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Fast Laptop Randomly Starts To Run Games Laggy And Slow!!! (Please Help Me) <3

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Oct 30, 2016
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So I have had this Toshiba p855-s5200 for a while now. The thing ran like a beast sometimes it would get (Call Of Duty Black Ops 2) To High Settings While Recording! But one day it just took a poop on me and it can't even run the game on low without recording? Here Is The Laptop (((http://notebooks.com/2013/01/01/toshiba-satellite-p855-s5200-review/))) As you see its pretty old but has a pretty powerful cpu in it!

(Info)
-Runs at 48-53C while idle (Found With Core Temp)
- 3% CPU 15% MEMORY 0-3% DISK 0% NETWORK :While Idle: (Found With Task Manager)

(Image Of Graphics Properties)
https://www.mediafire.com/?epht6m5bn0t0na2

IMAGES FROM GPU-Z WHILE IDLE
((https://www.mediafire.com/?ge4jfjauoe77xv2))
((https://www.mediafire.com/?wc10c09sok1xd7t))

(Specs)

- Core i7-3610QM Processor
-Intel 4000 Graphics
-8Gb Ram
-500Gb
-15.6-inches, 1366 x 768
-4 USB 3.0 (2 with sleep and charge)

I Have Tried


-Running Malware Bytes
-Reinstalled Windows 10
-Made Sure All Drivers Are Up To Date
-Updated BIOS
-Cleaned RAM And Inside Laptop
-Cooling Pad
Turning off for 3 days
-Keeping Idle with everything unplugged for a day
-uninstalling and reinstalling drivers!

THANKS GUYS HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP!!!
 
Solution
If your computer suddenly slowed down, as you said, is it possible it might have a virus? Run a scan. Viruses are different from malware, so try a free program like Avast or AVG.


It is not generally advisable to try and run games and record at the same time using only onboard graphics. You need to buy a graphics card to run games smoothly.
 
If your computer suddenly slowed down, as you said, is it possible it might have a virus? Run a scan. Viruses are different from malware, so try a free program like Avast or AVG.


 
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