Thermal Throttling from a new 3 week old high end laptop???!!??! WTF!!!

[Nerolex]

so i recently bought the gigabyte p35x v3 3 weeks ago and it was perfect for gaming, had ~110 fps for dota 2, RB6 siege etc. but now, all of a sudden im receiving only around 70% of that original fps. the original temperature when gaming was around 85-91 degrees celsius MAX and now its the same when gaming but lower fps.

Things to know about:
-8gb 980m
-i7 4710hq
-temps reach 90 degrees max at gaming state.
-3 weeks old
-windows 10
-all drivers updated
-did a reset on everything
-using a cooling pad

if the stock thermal compound from gigabyte laptops are the problem, im not really wanting to take apart my laptop just to replace the paste since its still under warranty for the next 1 year and 11 months. but if taking this laptop apart and replacing the thermal paste is the path i must take, then is there a way that i can replace it without tampering with the warranty sticker if there is one?

Thanks!

 

[ffg7]

was there a windows update installed around the time this problem started?

 

[Nerolex]

im not sure but from what i remembered, after playing assassin's creed for 4 hours straight, i went off and let it cool until its at its normal temps (~50 degrees celsius) and then probably like 1 hour or so later i went on dota and i noticed the fps dropped. and afterwards as i tried to solve the problem, it led me to resetting the laptop and now im on windows 10 forever and cant go back to windows 7. but i think at that time before the 4 hours straight of ac 4, i dont think there were any updates. i dont remember restarting my computer for the update.

thanks for reply!

 

[Nerolex]

And please for those desktop users, dont tell me to get a desktop since i need to be mobile for university studies. LOL

 

[ffg7]

so this laptop came with win 7 or 10 originally?

 

[Nerolex]

windows 7 originally

 

[ffg7]

so win7 everything was alright but win 10 it slowed down, correct?

 

[Nerolex]

thats partially correct, but straight after i upgraded to windows 10, everything was as normal. i.e ~110 fps

 

[ffg7]

try a system restore to before this problem started to see if still work ok.

 

[Nerolex]

how do i exactly do this system restore?

 

[ffg7]

read this link. http/windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options

1.Right-click (or press and hold) the Start button, and then select Control Panel.
2. Search Control Panel for Recovery.
3. Select Recovery > Open System Restore > Next.
4. Choose the restore point related to the problematic app, driver, or update, and then select Next > Finish.

 

[Nerolex]

i have no restore points, i created one and its the one right now.

 

[Nerolex]

i dont think i can revert back to windows 7 since i reset my laptop as windows 10.