GPU load throttling while gaming

[manbeatrice]

Hi all, I'm having a serious problem with my laptop. I have a quad core Intel i7 second generation and a dedicated graphic card nVidia GT 540M 2 GB DDR3. I used to go mad every time my game lagged, because tha game we are talking here is "skill special force 2" an online FPS which requires an nVidia 8800 for a good gaming fluency. I downloaded GPU z to monitor temperature and GPU load while playing, and I noticed temperature reached too hot values like 84/85 degrees. So I thought it could be a dust problem in my fan but after having cleaned and oiled it, I still have the problem.. This game is very tiny for my GPU, and I can say it because 2 years ago I used to play assassins creed fluently with the same hardware! I could even post u a screen where u could see that the GPU load is quite constant for the most of the time (about 80%) and then there is like a big drop down to 5% or less, and I have my lag right in this moment! Don't think it's a fan problem anymore since I cleaned it, it's not a drivers problem because they are updated, don't thinkt that's a compatibility problem with my graphic card (I would be very unlucky since the game supports all the nVidia and AMD cards from very old models till the newest ones)... What could it be? Thank u so much, hope I've been clear in explaining my problem.

 

[ingtar33]

except for the fact an old 8800 gtx is about x2 stronger then that mobile gpu...

generally when load on the gpu drops and then you start to stutter it's because the cpu is bottlenecking.

 

[Justkeeplookin]

Could be try monitoring your CPU as well see what happens when it throttles

 

[manbeatrice]

I've never asked to play the latest games on full details. But I'm just saying it's very strange that my GPU cannot resist the weight of such a low stressing game I'd like to play. I was saying that 2 years ago I used to play assassins creed 3 in full details, while now I can't even play a FPS game based on old graphic structures. Not even if I set minimum details. I also tried to set 4:3 (instead of 16:9) with 1024x768 and I'm still having throttling problem! It sounds very strange to me. I don't know what u mean with "bottlenecking" (I'm not English) but anyway I just could tell u that I have an i7 quad core 2.2 GHz , becoming 2.9 while gaming thank to the turbo boost 2.0

 

[User3335]

Have you checked the drivers and have you solved the problem, I am asking because I'm having a similar problem