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First post, by Harry_Grunge

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Recently I built a Windows XP Gaming PC with the Hardware listed below:

MOBO: ASUS A78M-A Micro ATX FM2+
OS: Windows XP 32 Bit Service Pack 3
CPU: AMD A8 6500 APU 3.5 GHz With Radeon HD Graphics
GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 680 2 GB
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Storage: Seagate Barracuda SATA 1 TB
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500W
Other: LG SATA DVD Drive

So far I haven't had a lot of issues running most games however I'd like to clear an issue I've faced so far. The Hardware is whatever I can obtain nowadays

Is it normal that even with overkill hardware, some games like Need For Speed Underground 2 and Most Wanted have frame drops every now and then? If I downgrade my hardware will I get better performance? I'm quite curious to know if downgrading might work. These aren't major issues but I'd like to know if frame rate dipping while I play these games is normal or not

Reply 2 of 5, by Harry_Grunge

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rasz_pl wrote on 2022-03-29, 19:43:

Older games werent all that sophisticated when it comes to frame pacing, you can try locking FPS to Vsync.

I already have locked Vsync and Frames still drop. It might be my monitor??

Reply 5 of 5, by leileilol

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Some games that'll read the buffer for an effect (i.e. occluded sun flares, or just any flares occluded in a realistic way) could be doing a depth pixel read way too often (per frame) that'll sometimes cause consistent stuttering/stalling on even far modern hardware beyond the release, and that's increased with resolution. Sometimes vsync can help on that

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