Noah Larsen

A dedicated older machine, kept offline or isolated, is often teh cleanest solution. Your main PC stays up to date and the old device gets the OS it was designed for.

lol this thread is gold. pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo birthday from scrtach

@bufferowl dude ran the usage test like suggseted and the CPU was clearly teh limit. Got a drop in upgrade on teh same board and my FPS lows improved massively. Great advice. owe u a beer 🍺

sorry forgot to say checked my board and it does support a few newer CPUs after a BIOS update. hope thats enough info 😅

Run sfc /scannow and DISM /Online /Cleanup Image /RestoreHealth if the installer fails on every version. A damaged component store can break driver installers in odd ways.

btw mods can we pin this thread