- Dec 6, 2018
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So I just got a new laptop with a GTX 1050-ti 4GB and an i7-7700HQ with 2.8GHz. I know that Laptops aren't the best choice for gaming, and that the 1050ti isn't quite the best card out there, but I'd be fine with playing games on medium settings. The problem is that I've seen multiple benchmarks for games like For Honor, where the game runs fine even on high settings at 1080p, but it doesn't even run at 40fps on the lowest settings. I have to turn the resolution all the way down and the render scale at 25% with the lowest options in order to get 60fps, and I don't think that's quite right.
I've downloaded MSI Afterburner and tried out For Honor and Rust, and this is what it looks like:
https://gyazo.com/32cb07d802958cdb9a5003038d01cdf5 (This is on Medium Settings at 1366x768)
https://gyazo.com/da1083fd021571cf21d28959d865f803 (This is on the lowest settings at ~720p)
As you can see, not quite the expected results. What I have found out is that both of these games are GPU Intensive. I've tested out some CPU intensive games like Europa Universalis 4 and Hearts of Iron 4 and can say that they run well. So the issue is most definitely with my GPU, but I'm not exactly sure what.
I've noticed that the standard clock speed for a 1050ti is 1392MHz, but mine runs at just 600MHz, so I'm thinking that overclocking, or well, normalclocking it might fix the issue, but I am kinda scared of doing it as I've heard that it can pretty badly damage the laptop. I do have a cooling pad, and was also wondering if it'd be fine to turn the clock speed up while I'm playing GPU-intensive games (usually 2-3 hour sessions or less) while using a cooling pad? I mean, it's already under what it should be, so I'm guessing it'd be fine even without (hopefully I'm not wrong), but I just want to make sure it's okay. I'd also like to point out that while it's good some fairly okay-ish specs for gaming, my laptop wasn't exactly made specifically for that. It's an Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G-71BX and maybe they turned the clock speed down because the GPU isn't intended to be used that much? I'm just guessing, and won't do anything risky before I hear opinions from people who are more experienced in this, though.
I'd also like to add that the GPU temperatures pretty much stay stuck at 45C, which is pretty darn safe, wouldn't it be ok even at 60 or so degrees?
I've downloaded MSI Afterburner and tried out For Honor and Rust, and this is what it looks like:
https://gyazo.com/32cb07d802958cdb9a5003038d01cdf5 (This is on Medium Settings at 1366x768)
https://gyazo.com/da1083fd021571cf21d28959d865f803 (This is on the lowest settings at ~720p)
As you can see, not quite the expected results. What I have found out is that both of these games are GPU Intensive. I've tested out some CPU intensive games like Europa Universalis 4 and Hearts of Iron 4 and can say that they run well. So the issue is most definitely with my GPU, but I'm not exactly sure what.
I've noticed that the standard clock speed for a 1050ti is 1392MHz, but mine runs at just 600MHz, so I'm thinking that overclocking, or well, normalclocking it might fix the issue, but I am kinda scared of doing it as I've heard that it can pretty badly damage the laptop. I do have a cooling pad, and was also wondering if it'd be fine to turn the clock speed up while I'm playing GPU-intensive games (usually 2-3 hour sessions or less) while using a cooling pad? I mean, it's already under what it should be, so I'm guessing it'd be fine even without (hopefully I'm not wrong), but I just want to make sure it's okay. I'd also like to point out that while it's good some fairly okay-ish specs for gaming, my laptop wasn't exactly made specifically for that. It's an Acer Aspire 7 A717-71G-71BX and maybe they turned the clock speed down because the GPU isn't intended to be used that much? I'm just guessing, and won't do anything risky before I hear opinions from people who are more experienced in this, though.
I'd also like to add that the GPU temperatures pretty much stay stuck at 45C, which is pretty darn safe, wouldn't it be ok even at 60 or so degrees?
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