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sudden drop in FPS while gaming

tharunreddy1997.g

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Nov 7, 2017
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Hi,
i've been using my laptop for a year now...
I used to play CSGO at 120 fps but recently the fps drops to 40 for 5-10 seconds with a lot of fan noise and this repeats every 5 minutes...
i tried to update drivers and all ... but nothing works
what could be the problem?
specs:
hp pavilion 15-bc000 notebook,
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
8gb RAM,
nvidea GTX 950m 2GB graphics,
please help....
thanks in advance :)


 
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Question from tharunreddy1997.g : "sudden drop in FPS while gaming"

Hi,
i've been using my laptop for a year now...
I used to play CSGO at 120 fps but recently the fps drops to 40 for 5-10 seconds with a lot of fan noise and this repeats every 5 minutes...
i tried to update drivers and all ... but nothing works
what could be the problem?
specs:
hp pavilion 15-bc000 notebook,
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
8gb RAM,
nvidea GTX 950m 2GB graphics,
please help....
thanks in advance :)