Gaming laptop underperforming :(

[EthCores]

Hi, so I got a problem. I bought a razer blade 15 2021 base model (rtx 3060) about two weeks ago. I've had no problems with gaming up until today. A few days ago I downloaded GTA 5 and I've been playing on very high (some ultra) graphics with around 80-130 fps (lowest drops 64 fps). Today for some reason I started noticing that the game didnt even go above 100 fps anymore and stays at around 55-70 fps (lowest drops 30 fps [while driving]). All my drivers are up to date so I dont know why my laptop started underperforming all of a sudden. If anyone could help me maybe find the problems id really appreciate it.

[Airbus 123]

are you only running GTA 5 or running multiple apps

[EthCores]

2 minutes ago, Airbus 123 said:

are you only running GTA 5 or running multiple apps

I only run GTA 5, I make sure all other apps like discord, chrome, etc. are closed

 

[Airbus 123]

or did you enabled hyperthreading?

[Alex Atkin UK]

Online or offline?  Because I know online is all over the place. (though I'm not sure online even goes over 60)

[EthCores]

3 minutes ago, Airbus 123 said:

or did you enabled hyperthreading?

Not that I remember, up until now I havnt even heard of hyperthreading and I dont remember changing any settings

[EthCores]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Online or offline?  Because I know online is all over the place. (though I'm not sure online even goes over 60)

Offline, I used to play online on 60-50

[Ash_Kechummm]

What are the temps like? Is your laptop connected to mains power while playing or are you running it on battery? Do you live in a dusty region?

 

The two most common reasons for laptops underperforming are power and thermal limitations. 

[EthCores]

1 minute ago, Ash_Kechummm said:

What are the temps like? Is your laptop connected to mains power while playing or are you running it on battery? Do you live in a dusty region?

 

The two most common reasons for laptops underperforming are power and thermal limitations. 

I always have my laptop plugged in so it wont get limited for power reasons and the temperatures average at about 80-91 C° when I game

[Ash_Kechummm]

Just now, EthCores said:

I always have my laptop plugged in so it wont get limited for power reasons and the temperatures average at about 80-91 C° when I game

That might be a thermal limitation, but ruling out other stuff first:

Did anything update itself yesterday? A driver update, or windows update might've switched your default power profile to power saving, or (more likely) windows update may have borked the GPU driver, locking it to some low frequency like 300 or 600 MHz.

Speaking of which, you should use afterburner to monitor in-game usage and frequency to figure out what is happening (in case you don't know how, you can ask here or look it up yourself, there are a ton of tutorials on the internet).

[EthCores]

24 minutes ago, Ash_Kechummm said:

That might be a thermal limitation, but ruling out other stuff first:

Did anything update itself yesterday? A driver update, or windows update might've switched your default power profile to power saving, or (more likely) windows update may have borked the GPU driver, locking it to some low frequency like 300 or 600 MHz.

Speaking of which, you should use afterburner to monitor in-game usage and frequency to figure out what is happening (in case you don't know how, you can ask here or look it up yourself, there are a ton of tutorials on the internet).

I've used afterburner and gpu tweak before and mu base clock speed while gaming is around 1450 mhz, I checked the battery and doesnt seem to have any performance reducing powerplan, I set my system to gaming via razer synapse. Nothing updated to my knowledge.

 The only thing I did yesterday was clear my registry, or fix it like CCleaner described it and I cleaned up my system via the proogramm

[Ash_Kechummm]

10 minutes ago, EthCores said:

I've used afterburner and gpu tweak before and mu base clock speed while gaming is around 1450 mhz, I checked the battery and doesnt seem to have any performance reducing powerplan, I set my system to gaming via razer synapse. Nothing updated to my knowledge.

 The only thing I did yesterday was clear my registry, or fix it like CCleaner described it and I cleaned up my system via the proogramm

That could be the reason why this happened. 

There is no need to fix or clean the windows registry, and there hasn't been a need since windows 7. It does more harm than good.

Coming back to the point: do a system restore if possible (if you need help doing that, you can ask here). If there are no restore points, try uninstalling and reinstalling your game and GPU driver.

 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Ash_Kechummm
My english continues to deteriorate

[EthCores]

2 minutes ago, Ash_Kechummm said:

That could be the reason why this happened. 

There is no need to fix or clean the windows registry, and there hasn't been a need since windows 7. It does more harm than good.

Coming back to the point: do a system restore if possible (if you need help doing that, you can ask here). If there are no restore points, try uninstalling and reinstalling your game and GPU driver.

 

I did a system restore 1 hour ago to a restore point that was 3 days ago, didnt seem to help tho since I'm still stuck at the fps I listed in my original post.