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  1. ParfaitLucie

    Solved! I'm not really tech-savvy, but I think my graphics card has been heavily underperforming.

    I've recently noticed a heavy fps drop in all of the games I played, so I ran a benchmark test and ended up getting extremely low scores for the AMD RX VEGA 8 4000 on this computer. https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/43380253 I'm not quite sure what's causing this, as all the drivers that...
  2. Anonymous_VIP_

    Question MSI GS65 Stealth 8SE - Low FPS

    Hey everyone, My Laptop (MSI GS65 Stealth 8SE) Specs: i7 - 8750H RTX 2060 16GB DDR4 @ 2666MHz (1x16GB) 512GB NVMe SSD I bought this laptop in January 2020 and have been using it without any problem whatsoever, until I started gaming on it and have been having a very bad time gaming. I seldom...
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    Question MSI GE73VR 7RF Raider Low FPS in fullscreen mode, normal FPS in windowed mode

    Hi guys, Yesterday I bought a new MSI laptop. Normally I'm very fond on MSI but today, not so much. When I try to play Call of Duty I get 16fps Max ingame. I tried uninstalling Dragon center as some suggest, tried changing power plan (there was only balanced mode at first in Windows). I found...
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    Question Stuttering /Low FPS on ROG Zephyrus GA502DU

    I bought my laptop about 2 weeks ago, I recently bought Yakuza 0 for it and the first few days it ran smoothly and was able to play a 2-3 hour session with no issues. Then a few days a ago I began to experience stuttering while roaming/fighting and then eventually during cutscenes as well. I...
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    Question New MSi notebook is suddenly slow and fps drops

    Hello guys. I have a new notebook for like a month and everything was awesome. I was playing csgo on nearly 200 fps, rainbow six siege on 80 with highest settings and now suddenly I have big fps drops in everything and the pc is generally slow. I dont know how it happen. Everything was fine and...
  6. Z

    Solved! Laptop's graphics card has poor performance

    The model of my friend's laptop: Asus F560UD-BQ055T Note: The graphics card is GTX 1050 and it is the Render Only Type device. Driver is up-to-date He had forced it to use High Performance in the NVIDIA Control Panel but still poor performance E.g: He tried using FurMark => Min FPS: 20, Max...
  7. Xxmlgxx

    Solved! Asus Rog Laptop Frame Drops

    For the longest time i have been trying to diagnose my gaming laptop and i just cannot for the life of me figure out what is going on. I have restored my pc mutliple times. Pulling exact drivers from the OEM website. I do not know what else to do at this point except ask for help online. When...
  8. W

    Solved! Why my laptop can not run fortnite at more than 20 stable fps?

    Specifications (from dxdiag): ----------------- Time of this report: 1/6/2019, 12:26:20 Machine name: DESKTOP-DLQJM56 Machine Id: {23368DB4-4AAC-432C-9513-370832580C2A} Operating System: Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit (10.0, Build 17134)...
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    Solved! Notebook with good specs having low fps in CS GO

    I have a Toshiba notebook with: - Core i7 - 8gb Ram - AMD Radeon R7 M260 graphics - 250gb SSD I can't play CS GO, even in low settings. Also when using Revit or AutoCAD (architecture software) it gets really laggy. I have friends who can run both with lower specs notebooks. Does anyone know...
  10. D

    Gaming Laptop is Lagging Hard, please help ....

    I have acer nitro 5 spec : intel i5 7300 hq 2.5 ghz 8 gb ram nvidia 1050 4gb win 10 64 bit last week i can play dark souls 3 60 fps no problem but now the laptop cant even play skyrim at high what happened ? i dont know i panicked and format the laptop but the problem still persist please...
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    Solved! Good GPU, CPU, RAM, but low performance / FPS

    I just bought a new laptop (Asus Aspire 7 A717-71G-71UL) with the following specs: - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.8GHz - 16 GB DDR4 Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4GB GDDR5 Dedicated VRAM This seemed like a pretty good pc to me, but every game I run plays at about...
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    Legion Y520-15IKBN sudden performance drop! *HELP*

    Hello everyone! So I have had my gaming laptop Legion Y520-15IKBN for just over a year now. So far my gaming experience was perfect but suddenly my FPS has majorly dropped overnight for no reason... Re-installing my graphic drivers and updating any of them hasn't helped me. My GPU GTX 1050ti...
  13. K

    Dual channelling ram or SSD for gaming?

    I have an acer nitro 5 laptop which I bought recently and some games stutter, specially Arkham Knight is causing huge fps drops.I don't have an ssd in my laptop and I would like to know if installing an ssd or dual channelling ram into 16GB will improve the smoothness in gaming. My specs are...
  14. B

    Solved! Games Low FPS

    Hello everybody. I have a little bit of a confusion here . To speak forward , when I play Dota 1 on my laptop , I get low fps , the game is running like with small freezes . This thing stops when I open a browser tab , any tab , or just the home tab of Chrome. My computer is an Asus K72Jr , it...
  15. V

    Low FPS overnight on old laptop

    Hey, well I recieved 2 months ago an old Samsung series 7 chronos for study purposes, anyway I tried some games on it, usually Quake Champions or For Honor to name a few, on low to bad setting but playable, with 45 to 60 fps on low res. scale. Later took the laptop to a trip, played games on it...
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    Good Laptop Bad frames?

    I have a decently good laptop (Here are the specs https://gyazo.com/f4b7bbf3e11718675e6f0b90822d064e) and I have really unusually bad frames on the games I play. I have had this laptop for about a year and I have mainly used to play video games. I used to have really good frames averaging 60-120...
  17. R

    Solved! I lose fps when gaming

    Hello, When I'm gaming on my laptop it will get a random FPS drop when playing games and I have to restart the game for it to be fixed, (the game I'm playing is Rainbow Six Siege). I would like to know if this has happened to anyone else. specs for my laptop CPU: i5 8250U GPU: AMD radeon 520...
  18. M

    i am having a huge problem with my laptop

    i am getting like massive fps drops on everything not just in games but after i turn it on i can feel the fps drops when i am opening a file or watching video and that didnt happen in the past i was playing anything fine and the laptop was fine i tried everything on the internet i thought it was...
  19. C

    CPU clock speed drops as GPU clock increases

    So I typically play on PS4 so this is uncharted territory for me. I went home for the holidays and left my console in the dorms but I need to game so I'm trying to use my laptop for some light gaming. It's a Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro - 1370 and it's really not built for gaming. Intel(R) Core(TM) M-5Y71...
  20. W

    I have really low fps in every game and im yet to find a solution

    Like my title stated, I have searched the internet and I still cannot find a direct solution to my severe lack of fps in every single game I play. My System: Processor: AMD FX-8370 Eight-Core Processor 4.02GHz Installed Memory: 16.0GB System Type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor...
  21. R

    CPU Speed drops from ~2.40GHz to ~ 0.5-0.8GHz randomly while gaming.

    So, I've been noticing huge frame drops in games recently. I decided to check task manager's performance tab, to see if something is happening, and what I saw is my CPU's speed going from ~2.40GHz to as low as ~0.5GHz, which causes huge fps drops in games. My laptop specs: I5-4200U CPU 4GB...
  22. S

    Very low FPS on heaven benchmark, GeForce 970m

    Hello, Here are my laptops specs, http:// The HD was replaced with a sandisk ultra II SSD 512 gb. When I run heaven benchmark, I always get very low FPS. The range is usually between 4-12 on extreme. When I put it on medium setting, the FPS is between 14-20. When I first downloaded heaven...
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    New PC with low FPS when playing games only

    Just finished up my PC and everything seemed to be working smoothly. Youtube videos work fine, casually surfing the web works; really anything besides gaming works excellent. However, whenever I play any game, everything goes completely south. The games are so unbelievably glitchy, it's not...
  24. B

    Need overclocking advice and getting low fps.

    Hi, Two questions I have an MSI laptop and i've noticed that i'm getting low fps on games like Arma and squad. I want to overclock to see if i can run games any better. But i'm pretty unexperienced when it comes to this type of thing so i want to know what the safest way to overclock is and how...
  25. S

    Solved! Why do I have low FPS when I play games suddenly?

    As the title says. I started to get really low FPS (below 30 FPS) in any games I play since last week. It never happens before. I cant find the issue. I scanned my PC with Malwarebytes and Avast and my PC is virus-free. My PC spec: OS: Windows 10 Pro Edition MotherBoard: MSI Gaming 970...
  26. J

    Asus GL502VS - Bad performance

    Hello guys, 1 month ago i bought an asus Gl502vs : Gtx 1070 I7 6700hq 8 gb ram The problem is that most demanding games like far cry 5 or rise of the tomb raider are unplayable. I am around 30 - 70 frames with 50% gpu usage and cpu not hitting 100%. Maximum performance is selected in nvidias...
  27. M

    Solved! Laptop starts working on full perfromance only being full charged (100%)

    Cpu drops the frequency, fps is lower. However,when laptop is full charged, it starts working on stable frequency, no drops in fps and its much higher. Have no idea what's going on.
  28. R

    Dell Inspiron 15 7000 running games at low fps

    My Dell Inspiron 15 7000 used to run games at a solid FPS of 60 24/7, but that has changed. It suffers from sudden frame drops and low fps of 30-40 in all games. For example, it used to run Shadow of Mordor maxed out at a constant 60 fps, but now it runs at 45 with lowered settings, and suffers...
  29. M

    gaming laptop low fps when unplugged

    i have a hp omen laptop with gtx 1060. when its not plugged in i have good fps but not as high when it's plugged in. from the power manager of windows i have set every on best performance. is there any solution ? thanks
  30. S

    Solved! Low FPS in all games, Unsure why

    Hi, I am using this laptop for 3 years. I was getting around 80-100 fps in all games using medium quality. It was all well for the first year: No heat, loud sounds, fps drops, nothing everything was fine. Then in all a sudden, my fps dropped for all the games I play. I used very low quality...
  31. N

    Solved! Screen tearing in games

    Hello everyone So i have been having this problem after i upgraded to windows 10 everytime I try to run my games I keep getting this screen tearing unless i have vsync on and that thing eats up my fps i can barely run my games on 40-50 fps with vsync is off ( I got so many fps drops when...
  32. H

    My Computer has periodic FPS drops in low requirement games

    I am using a Lenovo 15IBD 80N6, which has the following specs: Intel Core i5 5200U NVIDIA 940M 8GB Ram 1TB HDD And the problem is even with low requirement games like GTA San Andras or League of Legends, the computer just randomly get lag at some point after playing, then it's back to...
  33. E

    Solved! Dell Inspiron 7567 Gaming Laptop 30 FPS Cap When Not Plugged In

    I recently bought the Dell Inspiron 7567. It has an i5 7300HQ and a GTX 1050 4GB. When the laptop is plugged in to power I get great frame rates (60-120 FPS) on the games I play (CS:GO, Fortnite, etc.). When I unplug the laptop it immediately caps my FPS to 30 no matter what my graphics settings...
  34. R

    Laptop GTX965M 100% GPU usage Low FPS

    Sometime when I start a game, my FPS significantly dropped from what it was normally (150+) down to 10-50 fps depends on the game (Fortnite, League of Legends, Roblox). This started happening after Fortnite partnered with NVIDIA and enable Highlights in game. I accidentally pressed yes to turn...
  35. I

    Lag spikes and low fps when there shouldn be at all

    i have intel dual i5 3120 2.5ghz processor and GT 630M 2GB graphics alongside 6GB RAM in my samsung laptop and im having some lag spikes and low fps sometimes playing gta iv or crysis 2 and 3...games start normaly and everything works fine and gameplay is great and sometimes just boom i get low...
  36. O

    low gaming performance

    my laptop has CPU: 2.4GHz Intel Core i7-4700HQ (quad-core, 6MB cache, up to 3.4GHz with Turbo Boost) Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M (4GB GDDR5 RAM); Intel HD Graphics 4600 RAM: 16GB DDR3L (2x 8GB, 1,600MHz) and when i play assassin's creed origins and middle earth shadow of war on low it...
  37. D

    Low FPS in CSGO

    Intel Core i3 6006u 2.0ghz Nvidia MX150 2gb 4 gb of ram I have tried all graphic settings and resolutions and i always get 0 - 100 fps and my cpu and gpu load is around 30 - 40% also i have noticed when i go in task manager my disk is always at 100% load
  38. R

    Razer Blade LOW FPS

    I had my razer blade for about 3 yrs not at first my maximum fps was about 120 as for as i can remember not the fps is now ranging from 15-30 just from playing Dota 2 . What could be the problem? could i still fix this? or is its just because its old? I tried refomatting the laptop , disk...
  39. H

    Solved! Good computer is getting very low fps

    I have a computer with8gbram 1050ti and a core 2 quad 2.83ghz but whenever I run any simple game I get very low fps ,like really low and I tried running the same games in my laptop with Intel hd graphics and the game runs fine pls help I have Windows 10 pro btw
  40. ak195

    Sudden Low FPS in Game

    Hello everyone, I'm having issue of low fps in Wolfenstien 2 The new Collossus. When I was playing with Gigabyte GTX 750 OC 2GB GPU, at high setting the fps was perfect and no stutters. But when I started to play with Gigabyte 1050ti Windforce 4GB, first time everything was fine but after...
  41. M

    DELL XPS 9560 GTX 1050 4GB - Low FPS - Horrible Performance

    Ok to start off I'm new to this so sorry if I posted this wrong. I have a new Dell XPS 15 9560 4k 16GB 512SSD with the 1050 4gb card - Windows 10. Right off the bat I had problems with the graphics card giving very low FPS and performance in benchmarks. To make sure It was not bloatware or a...
  42. T

    I got my laptop repaired and the game graphics get worse

    I dropped my laptop and it's broken so i had it to repair. The repair shop replaced the cpu cooler and the hdd and install window 10 for me(although i think it's cracked because it's not on the bill). After i bring it home and played half life 2. Normally, I would get around 150-200 fps on max...
  43. R

    Good Gaming Laptop Low fps

    why does my gaming latop have low fps? i have a gtx 1050ti and i7-7700 hq quadcore my ram and everything else are very good too. Dell inspiron 15 7000 gaming
  44. M

    Laptop GTX 1060 problem LOW FPS

    Hi. I have a problem and desperately need help. I have ASUS ROG gaming laptop, model Strix GL702VM-DB74 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KB0X0OQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 i7 6700 16 GB RAM GTX 1060 6GB Windows 10 It run great for a while, CS:GO over 150 FPS, Overwatch at...
  45. V

    LOW Gaming FPS on AMD R7 M360 Laptop

    I get low fps on Lenovo I500 Laptop Configuration: Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon (TM) R7 M360 Current Bus Settings - PCI Express 3.0 x4 BIOS Version - 015.048.000.064 BIOS Date - 2015/06/14 21:55 Memory Size - 4096 MB Memory Type - DDR3 Memory Clock - 900 MHz Core Clock - 980 MHz Total Memory...
  46. C

    Powerful laptop hot, noisy and low fps

    Hi, I've had this laptop for 3 years now and never had any problems with it. When I first got it, it was outstanding. However, I went to university and didn't use it for 8 months or so and it was just turned off. I've started using it again and its very hot, very loud and the fps in any game is...
  47. A

    Laptop CPU frequency drops while playing games

    (First post here) I have been recently getting freq drops while gaming. Even a fresh install of windows didnt fix it. I also opened the laptop and cleaned the dust using cotton swaps, but that made no difference. I monitored the cpu using HW monitor: I have power settings at high performance...
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    I suddenly got low fps on GTA 5 upon whipping my alienware

    Hello everyone. A month ago i whipped my alienware laptop due to it being cluttered. Upon whipping my alienware everything got deleted which meant everything had to be reinstalled again including gta 5. After i reinstalled the game i was expecting to get the normal 50+ fps but instead i was...
  49. J

    HP Omen 2017 GTX 1060 very low FPS

    Hello everyone, I'm new to this website but since I feel hopeless I thought that I might as well try to find help here. Recently I bought the 2017 HP Omen with the i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060 6GB (Max-Q which is underclocked compared to a normal GTX 1060 but only by about 10%), 16gb RAM and I have a 2...
  50. A

    My laptop is very laggy

    I'm using lenovo laptop with this specs : intel core i3 M380 CPU 2 GB RAM DDR3 intel HD Graphics windows 7 x32 The laptop have to lag in all situations, it's lag while windows is running, lag on the windows loading boot screen, lag on bios setup screen.. the lag still happens after I...
  51. F

    MSI 62VR 7RE dominator pro laptop - low fps when gaming

    Hi guys, I realize there are quite a few threads on this topic but I'm hoping for individualized advice before taking drastic measures such as a clean reinstall. I was able to play The Witcher 3 on ultra with good fps, until recently when it dropped to 15 fps all of a sudden. I had never...
  52. S

    Gaming laptop having low fps on CSGO (Asus ROG GL552JX-DM536D)

    Last week i didn't have any problem playing csgo with my 150-175 fps on my CSGO but out of nowhere my fps dropped to 80-100 and having hard time to play in 80-100 fps i tried ti reinstall my windows and it is still like that 80-110 now RIG : I7-4750 HQ @2.00Ghz GTX 950M 4GB RAM 8GB Windows Home...
  53. V

    Overclocking Nvidia 920M

    Hello, So i have got very very low budged laptop for now because my family bough new apartament and car and i have got low fps on all games like 50 on league of legends on low settings. I've got 8 ram and nvidia 920M. I decided to overclock it but tell me how much should... I have got...
  54. D

    My computer does not run as well as it is rated and i can't figure out how to fix it.

    All my games seem to run badly and i don't know how to fix it. I have tried a lot of things to fix it. From what i can guess it has something to do with my GPU and or ram. My evidence is that for some harder to run games like killing floor 2 i get a very high amount of page faults like over a...
  55. M

    Cpu or the GPU wont max out

    So im playin some LoL and im geting pretty low fps. i have I3 3220 and RX460 and any of them max out. Cpu sits on 40% Gpu sits on 24% FPS that im getting are from 80 to 130 at the most. help pls. P.S i have 6gb ram.
  56. G

    GTX 950m Low FPS on second monitor

    Hi guys, I am experiencing a 10 FPS slowdown when gaming on my second monitor (an Asus 23" via HDMI cable) as opposed to on my laptop screen. I thought that the HDMI should be fast enough to not have any lag? Somehow it doesn't seem to be the case. It does not matter if I disable my...
  57. M

    Chip Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor 0x6742 Dxdiag

    In dxdiag the Chip type is AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6742).Is this an error or is it supposed to be like this?Even if I tried to unistall and reinstall the graphic drivers (radeon hd 7610m) it remains the same.This happened after I changed my HDD with a new one and now I have fps drops in...
  58. T

    Nextbook Ares 11 low fps all the time can't do anything

    The tablet every time I get on a game or watch a video the fps drops to 2 like from 50 and takes about a minute for it just to go back to normal its horrible I can't do anything plz help :(
  59. G

    Low Performance for the specs I have...

    Hi guys, I've been facing a problem on my new Asus laptop that is not even a week old yet. Specs: -core i5-7200U -Nvidia GeForce GT 940MX -1TB HDD -12GB RAM The performance that I am getting out of this machine definitely doesn't match up to the specs of the PC. Tranfer speeds from a USB...
  60. R

    Low FPS Problem

    I currently have a gaming laptop and up until now I am getting very low frames. I am currently using a i7-4710HQ, 2.5ghz CPU with a 860m GTX. Windows 10 Creators Build I had my NVIDIA Control Panel setup with a 120FPS constantly running and had no issues but all of sudden I am getting 20-30 FPS...