My PC runs Hogwarts Legacy on Ultra settings, but Slitherio and YouTube are slow – I've tried everything and nothing so

[miranda2026]

Hi everyone, I need some help. I have a powerful PC, but I feel like Windows and the Chrome browser are running "heavily." I have constant visual lag and the mouse response is awful. The weirdest thing is that the game seems to run in slow motion, while friends with inferior PCs play with total fluidity.

Furthermore, I suffer from screen tearing. This is constant in Slitherio, but it happens rarely even when watching YouTube, which proves it's not just the game, but something in Windows' rendering. The worst part is that even with V-Sync and G-Sync enabled, the tearing doesn't disappear; they only add more input lag, making the game even heavier. The strange thing is that I play Dead by Daylight and Hogwarts Legacy smoothly on Ultra without any lag, but the browser does this.

The test that proved the problem: To clear up any doubts, I conducted an experiment:

I took my current setup (SuperFrame 180Hz monitor + WD SN570 NVMe SSD) and compared it to an old monitor of my wife's (60Hz STI) using a mechanical hard drive with a clean Windows installation.

Result: On the 60Hz monitor with Windows on the hard drive, the game ran perfectly smooth and fast. It was the best experience ever.

When I used my 180Hz monitor on the same Windows installation from the hard drive, it also ran better than on the SSD, but the "winner" in overall fluidity was the old 60Hz monitor on the hard drive.

The problem persists even after replacing almost the ENTIRE PC: I've literally replaced almost all the parts, peripherals, used DDU, and formatted Windows countless times, but the feeling of slowness remains the same.

My Old PC:

GPU: RTX 3060 / CPU: i5-12400 / Mobo: B760M Aorus Elite / RAM: 1x16GB / PSU: Gamemax 600W.

My Current PC:

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti / CPU: Intel i5-12600 / Mobo: ASUS TUF B760M-Plus D4.
RAM: 32GB (2x16) Redragon Rage 3200MHz (XMP Active).
PSU: Asrock Challenger 650W 80 Plus Bronze.
SSD: WD Blue SN570 NVMe (The only survivor from the old PC).
Monitor: SuperFrame Vision 23P 180Hz (DisplayPort cable).

My Suspicions: I believe the culprit is one of these two (or a combination of them):

The SSD: The WD SN570 is DRAMless and uses pSLC cache. I was told that the overhead of managing this cache and the use of HMB (using RAM as cache) may be creating system latency that Chrome feels strongly at high frequencies (180Hz).

The Monitor: The 180Hz SuperFrame may have some synchronization or response time conflict that, added to the SSD latency, destroys the browser's fluidity, since the problem disappears at 60Hz/HD.

Question: How can a PC of this level be "run over" by an old HD and a 60Hz monitor? Has anyone ever seen this SSD or this monitor cause this specific type of tearing and subjective slowness conflict?

[Cosmostraveler]

Hi everyone, I need some help. I have a powerful PC, but I feel like Windows and the Chrome browser are running "heavily." I have constant visual lag and the mouse response is awful. The weirdest thing is that the game seems to run in slow motion, while friends with inferior PCs play with total fluidity.

Furthermore, I suffer from screen tearing. This is constant in Slitherio, but it happens rarely even when watching YouTube, which proves it's not just the game, but something in Windows' rendering. The worst part is that even with V-Sync and G-Sync enabled, the tearing doesn't disappear; they only add more input lag, making the game even heavier. The strange thing is that I play Dead by Daylight and Hogwarts Legacy smoothly on Ultra without any lag, but the browser does this.

The test that proved the problem: To clear up any doubts, I conducted an experiment:

I took my current setup (SuperFrame 180Hz monitor + WD SN570 NVMe SSD) and compared it to an old monitor of my wife's (60Hz STI) using a mechanical hard drive with a clean Windows installation.

Result: On the 60Hz monitor with Windows on the hard drive, the game ran perfectly smooth and fast. It was the best experience ever.

When I used my 180Hz monitor on the same Windows installation from the hard drive, it also ran better than on the SSD, but the "winner" in overall fluidity was the old 60Hz monitor on the hard drive.

The problem persists even after replacing almost the ENTIRE PC: I've literally replaced almost all the parts, peripherals, used DDU, and formatted Windows countless times, but the feeling of slowness remains the same.

My Old PC:

GPU: RTX 3060 / CPU: i5-12400 / Mobo: B760M Aorus Elite / RAM: 1x16GB / PSU: Gamemax 600W.

My Current PC:

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti / CPU: Intel i5-12600 / Mobo: ASUS TUF B760M-Plus D4.
RAM: 32GB (2x16) Redragon Rage 3200MHz (XMP Active).
PSU: Asrock Challenger 650W 80 Plus Bronze.
SSD: WD Blue SN570 NVMe (The only survivor from the old PC).
Monitor: SuperFrame Vision 23P 180Hz (DisplayPort cable).

My Suspicions: I believe the culprit is one of these two (or a combination of them):

The SSD: The WD SN570 is DRAMless and uses pSLC cache. I was told that the overhead of managing this cache and the use of HMB (using RAM as cache) may be creating system latency that Chrome feels strongly at high frequencies (180Hz).

The Monitor: The 180Hz SuperFrame may have some synchronization or response time conflict that, added to the SSD latency, destroys the browser's fluidity, since the problem disappears at 60Hz/HD.

Question: How can a PC of this level be "run over" by an old HD and a 60Hz monitor? Has anyone ever seen this SSD or this monitor cause this specific type of tearing and subjective slowness conflict?

-NVMe.

I have the same NVMe. What you can definitely try to do is disable cache via Windows, but I recommend their app for one simple reason.

If you are not shut downing your PC at night/while you are away the setting will reset once you wake the PC.

With their app, you can just turn it off back again without restarting your PC. Also quit the app once you do this to make sure you eliminate that as another possible source of contamination.

Look at this thread and some similar to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comme ... extremely/

In case I can't post links, look up SN 570 steam slow speed issue (maybe you have experienced this, maybe not).

My browsing is fast and swift, default windows drivers.

Once you disable cache, you might notice more spikes in ms, do not let this scare you, focus on the feel and obviously actionable results.

-Monitor

For the monitor, use various blurbusters tests.

[miranda2026]

Thank you very much