[SOLVED] GPU Working much worse

[Bladvel]

I have a gaming Laptop with a GTX 980M aswell as 16GB of Ram. I have played games on max settings with maximum fps. However, some time ago, I noticed that my FPS were horrendous compared to before. I dropped from a Stable 60fps on Maximum Setting to an unstable 30fps with heavy lag on even the lowest setting. Can someone help me please?

 

[rgd1101]

check cpu/gpu temp during the game?

 

[Bladvel]

I played for about 10 minutes on medium settings.
The temperature of the GPU in Celsius:

Before starting the game it was 40.
-Jumped to 50 when game started (Menu screen)
-After entering the actual game, it continued to rise to 60.
-Then it started lagging.
-Played for about 1-2 minutes, and it turned into a 65.
-It continued rising slowly up to a 70 within a few minutes.
- The Peak temperature was a 73, but I presume it would have gotten higher the longer I played

 

[rgd1101]

temp not that bad
what the ram usage?
ssd or hdd? check health? how full are they?

 

[Bladvel]

Ram: At Most 50% (8GB) in total.
Its an SSD. Status is „good“ and is 55,3% full.


(Also while testing the ram usage, I noticed it didnt go higher than 80 degrees on the gpu, so thats probably a good sign.)

 

[shiriken]

Make sure you disable Vsync

 

[Bladvel]

Make sure you disable Vsync

It is disabled. The Problem isnt the FPS, but rather the fact that It was much better before, and now lags VERY BADLY, when it ran smoothly beforehand.

 

[rickypicky5]

What is your CPU temperature like while gaming?

 

[Bladvel]

What is your CPU temperature like while gaming?

Its normal.

 

[rickypicky5]

Ram: At Most 50% (8GB) in total.
Its an SSD. Status is „good“ and is 55,3% full.


(Also while testing the ram usage, I noticed it didnt go higher than 80 degrees on the gpu, so thats probably a good sign.)

80 degrees is quite toasty for a GTX 980.

GTX 980

 

[Bladvel]

80 degrees is quite toasty for a GTX 980.

GTX 980

What Am I supposed to do so it doesnt go that high?

 

[Phaaze88]

@rickypicky5
The gpu is a 980M not a 980.

@Bladvel
Do a userbenchmark run. It'll give people watching the thread something to work with. Close the browser before you run it.
Post the URL to the results - do not copy-paste the numbers from it.

 

[Bladvel]

@rickypicky5
The gpu is a 980M not a 980.

@Bladvel
Do a userbenchmark run. It'll give people watching the thread something to work with. Close the browser before you run it.
Post the URL to the results - do not copy-paste the numbers from it.

Ok I did just that: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41144429

 

[Phaaze88]

Ok I did just that: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/41144429

It doesn't look like the gpu is the problem... the cpu LOOKS to be more likely.
The turbo clock average was 2.6ghz. According to notebookcheck:
"Each core offers a base speed of 2.5GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.4GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.5GHz (for 1 active core)."

That it didn't nail 3.3ghz average leads me to believe that it's either:
-thermal throttling, though you said it was fine.... but 80C on a laptop gpu isn't unusual for them either.
-power throttling. Laptops do have more stringent power limits implemented, but that shouldn't suddenly change one day and start doing worse, thus leading it on to thermals... but then I'm going in circles.
-recent Windows Update broke your settings, and you need to reinstall all the drivers again. This happens sometimes. Windows is dumb.

 

[Bladvel]

It doesn't look like the gpu is the problem... the cpu LOOKS to be more likely.
The turbo clock average was 2.6ghz. According to notebookcheck:
"Each core offers a base speed of 2.5GHz but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz (for 4 active cores), 3.4GHz (for 2 active cores) and 3.5GHz (for 1 active core)."

That it didn't nail 3.3ghz average leads me to believe that it's either:
-thermal throttling, though you said it was fine.... but 80C on a laptop gpu isn't unusual for them either.
-power throttling. Laptops do have more stringent power limits implemented, but that shouldn't suddenly change one day and start doing worse, thus leading it on to thermals... but then I'm going in circles.
-recent Windows Update broke your settings, and you need to reinstall all the drivers again. This happens sometimes. Windows is dumb.

So, What should I do? (It isnt the Drivers, I updated them)

 

[rickypicky5]

If the CPU and/or the GPU are thermal throttling, I'd attempt to clean it out one way or another. Maybe open it up and blow out the dust, etc...? Make sure you the laptop is on a flat, hard surface when gaming and the vents are not covered up?

 

[Phaaze88]

I'm not sure.
Anything you installed(hardware or software) around the time things started going downhill?

If you haven't made any changes to the hardware, and there's no thermal throttling present, then I'm inclined to believe it's something software or driver related.
If you don't even remember what you might have installed around that time... ¯\(ツ)/¯

Another possibility is game updates over time - the hardware demands go up.
For example, Fortnite Chapter 1 was easier to run than Chapter 2. The same will follow if they update to a Chapter 3.

 

[Bladvel]

If the CPU and/or the GPU are thermal throttling, I'd attempt to clean it out one way or another. Maybe open it up and blow out the dust, etc...? Make sure you the laptop is on a flat, hard surface when gaming and the vents are not covered up?

I cleaned the Laptops Vents, and noticed that my Framerates are stable again and lag is no longer Present. Thank you to everyone who helped me!