Question laptop sometimes fast sometimes slow

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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
 
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
 
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
 
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?
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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

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
 
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

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
 
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