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lag spike

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  1. Ghostspartis

    Question PLEASE HELP!! MY LAPTOP KEEPS LAGGING WHEN I PLAY CERTAIN GAMES

    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8300H CPU @ 2.30GHz Video Card Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 Video Card #2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q Design RAM 8.0 GB Operating System Windows 10 Every time I play a game like GTA V the FPS keeps bouncing drastically even when I bring the graphic...
  2. A

    Question Sudden lag that takes 4-5 seconds and occurs every ~20 seconds

    Hi guys, First thank you for reading and trying to solve my issue. I have been smashing my head in the wall with this issue for quite some time now. First, let me start with my specs: 16 GB RAM, I7 CPU, 1060 geforce. Basically, I do not believe this to be a hardware-related issue in terms of...
  3. K

    ntoskrnl.exe spiking the gpu to 100% and making games freeze.

    Hello. I bought an asus rog strix GL503vd. During gaming, and sometimes on idle, my pc freezes for like 1-4 seconds. I downloaded Intel extreme tuning utility and also watched task manager to see which processes freeze my laptop. In IETU i noticed that during those lag spikes, my CPU utility...