Question Laptop performance (FPS while gaming) got worse after cleaning/termal paste change

[thisism]

So, as the topic says, my fan was going crazy even when I'm not doing anything with my laptop, and the temperature was pretty high, so I guessed it was a time for dust cleaning, thermal paste change and thermal pad change. I usually do this once a year. After I got the laptop back from service, I noticed that framerate in a game I currently play (God of War) got worse, it's no longer smooth as previously. On the other hand, the fan isn't working as hard as before.

What could have happen to cause this, and how can I get the laptop to give me better performance, as previously? To note, I never did any enhancements, forced any kind of turbo mode or similar.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

you will actually have to track temperatures and report them to understand if thermal throttling or other heat-related issues may be involved.

 

[thisism]

Ok, something like the file attached?
https://www94.zippyshare.com/v/jIV5q2ym/file.html
edit: another report, tried Forza Horizon 5, also low fps, around 28-33 all the time https://www104.zippyshare.com/v/UoAfJwvK/file.html

I can see that while I'm playing the fan isn't working as hard and temperatures aren't as high, so something is definitely not being used to the max.

Edit 2: after a GPU driver update and a few restarts, all games now work as expected. Forza Horizon even recognized some change and did that optimization based on my hardware, like during the first run. Anyway, weird that driver would affect this since the driver I had was running the same games for the past month, but glad it's fixed. I'm hoping no unexpected issues will occur again. Thanks for your answer!

you will actually have to track temperatures and report them to understand if thermal throttling or other heat-related issues may be involved.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

Ok, something like the file attached?

no.
just report information directly here.
many, including myself, are not going to download some junk or chase down information to 3rd party sites just to see what you could easily type here in the thread.

glad you got it sorted easily for yourself though.