After upgrading my CPU from an Intel i5-11400F to a Ryzen 5 7600X, I expected smoother gameplay and more consistent performance in Lies of P. Surprisingly, the opposite happened. While my GPU (RTX 5070) is barely utilized (i use dlss Q) and comfortably handles the game at a locked 144 FPS, I started experiencing stutters—especially when rotating the camera—and random FPS drops that weren't present before.

This is quite frustrating, considering the Ryzen 7600X is a significantly more powerful processor. Yet, the game runs less smoothly than it did on my older Intel setup. It seems like there's a lack of proper CPU-GPU coordination, or perhaps a bottleneck in how the game engine handles threads or background streaming.

What’s more puzzling is that GPU usage remains low, meaning the RTX 5070 isn’t the limiting factor. The issue seems entirely on the CPU or game optimization side. Whether it’s Unreal Engine’s shader compilation quirks, poor multi-threading support, or some compatibility problem with AMD CPUs, the experience isn’t what it should be on such capable hardware.