This process typically doesn't fully activate all components.
This process typically doesn't fully activate all components.
Apologies for the grammar issues earlier. Over time, I've noticed that all games are running at lower frame rates than before. Testing showed that the gap between maximum and minimum graphics settings stays within 5-10 FPS. My system has an AMD Athlon ™ X4 845 Quad Core CPU, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, a NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GPU. The game with the worst performance and low frame rates is "Battlefield 1." For this game: CPU usage can be around 70% in rare cases up to 90%, GPU usage is between 30-50%, RAM usage is about 80%, and storage is 15-100% often at full capacity. It seems the issue isn't with the CPU or GPU, but possibly with how quickly data loads into RAM. Even if the drive is at full capacity, it might not be fast enough, causing stutters and low FPS. I don’t have a clear RAM speed measurement, so it could be that the data isn’t loading fast enough. This would mean the RAM speed is likely too slow for the game’s needs. I’m not very familiar with computers, and I’m not sure if my reasoning is correct. I hope someone can help me figure out if this is the problem or something else entirely.
When RAM hits its limit, adding more can help, but SSDs offer benefits beyond speed—they move data quicker and reduce the chance of loss compared to traditional hard drives.
There could be a CPU bottleneck—your processor isn’t very fast, so even at 90% load it might still be overworked, causing lag.
RAM usage at 80% might already be near its limit, forcing Windows to use virtual memory on the hard drive, which is significantly slower than system RAM.
Texture quality could also be affected; a 2GB GPU paired with higher textures may hit its capacity, leading to a switch to slower system RAM and eventually swapping to virtual memory, causing disk paging and further slowing down performance.
You discovered your RAM is only 1600MHz, which suggests most of the memory isn't being used. The communication with other parts seems slow at this frequency. Regarding the GPU, it doesn't seem to be the issue since performance drops at both minimum and maximum graphics settings. It would be best to upgrade to a new motherboard and a better CPU that supports DDR4 and has 16GB of 3600MHz RAM.