I’ve been playing a new game (borderlands 3) that uses a lot of my hardware’s capability.

80-90% ram (16 gb ddr4) 90-100% gpu (gtx 1660 super)

I ordered more ram, but can not afford new gpu at the moment. The weird thing is I experience no issues aside from small frame drops while playing alone, but when playing with friends (cross platform if that’s relevant) I can not get a stable connection either as host myself or to their host. I play plenty of online games and have never had connection issues. Does hardware utilization potentially affect online connection? I fear it might as this is the most graphically demanding game I have played.

Any advice or insight is appreciated.