bleya99 wrote: ↑20 May 2025, 00:38
-Winver = Win 10 LTSC 21H2
-Pulsar x2 lite,
forgot the brand of the keyboard, yellow switches but 125hz,
Logitech G pro X wireless (already set it 2.4ghz on channel 6, after reading some threads on reddit)
-566.03, 1080ti, MPOs are currently enabled (default),
disabling them makes everything too smooth, appearing as "floaty" to me.
Default resolutions, 1920x1080, 144 hz.
No overlays, I do use MSI afterburner and RTSS (I cap FPS with specific apps, it's almost always different).
CSGO is literally not playable for me if I dont use RTSS, the frametimes otherwise are horrendous.
And finally, my current RAM setup.
The system is stable. default (2133, CL17) felt okay, but still delayed, better then CL 16 3466 (expo).
https://ibb.co/Y7Jht8S1
Also sending the part number of RAM for a checkup from CPU Z (obviously dual channel):
https://ibb.co/DgYPfd1Y
Current DRAM voltage is 1.33 or 1.35.
I have a very budget motherboard, so chasing higher freq is not needed, I don't need extra fps, although I do want to eliminate of what I can control.
What suggestions do you have regarding the RAM optimizations?
I have a few questions / suggestions before I do any kind of concrete recommendations:
1.) If you are playing CS2 (I assume you've mislabeled it as CSGO), then you'll need a newer Windows such as W10 22H2 or W11 23H2 (can't tell you which one would perform better on your GPU + CPU + winver combo) to be able to play Faceit (idk if u can even play it on 21H2 LTSC).
Whether you'll notice better performance from your LTSC 21H2 install is up in the air. I personally benefited from switching to 23H2 with timer res registry edit. That, paired with the background polling rate change greatly enhanced my “smoothness”.
Reinstalling OS after running EXPO disabled is very strongly advised to fix any lingering corruption.
MPOs do not work on pre-Turing GPUs such as the 1080ti, so I don't know what exactly you're experiencing
It's interesting to me that you mention that it feels “too floaty”.
Perhaps the “too floaty” feel is how a PC is supposed to feel like objectively, but you are not used to it since you're used to a nerfed version of mouse feel?
Relying on “feel” can be quite deceiving, considering how strong the placebo effect is. Not to mention the sheer amount of misinformation online spread by (un)intended, malicious users.
2.) How exactly have you managed to pin the mouse to a specific channel on the 2.4GHz spectrum? As far as I'm aware, Logitech chose to implement channel choice automatically without allowing users to choose it themselves.
3.) The keyboard & (gerenal) display (specs) you've mentioned are a serious bottleneck in your overall total system latency. If you are able to, try upgrading those ASAP.
4.) What do you deem as “The system is stable”?
What app sw have you ran & for what duration? Some users like to claim “stable” after running very mild tests such as MemTest86 for an hour. It's very individual what someone deems “stable”.
It is difficult to assess this on the surface like this, as each IMC & mobo combination is different in this regard.
In general for AM4, I'd usually stick to 3200MHz (from AMD spec for Zen3) on B550 boards, but your A320M-K can definitely be a bottleneck for achieving your IMC's & RAM kit's full potential.
CS doesn't scale as much (~10% at best) with lower r/w RAM latency or higher RAM bandwidth
=https://kingfaris.co.uk/blog/intel-ram ... go(source), whether you'll notice a increase is something you need to test yourself.
I'd like to quote @shrimps again:
No amount of memory stress testing is enough, stress testing is just an approximation of stability.
Learn patterns of your memory/imc and apply an overclock that not only passes tests, but also has headroom for when conditions change.
PresentMon + CS2 benchmark map should reveal how much performance you can gain between RAM clock rate increases.
The jump from 2400MHz to 3200MHz can be quite large in terms of bandwidth, YMMV.
In terms of importance of upgrade:
Monitor, keyboard, GPU
I assume you are heavily GPU limited in CS2 if you play on 1080p, since even 3080's struggle (<200fps) on 1080p once smokes & mollies are dropped.
I wouldn't bother trying to find a better motherboard and opt for a whole platform upgrade to DDR5 instead.
AM5 or LGA1700, whichever you prefer.
I personally prefer the former due to the capability to do G1 CR1 & large L3 cache CPUs.
