[SOLVED] GTX 1060 6GB Framedrops/Stuttering

[leolol]

Hi!

I hope you guys can maybe help me figure this out.
I have a regular Razer Blade (i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060 6gb, 16gb ram, 1080p), and it has worked wonderfully for the last 1.5 years.
I game alot, mostly competetive titles at high fps, 144hz monitor and so so.

Since about a week i get massive stutters and peak performance is also worse then it once was.
In Rocket League i drop from 150-160fps to 50 fps every few seconds, basically unplayable.
In Civ6 i just have much lower fps, and it still drops to around 25 often.

GPU Usage is there, i reinstalled drivers, deleted old ones and tbh i really cant figure out what changed.
Didnt install any new programs, besides minecraft.

I benchmarked it with Heaven and i get about 40fps average, about a third of what it should be at 1080p. It stutters/frame drops just like the games, every few seconds for a few seconds.

Only thing i noticed so far is that memory usage for the card is extremely low - Its never using a total (shared and dedicated) of more then 1gb.

Any ideas? Help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Felix

 

[Phaaze88]

Cpu and gpu temps?
Have you cleaned the laptop of dust lately?

 

[leolol]

GPU and CPU Temps are high, but not abnormally for a Laptop (Around 90°).
I have cleaned it, but it wasnt dusty at all anyways.

 

[dotas1]

My laptop starts to thermal throttle at 67C and even more at 85C. My guess is that It's almost certain thermal throttling.
Did you have those temperatures before?

 

[Phaaze88]

Yes, by design, laptop parts do run warmer than their desktop counterparts, but their thermal and performance limits are LOWER than the latter.
It's common for a laptop cpu to hit 90C, but that does not make it ok. The cpu is most likely thermal throttling.

Since you already cleaned it, I'd suggest getting a cooling pad.

 

[leolol]

But in what case would the temps suddenly cause FPS drops/Stuttering? I've been using this laptop for more then 1.5 years, and its only started happening two weeks ago..

 

[Phaaze88]

When you're playing a game, and the cpu throttles, it drops clock speeds and voltage in order to cool off. Once it's cooled down enough, it clocks back up, and the cycle of highs and lows repeats over and over until the issue is resolved.
Your drops/stuttering are from the cpu throttling down and boosting back up repeatedly.