[SOLVED] Moments of low FPS on laptop during gaming ?

[ChimpFizz]

Just got a new laptop. Dell G7 17.3" 300hz, i7 10750h, RTX 2070, 16gb DDR4, running Windows 11.

During gaming there is times that the FPS goes down from like 120FPS to 30ish... While this is happening I've checked for spikes in hardware use in task manager, and looking for processes that are taking extra resources as well. The memory usage is probably around a steady 90%, but when there's low frames there isn't a spike or change in it - There is no spike in resources, and there are no processes out of normal compared to when its running great. I thought it was overheating maybe, but I got a cooling pad and during these FPS drops the laptop is cool to the touch, not even close to being hot.

At this point I don't know where to go from here and how to diagnose what the problem is. If there's anymore I can do please let me know... I appreciate the help in advance.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

What Windows power profile are you using?

Try High Performance by typing this into powershell: powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Try again, and see if it helps.

Although you've said laptop is cool to touch, what temps are you hitting? It could be some kind of throttling going on.

 

[ChimpFizz]

Hey there,

What Windows power profile are you using?

Try High Performance by typing this into powershell: powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Try again, and see if it helps.

Although you've said laptop is cool to touch, what temps are you hitting? It could be some kind of throttling going on.

I’m already running High Performance power profile, as well as in My Dell application I have it as high performance as well, along with the “G” mode. I can use it tonight and check temps during the FPS drops but I truly don’t think it’s that. I also installed MSI afterburner to track everything to see if I can see a spike in anything.

 

[ChimpFizz]

Hey there,

What Windows power profile are you using?

Try High Performance by typing this into powershell: powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Try again, and see if it helps.

Although you've said laptop is cool to touch, what temps are you hitting? It could be some kind of throttling going on.

Alright, during FPS drops, GPU usage spikes from 80-90ish% to 100%, GPU power drops to 0 which is confusing... GPU temp slightly drops as well to around 40 celsius, CPU usage is stable and temp is in the 50 celsius range, and ram usage is stable as well.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

That is odd. GPU power drops to 0.

Have you changed any global setting in NVCP? Maybe default the settings, and see if that helps.

By any chance are you OC'ing the GPU?

 

[geofelt]

I see many complaints about gaming laptops not performing well.
Usually gaming while plugged in.
One common cause is thermal throttling.
Laptop coolers must, of necessity be small and light.
The coolers are also relatively underpowered.
If you run an app such as HWMonitor or HWinfo, you will get the current, minimum, and maximum cpu temperatures.
For intel processors, if you see a max of 100c. it means you have throttled.
The cpu will lower it's multiplier and power draw to protect itself
until the situation reverses.
At a lower multiplier, your cpu usage may well be at 100%
What can you do?
First, see that your cooler airways are clear and that the cooler fan is spinning.

It is counter-intuitive, but, try changing the windows power profile advanced functions to a max of 90% instead of the default of 100%
You may not notice the reduced cpu performance.