MX150 Severe Performance Deficit

[Dysgenics]

Hi guys,

 

I have a bit of a dilemma regarding a laptop I use for light gaming while away at University. It has GTX MX150 graphics and an Intel i5-7200U chipset.

 

Recently noticed a massive performance drop (which makes it unusable because it was low already lol). I did the UNIGINE Heaven benchmark and it got a score of 205 and a max fps of 14.9 for high settings.

 

For reference, I did the same benchmark with my older laptop that uses a 940MX and the same chipset which got a score of 530 and a max fps of 37.3. It's lowest was 14..

 

Temperatures hover around 55-65 Celsius (under load).

 

I've done a BIOS update, rolled back Windows updates, reinstalled drivers and I can't think of anything else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

This is also my first post, so I'm sorry if I haven't followed guidelines or what not - it's all a bit daunting.

[SleepTheDruid]

1 hour ago, Dysgenics said:

Hi guys,

 

I have a bit of a dilemma regarding a laptop I use for light gaming while away at University. It has GTX MX150 graphics and an Intel i5-7200U chipset.

 

Recently noticed a massive performance drop (which makes it unusable because it was low already lol). I did the UNIGINE Heaven benchmark and it got a score of 205 and a max fps of 14.9 for high settings.

 

For reference, I did the same benchmark with my older laptop that uses a 940MX and the same chipset which got a score of 530 and a max fps of 37.3. It's lowest was 14..

 

Temperatures hover around 55-65 Celsius (under load).

 

I've done a BIOS update, rolled back Windows updates, reinstalled drivers and I can't think of anything else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

This is also my first post, so I'm sorry if I haven't followed guidelines or what not - it's all a bit daunting.

Try to force the dedicated GPU in Nvidia settings, in some Windows updates they override the default GPU back to the Intel one, it has happened to some friends' PCs in the past.

If this is not the case the temperatures seem fine but it can just be throttling for some reason. Have you used DDU to uninstall the drivers?