The article discusses the challenges of improving slow frame rates in aging PCs, highlighting how various components like the CPU, RAM, storage, and the GPU can affect performance. The author recounts experiencing frame rate issues with their older hardware, especially their Intel Core i5-9600K CPU, and explores the impact of upgrading to a new GPU, specifically the RTX 5070 Ti. After testing different scenarios and running benchmarks, the author discovers the importance of balancing upgrades across components to optimize gaming performance.
While doing a complete overhaul is a surefire way to solve the problem, it's expensive and not financially savvy in the slightest.
My 2018 Intel Core i5-9600K is probably the culprit, having fallen below the minimum required specs in many new, graphically demanding games.
My testing illustrates how a new GPU can inject life into an outdated build, and how sometimes that's not the case.
I explored how much just refreshing the hardware surrounding the GPU can improve gaming performance, even if you have an old-ish graphics card.
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