GTX 960M / i7 6700hq - 100 fps+ yet stuttering?

[ibrahimqasim]

I have a Dell Inspiron 15 7559 laptop. i7 6700hq + GTX 960M (4GB) + 8GB RAM. All good.

Yet when playing games, even older titles such as Skyrim, Call of Duty 4, Dishonored, etc... there are lag spikes every 10-15 seconds or so where the game just freezes for 2-3 seconds, and then returns to normal. Asides from that the games run fine, over 50 fps+ in almost all cases.

It's making these games almost completely unplayable. Been so many times where there's been an intense moment and I've messed up because of this.

Any ideas?

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

Please do try doing a clean install of the graphics card driver.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the Nvidia graphics driver.
- Next is to open Programs and Features then uninstall anything related to Nvidia.
- Download and install the latest driver once completely uninstalled.
- Here's the link: http/www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
- Reboot the laptop once the latest driver has been installed.
- After the reboot, do also set Nvidia as the default GPU.
- Here's how: http/nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2615/~/how-do-i-customize-optimus-profiles-and-settings%3F
- And do also set Nvidia Power Management to High.
- http/nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3130/~/setting-power-management-mode-from-adaptive-to-maximum-performance