GPU and CPU problems

[Timvdb]

Hello,

 

Recently I'm having big issues when playing games on 1080p with my system. Even 720 fps drops under 30 now. Before I had a steady 80+ fps with way higher settings.

To provide as much info as possible I have a link with some more info: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/17294699 If any more info is required, send me a message.

 

Thanks for your help!

[NinJake]

Please list your full system specs here if possible. More info into what games you're playing and what your settings are for the games in question.

[FloRolf]

Well it's certainly not a gaming laptop but if you say it performed better then you sure changes something. 

Which games are you talking about? 

Have you checked cpu/gpu/ram utilization, temperatures etc. Under gaming load? 

 

Maybe the fan died and now it's thermal throttling? 

[boey]

6 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Please list your full system specs here if possible. More info into what games you're playing and what your settings are for the games in question.

6700hq

960m

256gb ssd

1tb hdd

1x8gb 2133mhz ddr4

9 minutes ago, Timvdb said:

Hello,

 

Recently I'm having big issues when playing games on 1080p with my system. Even 720 fps drops under 30 now. Before I had a steady 80+ fps with way higher settings.

To provide as much info as possible I have a link with some more info: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/17294699 If any more info is required, send me a message.

 

Thanks for your help!

Follow the instructions in this video to monitor temperatures in game, they should not be exceeding 85C. 80-85 is cutting it close but should still be okay. 79 and below is ideal for a laptop.

[Timvdb]

7 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Please list your full system specs here if possible. More info into what games you're playing and what your settings are for the games in question.

Here are the full specs: 

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60Hz Turbo 3.50HZ

Memory: 8GB DDR4 Single 2133 Hz

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 2GB

 

To provide some more info I've created a .TXT file with CPU-Z with all the other data in it.

 

Games I'm playing: CSGO at low, Fortnite on low with low res. R6S all low, Rocket League Ultra , GTA V low but medium textures.

 

 

MSI.txt

[NinJake]

Yeah I'm going to assume it's getting too hot or you are playing games with settings that is taxing your graphics card too much. @_d0nut has a good recommendation to figure out if this might be the issue or not.

[Timvdb]

14 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Well it's certainly not a gaming laptop but if you say it performed better then you sure changes something. 

Which games are you talking about? 

Have you checked cpu/gpu/ram utilization, temperatures etc. Under gaming load? 

 

Maybe the fan died and now it's thermal throttling? 

Hello, Games I'm playing: CSGO at low, Fortnite on low with low res. R6S all low, Rocket League Ultra , GTA V low but medium textures.

CPU is pretty much always above 10% on idle. Ram is always 50% with nothing running in background. GPU is 0% when not gaming and I think its thermal throttling because when gaming it is always above 87°C or higher and the CPU goes back to 2.6Ghz or lower.

 

EDIT: 

CPU Throttled

96%

 according to userbenchmark: 

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/17294699

Both fans are running above 4000Rpm 

[SpookyCitrus]

5 minutes ago, Timvdb said:

Hello, Games I'm playing: CSGO at low, Fortnite on low with low res. R6S all low, Rocket League Ultra , GTA V low but medium textures.

CPU is pretty much always above 10% on idle. Ram is always 50% with nothing running in background. GPU is 0% when not gaming and I think its thermal throttling because when gaming it is always above 87°C or higher and the CPU goes back to 2.6Ghz or lower.

 

EDIT: 

CPU Throttled

96%

 according to userbenchmark: 

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/17294699

Both fans are running above 4000Rpm 

Yeah try re-pasting both the CPU and GPU, should alleviate the problem. A majority of those 900 series GPU laptops have this problem after a few years. The thermal paste dries out pretty quickly and the temps skyrocket and the laptop thermal throttles like crazy. Might also want to think about an upgrade as that laptop is getting fairly outdated and the 960M has the performance of a 750ti.

[Timvdb]

15 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Yeah try re-pasting both the CPU and GPU, should alleviate the problem. A majority of those 900 series GPU laptops have this problem after a few years. The thermal paste dries out pretty quickly and the temps skyrocket and the laptop thermal throttles like crazy. Might also want to think about an upgrade as that laptop is getting fairly outdated and the 960M has the performance of a 750ti.

Hello thank you for replying. It seems like upgrading is the best choice here. I've been looking to some stuff that fit in my budget and I think a RTX 2060 would be the good GPU in my case.Will 16 GB Dual Channel DDR4 2666MHz would do the job for now? For the CPU there are two choices. 1:A Intel Core i5 9400F (800$ for the whole build) or 2: An Intel core i5 9600K with Cooler Master Master Liquid ML240L RGB water cooling. (1000$) The mobo is MSI B360M Pro VH which has not OC support so thats why I doubt between these two CPU's. An ASUS TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI Intel1151,DDR4,mATX) will bring the cost up to 1.139,98$ which doesn't fit in my budget ATM. What are your thoughts. 

 

Regards.

[SpookyCitrus]

21 minutes ago, Timvdb said:

Hello thank you for replying. It seems like upgrading is the best choice here. I've been looking to some stuff that fit in my budget and I think a RTX 2060 would be the good GPU in my case.Will 16 GB Dual Channel DDR4 2666MHz would do the job for now? For the CPU there are two choices. 1:A Intel Core i5 9400F (800$ for the whole build) or 2: An Intel core i5 9600K with Cooler Master Master Liquid ML240L RGB water cooling. (1000$) The mobo is MSI B360M Pro VH which has not OC support so thats why I doubt between these two CPU's. An ASUS TUF Z390M-PRO GAMING (WI-FI Intel1151,DDR4,mATX) will bring the cost up to 1.139,98$ which doesn't fit in my budget ATM. What are your thoughts. 

 

Regards.

What's your budget and country? I can put together some builds for you in your budget.

[Timvdb]

6 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

What's your budget and country? I can put together some builds for you in your budget.

My budget is around €1000. I live in belgium. 

 

Thanks for your help!

[SpookyCitrus]

Here is a couple builds, you can still go for the 2060 with the 9600k build but it adds about 90-100 or more to the pice and the performance isn't too far off depending on OC and model from the 1660ti. And the case is completely optional, you can make changes as you see fit. For the Ryzen system Gen 3 comes out in July so it would be a good idea to wait and see what either the 2nd gen prices drop to or how much better gen 3 is. If the ones you are looking at are good specs for around the same price or less go for it. I put these together pretty quickly so if anyone wants to add or change anything go for it.

 

 

i5-9600k Build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor	€256.89 @ Mindfactory
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	€32.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	ASRock - Z390 Pro4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	€122.80 @ Alza
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€78.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€32.50 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€66.40 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	€287.94 @ Mindfactory
Case	Phanteks - P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	€59.90 @ ARLT
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€90.59 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€1028.82
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-30 20:16 CEST+0200

Ryzen 5 2600x Build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	€178.89 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard	€101.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	€78.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€32.50 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€66.40 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	MSI - GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB VENTUS OC Video Card	€358.84 @ Mindfactory
Case	Phanteks - P300 ATX Mid Tower Case	€59.90 @ ARLT
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€90.59 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€968.01
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-30 20:25 CEST+0200

i5 - 9400f Build:

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i5-9400F 2.9 GHz 6-Core Processor	€151.90 @ Caseking
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 42 CFM CPU Cooler	€32.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard	ASRock - B365M Phantom Gaming 4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	€99.99 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory	€76.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Kingston - A400 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	€32.50 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	€66.40 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card	MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Video Card	€287.94 @ Mindfactory
Case	Fractal Design - Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case	€49.90 @ Caseking
Power Supply	Corsair - RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	€90.59 @ Amazon Deutschland
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	€889.02
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-30 20:44 CEST+0200