE
    Antivirus
    WINDOWS DEFENDER
    Other Info
    Legacy MBR installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, no WDDM 2.0 graphics drivers, cannot get more unsupported ;) This is only my test laptop. I had installed Windows 11 here before upgrading my main PC. For my main PC I use everyday see my 2nd system specs.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro v23H2 (build 22631.3235)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom-built PC
    CPU
    Intel Core-i7 3770 3.40GHz s1155 (3rd generation)
    Motherboard
    Asus P8H61 s1155 ATX
    Memory
    2x Kingston Hyper-X Blu 8GB DDR3-1600
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward NE5105T018G1-1070F (nVidia GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD audio (ALC887)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia KDL-19L4000 19" LCD TV via VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900 32-bit 60Hz
    Hard Drives
    Patriot Burst Elite 480GB SSD as system disk, Western Digital Caviar Purple 4TB SATA III (WD40PURZ) as second
    PSU
    Thermaltake Litepower RGB 550W Full Wired
    Case
    SUPERCASE MIDI-TOWER
    Cooling
    Stock Intel CPU Fan, 1x 8cm fan at the back
    Mouse
    Sunnyline OptiEye PS/2
    Keyboard
    Mitsumi 101-key PS/2
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Windows Defender
    Other Info
    Legacy BIOS (MBR) installation, no TPM, no Secure Boot, WDDM 3.0 graphics drivers, WEI score 7.4
It is not as simple as that. Multicore programming is very difficult. Even if you could optimize the code to use as much as possible of your CPU resources, timing everything and keeping everything in sync is a very very difficult task. Everything will still be dependent on your fastest CPU core, which in optimal case is running the main game thread. If you get delays in this thread because some other process is "late" you can suffer from many frame skips each second.

Your issue could be as simple as L1/2/3 cache and RAM access latency issue in comparison to more modern CPUs. Actually you increasing the RAM frequency and you gaining a lot of more frames after that suggests this is the case.

Haswell-E L1 Cache: 32KB Instr, 32KB Data per core
Alder Lake L1 Cache: 32KB Instr, 48KB Data per P-Core; 32KB Instr, 64KB Data per E-Core

Haswell-E L2 Cache: 256KB Shared Instr/Data per core
Alder Lake L2 Cache: 1.25MB Shared Instr/Data per core; 2MB Shared Instr/Data per 4xE-Cores. 14MB in total!

Haswell-E L3 Cache: 20MB
Alder Lake L3 Cache: 30MB

You're absolutely right. This wouldn't show in CPU performance stats but would make a big difference to game performance. I can't push the CPU cache and RAM more than I already have, so further benchmarking and monitoring is pointless. The CPU is getting a bit crusty. Time to upgrade... when I value an extra 40+ FPS more than the money I'd have to spend to get it.

Thank you very much for your help.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro / Linux Manjaro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    roll-yer-own
    CPU
    Intel i7-5960X (3.0GHz Base, 3.5 Turbo) Capped @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme
    Memory
    4 x 4GB G-Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15-4GRR DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC (10GB)
    Sound Card
    Integrated audio (Realtek ALC1150)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force MP510 NVMe (1.92TB), Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, Seagate ST2000DX001-1CM164 (2TB) SSHD.
    PSU
    Antec HCP-1300 Platinum
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 900D
    Cooling
    Kraken Z73 AIO CPU cooler w/ 3 x 120mm exhaust fans, 3 x 120mm front intake fans, 1 x rear 120mm exhaust fan.
    Keyboard
    Logitech G Pro TKL
    Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
    Internet Speed
    950Mb/550Mb
    Browser
    Brave
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HTC Vive, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 gen 2 headphones.
If you are using a third party antivirus (not Windows Defender), see if there is a game mode and enable it. In Windows Defender you can leave the online shield for security, but you can disable the file access shield to prevent any delays when accessing game files. Alternatively you can add the game folder to the exceptions.

These days I use Windows Defender only. The problem is, my CPU is showing its age with BF2042, and possibly with Cyberpunk 2077.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro / Linux Manjaro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    roll-yer-own
    CPU
    Intel i7-5960X (3.0GHz Base, 3.5 Turbo) Capped @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Rampage V Extreme
    Memory
    4 x 4GB G-Skill Ripjaws F4-3000C15-4GRR DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming OC (10GB)
    Sound Card
    Integrated audio (Realtek ALC1150)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Asus ROG Swift PG278Q 144Hz
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    Corsair Force MP510 NVMe (1.92TB), Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, Seagate ST2000DX001-1CM164 (2TB) SSHD.
    PSU
    Antec HCP-1300 Platinum
    Case
    Corsair Obsidian 900D
    Cooling
    Kraken Z73 AIO CPU cooler w/ 3 x 120mm exhaust fans, 3 x 120mm front intake fans, 1 x rear 120mm exhaust fan.
    Keyboard
    Logitech G Pro TKL
    Mouse
    Logitech G Pro Wireless
    Internet Speed
    950Mb/550Mb
    Browser
    Brave
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HTC Vive, Beyerdynamics MMX 300 gen 2 headphones.
These days I use Windows Defender only. The problem is, my CPU is showing its age with BF2042, and possibly with Cyberpunk 2077.
Indeed. Those two games and also Red Dead Redemption 2 and many future AAA titles are beasts. They require quite a lot of both CPU and GPU. Not necessarily calculation performance but data throughput.

While you are on this a bit older CPU, rather config the games you play to have a bit lower but stable framerates at let's say 60 rather than try to push beyond 100FPS and get variation over 25%. The games will feel much smoother despite lower framerates because of stability.
 

My Computers

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296 (Release Channel) / Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo A485
    CPU
    Ryzen 7 2700U Pro
    Motherboard
    Lenovo (WiFi/BT module upgraded to Intel Wireless-AC-9260)
    Memory
    32GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    iGPU Vega 10
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" FHD (built-in) + 14" Lenovo Thinkvision M14t (touch+pen) + 32" Asus PB328
    Screen Resolution
    FHD + FHD + 1440p
    Hard Drives
    Intel 660p m.2 nVME PCIe3.0 x2 512GB
    PSU
    65W
    Keyboard
    Thinkpad / Logitech MX Keys
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Chromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    SecureBoot: Enabled
    TPM2.0: Enabled
    AMD-V: Enabled
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 23H2 build 10.0.22631.3296(Release Preview Channel)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    i7-7700k @4.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus PRIME Z270-A
    Memory
    32GB 2x16GB 2133MHz CL15
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA GTX1080Ti FTW 11GB
    Sound Card
    Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    32" 10-bit Asus PB328Q
    Screen Resolution
    WQHD 2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    512GB ADATA SX8000NP NVMe PCIe Gen 3 x4
    PSU
    850W
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 2S
    Keyboard
    Logitech MX Keys
    Internet Speed
    600/300Mbit
    Browser
    Edge (Cromium)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    AC WiFi Card

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