Sudden FPS drop on my new laptop

Sudden FPS drop on my new laptop

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Posted by: Krino.4501

Krino.4501

Q:

I recently bought the new Asus G750JH and have been enjoying gw2 in it for 2 weeks now.
before getting the massive fps drop, i’ve been recently seeing flashes of the “gw2 game error window” every time i quit the game. i normally get 50+ fps in wvw even playing against massive zergs in ultra settings, my laptop never heats up and absolutely quiet, but just recently (3-4hours before posting this thread) my fps suddenly dropped to 16-24 while doing wvw and never went back to 50, at first i thought it is an internet problem and so i tried some games like l4d2 and dota2 but both games are running perfectly fine. there seems to be nothing wrong w/ my laptop it is still running normally and actually feels cold in touch. please help me optimize the fps w/o dropping the visual settings (if possible) and please try to explain whats going on, in most basic terms. im not a techie guy. thanks.

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Posted by: Xystus.3241

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A:

Just thinking… what power setting do you have your laptop on? Battery Saving/Balanced/High Performance?

Are you at the latest nVidia drivers?

It sounds like a throttling of the CPU/GPU, but temps don’t see to be an issue.

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The fact you say its “quiet” seems wrong. While it may feel cool to touch, doesn’t mean the CPU and GPU are being throttle to prevent overheating.

I would recommend HW Monitor from CPUID http://www.cpuid.com/ and watch your temps.

It’s hard to compare game to game; as the engines that run the games are different. Because of this, they interact differently.

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snip.

here you go, my laptop temp while playing gw2.
oh and weirdly enough, changing the graphics settings in-game to lowest, doesn’t help at all. fps still stays at 14-20 and also just t add more info, since after the 1st fps drop, loading screens now takes more time and alt-tabbing back into the game have a longer duration of black screen.

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thanks!, my laptop was at “power4gear battery saving” mode i tried switching it to “balance” and there was a drastic change. thanks for helping!

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No problem. Honestly, as long as you are plugged in to an AC connection, push it to power4gear High Performance.

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