[Got a new PC that runs the game worse than the decade old laptop I replaced, even though the specs seem well beyond what the game calls for]

biostem, I love you. There's some graphical glitches but it runs 1000% better! THANK YOU!!!

[Got a new PC that runs the game worse than the decade old laptop I replaced, even though the specs seem well beyond what the game calls for]

Celeron N5105 running at 2 GHz

8GB RAM

Intel UHD Graphics (I know a dedicated video card is best but from what I've read it should be more than enough to run the game decently?)

Windows 11 Home

 

It's really bizarre too - for a few seconds, it'll run beautifully at 60 FPS. But most of the time, it runs so horribly that the FPS goes into single digits and it's chugging so bad that things like my mouse and menus lag 😞 I've tried tons of things, like turning the graphics all the way to rock bottom, which didn't help. When I Googled the problem I saw a lot of people saying VSync was causing terrible performance but turning it off also did nothing. I know this is probably a Hail Mary, but seeing as the game will run perfectly for a few seconds at a time, maybe there's some hope I just have a setting wrong or something?