Why is my laptop losing FPS during gaming?
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TechWizard99
I've been experiencing a weird performance issue with my laptop over the last three days. While playing, I notice that my FPS drops significantly after about 20 minutes of gameplay. I have a G5-H3FR35KH laptop, and initially, I thought it might be due to overheating since the temperatures were hitting 90 to 98 degrees. To combat this, I disabled the CPU turbo boost. After that, when I launched Red Dead Redemption 2 again, the temperature stayed around 82 degrees, but I still saw a drop in performance. The perf test showed that my FPS went from an average of 90 to 48 in an hour. I'm really baffled because this issue seems to have popped up overnight, and I'm not sure what could be causing it.
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Sounds like a classic Nvidia driver issue. You might want to roll back your Nvidia drivers to version 566 from early December since the newer ones seem to be causing problems for a lot of users. Just uninstall the current drivers, then install the older version and see if that helps!
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I faced something similar, and the Nvidia driver rollback really helped me out. If you have a guide you can follow, make sure to check the specific steps for your laptop model. I followed one here, which helped eliminate stuttering and lag. Definitely worth checking it out!
TechWizard99: Thank you so much! I followed your advice and it fixed the problem.
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CuriousCat08: Okay, I'll give that a shot. Can you tell me how exactly to roll back the drivers?
TechWizard99: Actually, my laptop worked fine just last week, so I’m not sure that’s the problem either.