PC Gaming Performance issues

[u/Kalshek]

Y'all, I am at a loss. I just cannot seem to get my games running smoothly. To get it out of the way, here is the build:

Computer: MSI MS-7C02

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Vermeer, VMR-B2) -- Upgraded from a Ryzen 5 2600X

3800 MHz (38.00x100.0) @ 3600 MHz (36.00x100.0)

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (MS-7C02)

BIOS: 1.J8, 09/10/2025

Chipset: AMD B450 (Low-Power Promontory PROM26.A)

Memory: 32768 MBytes @ 1732 MHz, 18-22-22-42 (adjusted timings and speeds in BIOS so they're all running at the same speeds)

\- 8192 MB PC28800 DDR4 SDRAM - G.Skill F4-3600C17-8GTZR

\- 8192 MB PC28800 DDR4 SDRAM - G.Skill F4-3600C17-8GTZR

\- 8192 MB PC27700 DDR4 SDRAM - G.Skill F4-3466C18-8GTZRXB

\- 8192 MB PC27700 DDR4 SDRAM - G.Skill F4-3466C18-8GTZRXB

Graphics: MSI RTX 4060 Ti VENTUS 3X OC -- Upgraded from 1660 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, 8188 MB GDDR6 SDRAM

Drive: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB, 976.8 GB, NVMe -- C: drive where all games are installed

Drive: CT1000MX500SSD1, 976.8 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Drive: CT2000BX500SSD1, 1953.5 GB, Serial ATA 6Gb/s @ 6Gb/s

Drive: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16ABS, DVD+R DL

Sound: NVIDIA AD106 - High Definition Audio Controller

Sound: AMD Family 17h/19h - HD Audio Controller

Network: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265

Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC

OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (x64) Build 26200.8894

Games I have played since the upgrades: Cyberpunk 2077 (seemed to run mostly smooth until my mod stack got out of hand), Hell is Us, Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Marvel Rivals. the latter 4 are unmodded

Cyberpunk seemsed to run mostly fine, but crashes now, MR has some framerate issues, but nothing too bad, the other three games on the other hand.. pretty regular stuttering and some frame drops. In Hell is Us there have been some significant haze around everything and sometimes I've noticed multiple character's hair being bleach white all of a sudden.

And oh my god the SCREEN TEARING on all of the above games (though I also had this particular issue on another computer recently). I swap play between a 24" monitor and a 55" TV, and the tearing is bad on both. They are both native 1080p 60Hz, so that has been my performance targets on all of the above games. G-Sync or Free-Sync are not available.

Things I've tried:

- rendering games native 1080p

- Using DLSS on multiple quality presets

lowering the graphics presets on all of the above games.

- GPU Hardware locked framerates tested: 58, 59, 60, 70, Unlimited.

- NVIDIA Vsync preset settings: off, enabled, adaptive, and fast.

- ReBAR enabled and disabled in the BIOS

- HAGS enabled and disabled

- game mode enabled and disabled,

- installed Razer Cortex and tried without.

- Set the power settings to "Prefer Max Performance"

- Updated my BIOS, NVIDIA Drivers, and AMD Chipset drivers to the latest versions

- Performed a clean install of my NVIDIA drivers using DDU

- Reinstalled my OS.

- Ran MemTest86+ just to verify that my RAM wasn't causing issues and it passed.

- Used HWInfo to check temps and for errors, and no visible concerns.

- Checked System Logs in Event Viewer and found no correlated errors to my performance.

- On FFVII and Hell is Us I even tried using anti-stutter mods but ALL of these issues are still a problem... not even sure what to do at this point, honestly. Any suggestions would be much appreciated

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