Low FPS with a high spec machine

Vilvion · October 21, 2020

I have an Acer Predator Helios 300 with the following specs -

Intel core i510300H

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650Ti

8 GB of DDR4 RAM

4 GB of GDDR6 VRAM

I'm able to run Dota 2 on my laptop at an average FPS of 60, although with this hardware I think I should be pushing way above it.

What I have done till now -

Went into NVIDIA control panels to select GTX 1650 Ti as my global and dota 2 specific processor

Changed power settings to high performance

Plugged in while playing

Turned off battery and in game optimization in GeForce experience

Razor Cortex to disable all background apps

Set Dota 2 priority as high in task manager

My GPU driver and windows 10 are up to date

Downloaded chipset support for 10th gen processor from hardware manufacturer's website

Play with GPU Overclocked

No temp throttle ensured

My Cinebench R20 score is 1850

Heaven 4.0 score is 1721 after OC

In game settings - ultra mode for dota 2, all settings except V sync turned on and I would like to keep it that way as in my limited knowledge I feel like my system should be able to maintain that at a fps of 90-100 at the least. Unless I have overestimated my specs' ability but the vast majority of performance runs I've seen all over the net make me think that they can

I'm not sure if I have misunderstood the capabilities of my system here or if any further upgrades are required to my system to run it at a higher FPS.