[SOLVED] Less fps with new gpu than with new one

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I recently bought a new graphics card and when I started to play games I had a lot less fps than with the old one and a bunch of lags. I noticed that my processor goes to 100% even with the smallest thing like minecraft. Is there a way to fix it?
My system:
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, 64 bit, Build 22000, Installed 20210906210700.000000+060
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F CPU @ 2.90GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 158 Stepping 10, CPU Count: 6
Total Physical RAM: 16 GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Hard Drives: A: 2794 GB (1289 GB Free); C: 110 GB (4 GB Free);
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H310M DS2, ver x.x, s/n Default string
 
Windows disk cleanup is needed.
Run it.
Then select "clean up system files.
Click" more options".
Then click "clean up" under System Restore and Shadow copy.
This can clean up10-30gig of space in most instances by deleting downloaded windows update files and older system restore files.
I ran it while typing this up and reclaimed 6.5 gig of free space.
Although I run it monthly or so.
 
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Windows disk cleanup is needed.
Run it.
Then select "clean up system files.
Click" more options".
Then click "clean up" under System Restore and Shadow copy.
This can clean up10-30gig of space in most instances by deleting downloaded windows update files and older system restore files.
I ran it while typing this up and reclaimed 6.5 gig of free space.
Although I run it monthly or so.
I always do the disk cleanup but there is not much there cause i deactivated the system recovery
 

DSzymborski

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what do you mean

I keep putting off clearing out my garage. That doesn't mean I can't clean my garage. It just means I don't want to, which is something very different.

You can clear your drive. You can delete everything but Windows. All this stuff should be backed up anyway, or you're going to inevitably lose it at some point. You literally have a second, much larger drive right there. Things like 10 GB of Spotify AppData are low priority.

You absolutely can make a lot of free space on your OS drive, way more even than the space that always should have been left empty. You're choosing not to.
 
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I keep putting off clearing out my garage. That doesn't mean I can't clean my garage. It just means I don't want to, which is something very different.

You can clear your drive. You can delete everything but Windows. All this stuff should be backed up anyway, or you're going to inevitably lose it at some point. You literally have a second, much larger drive right there. Things like 10 GB of Spotify AppData are low priority.

You absolutely can make a lot of free space on your OS drive, way more even than the space that always should have been left empty. You're choosing not to.
but your appdata has to be on the windows drive
 

DSzymborski

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but your appdata has to be on the windows drive

So? It's not crucial user data, it's things related to optional programs. Do you want to fix your PC or not? It seems like everyone here is way more interested in fixing your PC than you are, which isn't exactly a good sign for resolving this issue.

Frankly, given things like a freaking Spotify Appdata folder taking up nearly 10% of your drive's space, I'm willing to bet there are a lot of other weird things going on, given the strange ways you go about storage. You're probably best off wiping the drive, reinstalling only Windows and GPU drives, and testing from there.
 
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