DOTA 2 making laptop slow, HELP!

[Timothy421]

Hi,
I have an ASUS S46cm, with windows 8

my laptop broke because of something about windows8 automatic repair. I brought my laptop to the place i bought it. They re-installed everything. I went home and opened my laptop, opened chrome, downloaded steam, and downloaded dota 2. I clicked play, I opened my compendium, see the new challenges. Then I created a lobby to check my fps, usually I play in 800x600 resolution, all advanced options turned off and low. I tried with the default settings (1366x768, advanced options on and high). The fps was horrible and I struggled to decrease the settings. It was still horrible at 640x480, advanced options off and low, and it made my laptop very slow (chrome, windows explorer, etc). after i closed dota 2 my laptop is normal again. I noticed the fps drop happens after I connect to a game (usually after i picked a hero). any solutions for this?

 

[James Mason]

are you sure they updated your video drivers? maybe all the did was reinstall windows.
Or your motherboard drivers? go to your laptop's support page at asus and download the updated drivers.

 

[velo3100]

It is either that the laptop doesn't have the correct drivers or that your wifi is not very good. This can be the router or the wifi module. I say this as the problem on occurs when you have connected to the game which uses the wifi connection.

Let me know if it is any of these.