I was doing IT for an esports event, with 10 identical PCs on stage. Identical hardware, identical images, everything. One of them had much worse FPS than the rest. Okay, weird. Probably the player did something weird with their config.
New SSD with fresh image: same.
Switch SSDs with the next PC over: FPS still low, but fine on the other PC now using the SSD from the problem PC.
Switch entire PC with spare: still low FPS on the spare
Switch literally everything, including monitor and every single cable: still no improvement. Somehow this spot is cursed.
Move the PC out from under the table and put it on a chair one metre to the side: FPS issues magically fixed.
My best guess is there was some kind of electrical interference manifesting in that one particular location. Never seen anything like it before or since…
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I was doing IT for an esports event, with 10 identical PCs on stage. Identical hardware, identical images, everything. One of them had much worse FPS than the rest. Okay, weird. Probably the player did something weird with their config.
My best guess is there was some kind of electrical interference manifesting in that one particular location. Never seen anything like it before or since…