I've been struggling with my laptop's performance lately, and it seems like I'm getting really low frame rates—around 4 fps! At first, this only happened with the game Silk Song, but now it seems to affect my entire Steam library. My laptop, an ASUS TUF Gaming A15, is running a Ryzen 9 7940HS and an RTX 4070 graphics card. I originally had 16GB of RAM, but I added two cheap DDR5 16GB sticks. I'm not sure if that's causing any issues.
I've noticed that the problem gets worse with higher resolutions, though switching resolutions back and forth sometimes helps temporarily. I've tried clearing the shader cache and adjusting GPU priority settings, but it doesn't seem to help. Interestingly, my GPU usage is really low—only about 3%—while my CPU is around 30-40% and I'm using about half my RAM. I just want my games to be playable again! Any advice?
2 Answers
Also, make sure your laptop's drivers are up to date. Sometimes performance issues can be resolved just by updating to the latest drivers for your graphics card. You could also try disabling power saving options in your laptop's settings to ensure it’s using the full power of your GPU. Let me know if that helps!
It sounds like your games might be attempting to run on the integrated GPU instead of the RTX 4070. You should check your graphics settings in Windows to make sure the dedicated GPU is set as the preferred option. Sometimes, you might need to go into your NVIDIA Control Panel and configure the settings specifically for your games. This can often fix frame rate issues like the ones you're experiencing.
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