Having trouble playing 1080p videos

[Sairozenkai]

Hello there,I'll keep this really short and simple. Suddenly my laptop is having trouble going through a 1080/720p video. I don't really understand what the problem is, although I do admit I could get a better graphics card but my friend has the same one and he's fine with watching 1080p videos, anyways, my laptop is pretty decent:
Processor: Intel Core i7 5500U 2.4Ghz
Ram: 8.00GB
Memory: 1TB SSD/HDD
64x (Win 10) operating system as well I don't see what the issue is, I didn't have this problem before but now it has suddenly out of no where started. I do however game a lot on my laptop but I don't really see how it damages the performance because I haven't been doing it very long and if my computer gets hot I put it down I don't resume gaming, also, the games I play are very light I don't play anything like CoD or any steam games, simple light games like; Agar.io, Gomoku and LoL, maybe some Minecraft but that's rare. Those 3 (excluding minecraft) are the only games I really play on my laptop. Thanks for reading this and I hope someone has a solution. - Sai

 

[wayne_d]

1) Make sure your drivers are up to date.

2) might be worth it to clean your laptop's heat sinks if you are up for it..
(please watch youtube videos on how to open your laptop) that's if you choose to do so.

Playing games won't damage your laptop unless you've over clocked

3) Memory=Ram
Storage=1TB SSD/HDD

4) Rather buy a new laptop than to upgrade your graphics card..
(It might just not be worth the hassle and you don't get laptops with replaceable GPU's as far as I know)