Genshin Impact, stutters on i5-2400, 16gb DDR3, GTX 1650 4GB D6 SC Ultra? SOLVED.

[VirtualLarry]

But played fine on the same rig with a 2GB GTX 1050, running Win7 64-bit?

The PC was also upgraded to Win10 20H2.

Asking for a friend, whom I recently upgraded. (GTX 1050 2GB had failed fan.)

Edit: Could it be Intel security mitigations? The Win7 64-bit wasn't updated since 2017.

Edit: Found this blog post:

Genshin Impact - Crashing, Stuttering and Lag fix

Genshin Impact crashing, stuttering and lag fix – Ever since the full launch of Genshin Impact, players have been complaining about a lot of performance issues. Here is a small guide on how to fix some of those issues. How […]

frondtech.com

Seems that both MSI AB and MWB RT scanning may be interfering.

Edit: Monitor was also upgraded to 1080P 144Hz HDMI2.0.

 

[VirtualLarry]

NEVERMIND. Friend had monitor plugged into mobo's Intel onboard graphics port, no wonder Fortnight needed the settings turned way down, and Genshin wouldn't even load.