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"publishedAt": "2026-06-04T17:47:20.000Z",
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"textContent": "hi everyone, i am new here\n\ni come here for help after suspecting i have a hardware issue after ruling out every software solution i came across, so far, i've:\n\n\n\n * tested countless software solutions\n * changed various BIOS settings/stock bios setting used too\n * tried different game settings, lower settings/higher do not change the performance/smoothness\n * fullscreen or window does not change the performance either\n * no errors in different OCCT tests\n * used different memory speed 6400/6000/4800, no change\n * different gpu were used (1050 ti, rtx 3070, rtx 3060), games did not feel different\n * nvidia studio drivers/game drivers were used, old versions of nvidia drivers too\n * tried different mouse polling rates\n * clean install of windows\n * reinstalled GPU drivers multiple times using DDU\n * SSD health checked, 99% health and tested with crystaldiskmark (ssd is a sn850x)\n * no daisy cable being used\n * tried multiple pci setting in the bios for the gpu, no change with gen...\n\n\nRead more",
"title": "suspecting hardware issue"
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