Hey guys, first time here, hope you guys could help with a problem since Asus Tech support hasnt gotten back to me in a few days(and probably won't since it's the weekend).
Ok so I got an Asus g72gx (gaming laptop from Best Buy(birthday present/no place for a desktop)) and I've had it for about a year and a half now. Specs(abbreviated version):
◦Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700
Features 2 processing cores, 1066MHz system bus, 3MB L2 cache and 2.53GHz processor speed per core.
◦6GB DDR2 memory
◦17.3" LED-backlit LCD high-definition plus widescreen display
With 1600 x 900 resolution.
◦500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
◦NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics Features 1GB GDDR3.
◦Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system preinstalled
Now, I know it's not the GREATEST laptop/gaming rig ever and it's old technology, but granted, it's decent.
Problem: For several months now, whenever I play any demanding games, it runs like *** even on low graphics. The framerate drops to i'd say about 5fps and it stays there. I restart the game, nope. I'm forced to restart the whole ******* laptop to fix it. Lower end games(bastion, spacechem, beat hazard, F.E.A.R.) run fine and I never have this issue. However, as soon as I touch a game like Darksiders, The Witcher, Fable 3, Dragon Age, ***...even Magicka...within somewhere between 5-30 minutes, the frames drop and the game is unplayable. Everything else runs fine it's not like the whole laptop just cripples, just the game even if I minimize it. I checked the resource monitor and nothing is really doing too much work and the cpu temp is between 45-55 C.
Any ideas what the issue could be/how to fix it? Id appreciate some help guys!
tl;dr: fps drops to about 5fps no more than half an hour into games, what do?
Ok so I got an Asus g72gx (gaming laptop from Best Buy(birthday present/no place for a desktop)) and I've had it for about a year and a half now. Specs(abbreviated version):
◦Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P8700
Features 2 processing cores, 1066MHz system bus, 3MB L2 cache and 2.53GHz processor speed per core.
◦6GB DDR2 memory
◦17.3" LED-backlit LCD high-definition plus widescreen display
With 1600 x 900 resolution.
◦500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
◦NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics Features 1GB GDDR3.
◦Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit operating system preinstalled
Now, I know it's not the GREATEST laptop/gaming rig ever and it's old technology, but granted, it's decent.
Problem: For several months now, whenever I play any demanding games, it runs like *** even on low graphics. The framerate drops to i'd say about 5fps and it stays there. I restart the game, nope. I'm forced to restart the whole ******* laptop to fix it. Lower end games(bastion, spacechem, beat hazard, F.E.A.R.) run fine and I never have this issue. However, as soon as I touch a game like Darksiders, The Witcher, Fable 3, Dragon Age, ***...even Magicka...within somewhere between 5-30 minutes, the frames drop and the game is unplayable. Everything else runs fine it's not like the whole laptop just cripples, just the game even if I minimize it. I checked the resource monitor and nothing is really doing too much work and the cpu temp is between 45-55 C.
Any ideas what the issue could be/how to fix it? Id appreciate some help guys!
tl;dr: fps drops to about 5fps no more than half an hour into games, what do?