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[Kyoshin]

My specs are

GeForce GTX 960M

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300hq CPU 2.50GHz

7.89 GB RAM

 

and I'm struggling to get above 20 fps on minecraft and decent fps on valorant and I've tried everything.

 

Any tips?

[Downkey]

Just now, Kyoshin said:

My specs are

GeForce GTX 960M

Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300hq CPU 2.50GHz

7.89 GB RAM

 

and I'm struggling to get above 20 fps on minecraft and decent fps on valorant and I've tried everything.

 

Any tips?

First, check your laptop temps, and update your GPU drivers. Also check if you have a virus, or if you always have intensive tasks running the backround.

To improve FPS in Minecraft, 
-Download optfine
-Play on lower settings
-Put more RAM into the game

Valorant is already pretty optimized, so just try to reinstall the game


If none of that works maybe a reinstall of windows would help

[eeeee1]

2 minutes ago, Downkey said:

Valorant is already pretty optimized, so just try to reinstall the game

optimization can only go so far. Valorant is no CSGO. with a MOBILE gpu you can only ask so much.

what i would do instead, is lower your settings. turn things down to low or medium. this will lessen the load on your gpu.

[Downkey]

Just now, eeeee1 said:

optimization can only go so far. Valorant is no CSGO. with a MOBILE gpu you can only ask so much.

what i would do instead, is lower your settings. turn things down to low or medium. this will lessen the load on your gpu.

that is true, but note that the difference between high and low on valorant is 10 - 20 fps

[Hold-Ma-Beer]

Overheating might be an issue. Seeing your specs, I suspect it is a very old machine... 

I had a Sony Vaio with much older specs:

Intel i5 2430M [ Base 2.7GHz Boost 3.0GHz ]

Geforce 410M

4GB RAM

The fan was clogged with dust which caused thermal throttling. After cleaning it up, It stays 2.9GHz on loads and the GPU also hits the max clocks....

Also I found out that you could overclock the GPU?! Through afterburner, I pushed it until I had glitches, then downclocked a bit, stress tested and voila! Gives around 15% more performance and is stable AF!

[eeeee1]

2 minutes ago, Downkey said:

that is true, but note that the difference between high and low on valorant is 10 - 20 fps

i mean if its the difference between 30-40 to 60 fps....
atleast you hit the what i call "absolute minimum" for a competitive online fps game