Solved! Why is my laptop running all games 10-15fps?

[takajeejee]

I have a lenovo ideapad 320. It has 4gb DDR4, AMD Radeon 530 and intel pentium N4200 1.1 ghz. I tried running a couple of games like Counter-Strike Global Offensive and Dota2. I read online that the 530 could easily run these games but i barely broke 15fps. And i have already checked that the laptop is not using the integrated graphics for gaming and i have also opted in the Amd settings to get the most power out of the GPU instead of saving batterylife. I also have the laptop plugged into the wall and i am not using any battery saving settings in the games. So could anyone tell me what is wrong?

 

[rgd1101]

because the cpu/gpu is weak

 

[takajeejee]

because the cpu/gpu is weak

But i looked at benchmarks and the 530 runs those before mentioned titles easily, so how am i getting such a bad performance?

 

[WildCard999]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

 

[King_V]

With the same GPU, same CPU, and same resolution and detail settings?

 

[rgd1101]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

Good catch. ideapad 320 doesn't come with Radeon 530
a $200 notebook not going to play much of anything

 

[takajeejee]

With the same GPU, same CPU, and same resolution and detail settings?

Same GPU the cpu is not specified and i tried running the games at lowest settings, with lowest resolutions possible and got results worse than what they were in medium with better resolutions in the benchmarks.

 

[takajeejee]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

This is picked straight out of the AMD settings panel (Sorry about the Finnish language but i think you are going to understand the numbers anyways)

Grafiikkakortin valmistaja - Powered by AMD
Grafiikkapiirisarja - AMD Radeon(TM) 530
Laitetunnus - 6900
Väylätyyppi - PCI Express 3.0
Nykyiset väyläasetukset - PCI Express 2.0 x4
Muistin koko - 2048 MB
Muistin tyyppi - GDDR5
Muistin kellotaajuus - 1000 MHz
Ytimen kellotaajuus - 891 MHz
Muistin kokonaiskaistanleveys - 32 GByte/s

 

[WildCard999]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

Good catch. ideapad 320 doesn't come with Radeon 530
a $200 notebook not going to play much of anything

With the same GPU, same CPU, and same resolution and detail settings?

Same GPU the cpu is not specified and i tried running the games at lowest settings, with lowest resolutions possible and got results worse than what they were in medium with better resolutions in the benchmarks.

It's because the Celeron/Pentium version of those CPU's have a very poor iGPU (HD 505), the higher end models such as the i3-7100U (or better) have the Intel HD 620 that at a sub 1080P resolution should play those games at a decent FPS. At 1366x768 the HD 620 handles CSGO easily at medium settings.
https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5sTXOdqJM

 

[WildCard999]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

This is picked straight out of the AMD settings panel (Sorry about the Finnish language but i think you are going to understand the numbers anyways)

Grafiikkakortin valmistaja - Powered by AMD
Grafiikkapiirisarja - AMD Radeon(TM) 530
Laitetunnus - 6900
Väylätyyppi - PCI Express 3.0
Nykyiset väyläasetukset - PCI Express 2.0 x4
Muistin koko - 2048 MB
Muistin tyyppi - GDDR5
Muistin kellotaajuus - 1000 MHz
Ytimen kellotaajuus - 891 MHz
Muistin kokonaiskaistanleveys - 32 GByte/s

Can you post the exact model from the Lenovo Website?

 

[takajeejee]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

This is picked straight out of the AMD settings panel (Sorry about the Finnish language but i think you are going to understand the numbers anyways)

Grafiikkakortin valmistaja - Powered by AMD
Grafiikkapiirisarja - AMD Radeon(TM) 530
Laitetunnus - 6900
Väylätyyppi - PCI Express 3.0
Nykyiset väyläasetukset - PCI Express 2.0 x4
Muistin koko - 2048 MB
Muistin tyyppi - GDDR5
Muistin kellotaajuus - 1000 MHz
Ytimen kellotaajuus - 891 MHz
Muistin kokonaiskaistanleveys - 32 GByte/s

Can you post the exact model from the Lenovo Website?

I found this one:
https/www3.lenovo.com/my/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Ideapad-320-14-AMD/p/88IP3000849

 

[takajeejee]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

This is picked straight out of the AMD settings panel (Sorry about the Finnish language but i think you are going to understand the numbers anyways)

Grafiikkakortin valmistaja - Powered by AMD
Grafiikkapiirisarja - AMD Radeon(TM) 530
Laitetunnus - 6900
Väylätyyppi - PCI Express 3.0
Nykyiset väyläasetukset - PCI Express 2.0 x4
Muistin koko - 2048 MB
Muistin tyyppi - GDDR5
Muistin kellotaajuus - 1000 MHz
Ytimen kellotaajuus - 891 MHz
Muistin kokonaiskaistanleveys - 32 GByte/s

Can you post the exact model from the Lenovo Website?

I found this one:
https/www3.lenovo.com/my/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Ideapad-320-14-AMD/p/88IP3000849

 

[WildCard999]

Yup that's your problem, poor CPU performance with a low end iGPU.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-620-Mobile-Kaby-Lake-vs-AMD-Radeon-R5/m153579vsm12264

Wherever you read that your system can smoothly play those games is spreading misinformation.

 

[rgd1101]

Maybe you confused the Radeon HD 530v with the Intel HD 530, the difference is massive.
http/gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-530-Mobile-Skylake-vs-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-530v/m34955vsm10176

This is picked straight out of the AMD settings panel (Sorry about the Finnish language but i think you are going to understand the numbers anyways)

Grafiikkakortin valmistaja - Powered by AMD
Grafiikkapiirisarja - AMD Radeon(TM) 530
Laitetunnus - 6900
Väylätyyppi - PCI Express 3.0
Nykyiset väyläasetukset - PCI Express 2.0 x4
Muistin koko - 2048 MB
Muistin tyyppi - GDDR5
Muistin kellotaajuus - 1000 MHz
Ytimen kellotaajuus - 891 MHz
Muistin kokonaiskaistanleveys - 32 GByte/s

Can you post the exact model from the Lenovo Website?

I found this one:
https/www3.lenovo.com/my/en/laptops/ideapad/ideapad-300-series/Ideapad-320-14-AMD/p/88IP3000849

You have a N4200 yet the link have amd cpu, so what do you have?

 

[WildCard999]

OP linked this to me in message.
https/www3.lenovo.com/fi/fi/laptops/ideapad/300-series/Ideapad-320-14-Intel-IKB/p/88IP3000841

Odd specs though that don't exactly line up. Seems like the build has the N4200 but also the Radeon 530. I asked the OP to update the N4200 iGPU/Radeon 530 drivers and to see if performance improves, has yet to respond.

 

[takajeejee]

OP linked this to me in message.
https/www3.lenovo.com/fi/fi/laptops/ideapad/300-series/Ideapad-320-14-Intel-IKB/p/88IP3000841

Odd specs though that don't exactly line up. Seems like the build has the N4200 but also the Radeon 530. I asked the OP to update the N4200 iGPU/Radeon 530 drivers and to see if performance improves, has yet to respond.

I updated the Radeon 530 drivers and now when i try to play Counter-strike the game again uses the integrated intel hd graphics instead of the 530 and my whole computer shuts down randomly when i tried to play. I tried several times and every time the computer would turn off.

https/www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhQYMMMWMc&list=UUPAkeaDK2_wd397UYiHbiqg
Here is quick video i filmed about what is happening.

 

[rgd1101]

return the laptop.

 

[janeb3918]

Have you tried to disable the Game DVR or full-screen optimization? if not, try it right away.

 

[fagetti]

download HWMONITOR and post your temperatures under load, cpu system and gpu.

 

[takajeejee]

download HWMONITOR and post your temperatures under load, cpu system and gpu.

It turns out that Lenovo put an actually decent graphics card in a laptop with no graphics card cooling at all. The cpu works fine because the only cooling in the laptop is focused on that. The gpu is not cooled at all.