Question laptop sometimes fast sometimes slow

[a guy with a weird issue]

my laptop runs games it can handle easily like gta sa at 10-15 fps but sometimes (very rarely) it runs them at 60 or more fps here is my specs: cpu : intel core i3 cpu m350 2.27 ghz ram : 4 gb operating system : windows 7 64-bit graphics : intel hd graphics

 

[Ralston18]

What games are being played? Source?

Is it certain that the games are fully playable via Windows 7?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

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You can use Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer (Microsoft, free) to observe system performance.

Use all three tools but use only one tool at a time.

Leave the tool window open so you can watch what happens. Work/game as normal.

Look for what changes when the laptop's performance changes.

It will take a bit of time and effort to work through it all but there is a good chance that you will discover something that happens when performance slows. Or stops happening....

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

 

[a guy with a weird issue]

What games are being played? Source?

Is it certain that the games are fully playable via Windows 7?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

= = = =

You can use Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer (Microsoft, free) to observe system performance.

Use all three tools but use only one tool at a time.

Leave the tool window open so you can watch what happens. Work/game as normal.

Look for what changes when the laptop's performance changes.

It will take a bit of time and effort to work through it all but there is a good chance that you will discover something that happens when performance slows. Or stops happening....

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

the games i play : gta sa fifa 08 and they are fully compatible with windows 7 my disk drive is wdc wd1600bevt-22czt0 connection sata capcity 149 gb 80 gb free i tried running performance monitor and task manager but there were no changes

 

[zinkles]

my laptop runs games it can handle easily like gta sa at 10-15 fps but sometimes (very rarely) it runs them at 60 or more fps here is my specs: cpu : intel core i3 cpu m350 2.27 ghz ram : 4 gb operating system : windows 7 64-bit graphics : intel hd graphics

are you sure those "very rare times" aren't when your laptop is plugged in?

what are you temperatures like when in-game?

 

[a guy with a weird issue]

are you sure those "very rare times" aren't when your laptop is plugged in?

what are you temperatures like when in-game?

I always use my laptop plugged in and my temps while the laptop is fast is the same when the laptop is slow

 

[Ralston18]

Give Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer another try.

Again just one tool at a time and watch carefully.

Leave the tool window open and while doing nothing just watch for awhile. Ideally nothing will change but if something does change then the objective is to determine what or why the change occured.

You will need to observe and test with and without games being played, with and without online gaming, browsing etc..

The underlying basis being that if the computer's performance slows then something is using up a computer resource.

Start with Task Manager > Performance. The multiple graphs may make it easier to spot when a change has occurred.

Leave the Task Manager window open even while gaming. Remember the objective is to troubleshoot performance and not to win per se.....

Likewise for Resource Monitor > Overview.

 

[a guy with a weird issue]

Give Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer another try.

Again just one tool at a time and watch carefully.

Leave the tool window open and while doing nothing just watch for awhile. Ideally nothing will change but if something does change then the objective is to determine what or why the change occured.

You will need to observe and test with and without games being played, with and without online gaming, browsing etc..

The underlying basis being that if the computer's performance slows then something is using up a computer resource.

Start with Task Manager > Performance. The multiple graphs may make it easier to spot when a change has occurred.

Leave the Task Manager window open even while gaming. Remember the objective is to troubleshoot performance and not to win per se.....

Likewise for Resource Monitor > Overview.

I tried with task manager while playing for an hour but again there was nothing using the CPU or ram I will give resource monitor a try and post results

 

[a guy with a weird issue]

Give Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer another try.

Again just one tool at a time and watch carefully.

Leave the tool window open and while doing nothing just watch for awhile. Ideally nothing will change but if something does change then the objective is to determine what or why the change occured.

You will need to observe and test with and without games being played, with and without online gaming, browsing etc..

The underlying basis being that if the computer's performance slows then something is using up a computer resource.

Start with Task Manager > Performance. The multiple graphs may make it easier to spot when a change has occurred.

Leave the Task Manager window open even while gaming. Remember the objective is to troubleshoot performance and not to win per se.....

Likewise for Resource Monitor > Overview.

I tried with resource monitor too and got the same results as task manager

 

[Ralston18]

That leaves Process Explorer.

Download and install if necessary.

Open the Process Explorer Window and again, simply watch. Hopefully with you doing nothing the system will stabilize.

However, if the listed Processes are "jumping about" or otherwise changing then note those processes that are changing.

End objective being to discover what they are and what they may be doing or trying to do.

Unfortunately the reality is that Windows 7 is obsolete and no longer supported. Could well be just some bug or glitch in the current version.

Especially with respect to running games and other apps.

 

[uWebb429]

intel core i3 cpu m350

Who is the manufacturer of your laptop? A lot of Dell laptops from this era had some horrible performance throttling issues.

Try running ThrottleStop 9.6

ThrottleStop 9.7.3 Download

ThrottleStop is a small application designed to monitor for and correct the three main types of CPU throttling that are being used on many lapto

www.techpowerup.com

If you have a Dell laptop, check the Disable Chipset Throttle box in the ThrottleStop Options window. That was a common and unnecessary throttling method that Dell used.

Check the Log File box on the main screen and try to play a game for 15 minutes so I can see how your laptop is running. When finished testing, exit your game and then exit ThrottleStop so it can finalize the log file. This file will be in your ThrottleStop / Logs folder. Open up this file and copy and paste the log file data to,

www.pastebin.com

You can use imgur for hosting images. Upload some screenshots of the various ThrottleStop windows.

www.imgur.com

 

[a guy with a weird issue]

Who is the manufacturer of your laptop? A lot of Dell laptops from this era had some horrible performance throttling issues.

Try running ThrottleStop 9.6

ThrottleStop 9.7.3 Download

ThrottleStop is a small application designed to monitor for and correct the three main types of CPU throttling that are being used on many lapto

www.techpowerup.com

If you have a Dell laptop, check the Disable Chipset Throttle box in the ThrottleStop Options window. That was a common and unnecessary throttling method that Dell used.

Check the Log File box on the main screen and try to play a game for 15 minutes so I can see how your laptop is running. When finished testing, exit your game and then exit ThrottleStop so it can finalize the log file. This file will be in your ThrottleStop / Logs folder. Open up this file and copy and paste the log file data to,

www.pastebin.com

You can use imgur for hosting images. Upload some screenshots of the various ThrottleStop windows.

www.imgur.com

When i run throttle stop games run smoothly I think my issue was that my CPU was throttling thanks for helping