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Laptop not performing as it should

bamboozle21

Commendable
Jun 19, 2016
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I have a Sager NP8651 laptop with

GTX 970m
Intel i7-4720HQ @ 2.60 GHZ
8gb of ram
Intel HD Graphics 4600
and a 850 SSD 120gb

My friend has the same laptop as i do and I'm running overwatch on low and getting 30 fps. He runs it on Ultra and gets 70+. I've downloaded new graphics drivers and checked my nvidia control panel.

Edit: My friend has Windows 8.1 and I have Windows 10, could this be the problem?
 
Solution
Check the website and see if a new BIOS is availabel for the mobo ...also look in startup for unneeded apps and remove them - they could be eating up DRAM needlessly


I made sure I have all the latest drivers, but I don't know what you mean by a newer BIOS.
 
Check the website and see if a new BIOS is availabel for the mobo ...also look in startup for unneeded apps and remove them - they could be eating up DRAM needlessly
 
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