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Are you aware of the big Newegg Fantastech II sale tomorrow? I made a cheap Ryzen 2700 build with the one in 2019.
I might be getting my hopes up, though. EDIT: yeah, probably
Might help to actually confirm that your GPU has near 100% utilization in that case.
Also, is that already with FSR and other similar tech?
I live in Europe so no Newegg :(
I tried to check usages today but Afterburner wasn't working for Counter Strike. I read that is a common problem, if you know another way i could check stats tell me!
Tbh i don't even know what FSR is hahah. But im 90% sure is a CPU problem as:
1)i play in an abysmal 1024x768 4:3 (and the fps are similar to when i played in 1920x1080, and going down further doesnt increase them either) 2) i got a 20-25 fps loss when defender asked me to activate core isolation, and i read that could cause a 10-15% loss
Ah, sorry.
If you can't get any hud running, you probably could just see GPU utilization from your GPU settings thingamajig.
Though yeah, if you're running at a low res already you're probably right and FSR would only really be a visual thing (assuming your desired games support it so GUI can be native-res).
I'll try what another comment said and look for the steam overlay option just to be sure, butyeah i think its not the gpu the problem. Thank you for your help :)