datcate911

I've decided to reset my windows and keep my personal files and that's what worked for me. A shame that I lost a lot of software in the process but oh well, it fixed my problem.

I've tried this to both games and it didn't fix the problem

Hi, So I've been having a problem with my framerate in games on a new laptop that I just got a few days ago. As seen on the pictures that I took (I couldn't record them), my games are usually low on fps most of the time. However when I alt-tab multiple times (or fast enough, I still haven't figured it out), the game will see a significant improvement in fps. We're talking 20fps+ improvement. After seeing some benchmarks on YouTube, the high fps is what I'm supposed to get all the time but for some reason I need to alt-tab a lot of time just to get to that point. This severely affects multitasking as I can't alt-tab to other programs since that would bring the framerate back down until I alt-tab multiple times again. This is such a hassle and all I want is to gain the high framerate constantly. Something else I've noticed is that changing refresh rate through windows settings from 144Hz to 60Hz improves my fps (I still leave it on 144Hz). I don't think that should happen, monitor's refresh rate shouldn't affect the performance of the laptop. Based on my observations, GPU1 usage is high when the low framerate happens and the opposite during high framerate (GPU2 usage is more). GPU1 = AMD Radeon Graphics and GPU2 = Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU. Things I've tried: 1) Update AMD and NVIDIA drivers. 2) Uninstalled AMD and NVIDIA drivers from "add or remove program" and reinstalling the AMD and NVIDIA drivers 3) Used DDU to uninstall AMD and NVIDIA drivers and reinstalling AMD and NVIDIA drivers. 4) Change my battery settings. 5) Turned off iGPU on armoury crate. 6) Changed the settings in NVIDIA Control Panel. But to no avail, I'm still facing this problem. Does anyone know what I'm dealing with, I've dealt with a lot of software problems but nothing like this. Specifications: - ASUS TUF A15 F506IC - AMD Ryzen 7 4800H - NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3050 - Single-channel 3200Mhz DDR4 8GB Ram - GPU1 = AMD Radeon Graphics - GPU2 = Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

Laptop: ASUS TP500LB Graphics card: Nvidia GT940M Processor: Intel i7 5500u Thermal paste: Grizzly Kryonaut So recently I've replaced the old thermal paste on both of my GPU&CPU (they were crusty and old) and undervolted my CPU because I've been getting a thermal throttle whenever I play games. They would reach up to 80°c to 87°c on average before the thermal paste replacement. After I changed the thermal paste, they only go up to 74°c max and around 70°c on average. Something I've noticed is that this happened only when I play games but when I stress test my CPU it would on go up to 65°c max. The temperature may seem normal but from what I read this is normal for laptops. I know that a thermal throttle is taking place because I use MSI Afterburner to check my GPU's clock speed when I play games. Once it reaches 70°c the clock speed would go down from around 1072Mhz to 600-800Mhz. Oh by the way I also turned off Intel turbo boost. One thing to note from my laptop is that the internal fan is "broken". It still spins and all but the grey part that covers the top of the fan is gone (I snapped it off and now I lost it). The thing is that my laptop was still running fine after this (it happened roughly a year ago). Is it starting to act up now or is there other factors that may contribute to this throttling? Buying the fan would be my last resort so please give me all the suggestions you guys have to offer. Thanks!