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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm not very tech savvy so please bear with me.

I bought a premade in 2018 and I've only updated the graphics card and ram since then. I'm using a 55" Samsung TV as a monitor. It's really starting to get sluggish/finicky. Gaming example: it can run BGate3 on medium but starts having issues any higher.

Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 Coffee Lake CPU, 4 Cores, 3.6GHz
Graphics Card NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8gb
CPU Cooler: Intel Stock CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS Z370-P Motherboard
Memory: 8GB DDR4 2400MHz Memory (2 x 4GB Sticks) + Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B 3600 MHz, DDR4, DRAM, Desktop Gaming Memory Kit, 16GB (8GB x2), CL16, Black
Hard Drive: Seagate 2TB Firecuda Hybrid Hard Disk

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As a fellow TV-as-a-monitor enthusiast, it might be your display. Most TVs do a lot of frame processing to give you smoother playback at the cost of latency, making games feel sluggish. My TV has a "Gaming" preset that actually turns off some of that processing, allowing for 60hz refresh rate and minimal latency. Might be worth checking your TV for a setting like that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I had no idea this was a thing, I have found Game Mode on my TV, hahah

Will see what this changes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I usually leave mine on game mode for day-to-day stuff because the mouse latency is unbearable otherwise. However when watching a movie or TV show, I'll swap it back over to cinema mode to smooth out frames and reduce artifacting.