I've been experiencing frustrating FPS drops when I play games on Steam or other single-player titles. Initially, everything runs smoothly for about 10 to 30 minutes, but then the frames per second plummet below 10 and stay there until I restart the game. This issue just started happening recently, and I've had no problems prior to this. For reference, I'm using a gaming laptop with an Intel i7-9750H CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a GTX 1650 GPU.
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It sounds like you might be dealing with thermal throttling. Check your laptop's temperatures; if they're too high, it can cause those FPS drops. I recommend doing a couple of things: first, consider reapplying thermal paste and cleaning out the fans again. Also, undervolting your CPU and GPU can help, but make sure you do your research on that to avoid any performance loss.
Thermal throttling is definitely something to look into. I had a similar issue where my FPS dropped significantly due to overheating. It’s a good move to monitor your temperatures during gaming sessions. You might consider checking out benchmarking software to see how your system performs before and during the FPS drops.
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