Long time listener, first time caller. 5’11”, 195. Ding!
I built my pc on a budget during COVID, and it has served me well running medium to low settings on a lot of the newer games. But FICSIT seems to demand a lot more of my personal resources. I’m almost 200 hrs in to my first playthrough, and as I’m moving into Aluminum, the scale is obviously starting to grow.
I’m running an i3-9100 with an RTX-1650 super, and MSI Afterburner is showing me near 100% CPU load most of the time, and between 80-100% GPU load, depending on if I’m near coal nodes (odd, I know, but it’s what I’ve discovered). I’m running on the lowest settings I possibly can, and it runs mostly smooth most of the time, but occasionally will bog down and lag pretty hard, sometimes crashing the game.
My question is, since I can only afford to upgrade one, would you suggest upgrading the GPU to a 2060 (reg or super), or upgrading the CPU to an i5-12000 series? Or something else recommended? Which do you think will yield more significant results and allow for smooth play all the way through to the end?
Our little lady Triss is a year and 3 months old and unfortunately has had bilateral luxation since her first vet visit. This last appointment after some increasing aggression with handling and grooming her back end we were sent home with a trial of Metacam to see if the behavior improves with pain management and if so the vet wants to discuss longer term solutions.
Have anyone else’s poms had knee problems from very young? Did you end up going with the surgery or did other therapies work? If you went with surgery did your pom do well afterwards? I feel so bad for my poor little girl she’s just so young I know crate rest and activity restrictions will feel like torture to her.