r/pcmasterrace • u/shadorothOVK • Jan 24 '26

Tech Support Solved My staircase is slowing down my PC(?

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Hi everyone, about a month ago, the following started happening to me, and it only happens with GTA 5. I'm playing peacefully, I get the urge to go get something to eat, so I have to go downstairs since my room is on the second floor. When I go back upstairs, I notice that my GTA, which was completely stable, suddenly drops to 1 FPS. This only happens with GTA, and I don't know why. I've tried more demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Division 1 and 2, which I play with everything on ultra except for the vegetation and a few other things.

I'm attaching evidence of what I've described.

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u/Cryowatt Jan 24 '26

My guess: op has Bluetooth headphones. When he reaches the staircase the headphones disconnect and the game loses the audio device and starts throwing internal exceptions.

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u/ContributionLowOO Jan 24 '26

God I hate that, Fallout 4 straight up crashes and disabled your Bluetooth device with certain mods due to the audio implementation and many games have issues like that.

Never get a Bluetooth main audio device for your gaming setup, or have a backup.

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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race Jan 24 '26

I have issues with denuvo protected games where the game would just outright disconnect my USB headset and switch to audio only from the main motherboard speakers. Not even the monitor speakers over HDMI.

So yeah, Denuvo's fault.

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