Laptop gradually getting slower.

[DarkMesa]

Lately I've noticed performance drops in games and other performance issues which are likely related to the CPU of my laptop. These issues get gradually worse (More lag, lower FPS etc.) the more I use the PC. For instance, as soon as I start the Laptop, I can watch 1080p @ 60fps YouTube videos in Fullscreen without any problem, but after 2 hours of CS:GO, even after waiting for the laptop to reach its lowest temps, 768p videos at 60fps keep getting huge lag spikes and run at less than 30 fps. In addition to that, games starts to have FPS drops, lag spikes etc., this is until I restart the PC, where the issue solves itself.

I checked the control panel for any anomalies and everything seems to be fine, no program is overusing the CPU, no overheating either. RAM is also doing good. I suspect this issue might be due to either the HD or the CPU failing in some way.

 

Laptop Specs:

GT740M 2GB

8GB DDR3 (2 Sticks)

i3 1.8Ghz 3rd Gen (2 Cores, 4 Threads)

Storage: Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 HD 500GB Split into 2 partitions, the one with windows installed has 12 GB Free.

 

[sprunk]

I would try a clean OS install. Just to get rid of any crap or possible malware just to be sure.

[DarkMesa]

2 minutes ago, sprunk said:

I would try a clean OS install. Just to get rid of any crap or possible malware just to be sure.

I've already tried that quite a few times, and as I already said, there's not specific background process consuming either disk or CPU, so that can't be the cause.

[williamcll]

defrag your hard drives and delete uncessary files. Your hitachi gets a lot slower as it reaches 80% full.

 

If all else fails it's probably just your hard drive getting old.

[ScratchCat]

1. Defragment drive
2. Check for issues with drive using CrystalDiskInfo
3. Update drivers
4. Check if the iGPU or dGPU is being used

[Opencircuit74]

6 hours ago, DarkMesa said:

Lately I've noticed performance drops in games and other performance issues which are likely related to the CPU of my laptop. These issues get gradually worse (More lag, lower FPS etc.) the more I use the PC. For instance, as soon as I start the Laptop, I can watch 1080p @ 60fps YouTube videos in Fullscreen without any problem, but after 2 hours of CS:GO, even after waiting for the laptop to reach its lowest temps, 768p videos at 60fps keep getting huge lag spikes and run at less than 30 fps. In addition to that, games starts to have FPS drops, lag spikes etc., this is until I restart the PC, where the issue solves itself.

I checked the control panel for any anomalies and everything seems to be fine, no program is overusing the CPU, no overheating either. RAM is also doing good. I suspect this issue might be due to either the HD or the CPU failing in some way.

 

Laptop Specs:

GT740M 2GB

8GB DDR3 (2 Sticks)

i3 1.8Ghz 3rd Gen (2 Cores, 4 Threads)

Storage: Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 HD 500GB Split into 2 partitions, the one with windows installed has 12 GB Free.

 

I had this happen to me with an old HD 7970. It's probably the clocks, because once it got really hot (99 degrees or so, it only took a minute) there would be major frame drops.  Just get something like MSI afterburner and show us a picture of the graph once you start playing and as soon as it drops frames. Also try to clear up some space on the hard drive, that can cause bad frame drops as well.

[DarkMesa]

2 minutes ago, Opencircuit74 said:

I had this happen to me with an old HD 7970. It's probably the clocks, because once it got really hot (99 degrees or so, it only took a minute) there would be major frame drops.  Just get something like MSI afterburner and show us a picture of the graph once you start playing and as soon as it drops frames.

My temps while gaming average an 85c, max.90 although it rarely goes that hot, this is for the CPU, my GPU is overclocked at hardly goes above 80.