I have been gaming for almost 2 years on my laptop. Since last few days, fps in every game have dropped by an avg of 10fps.
Games i have tried:
Witcher 3(earlier 20fps now 10fps)
Gta 5(earlier 35fps now 20fps)
ECHO(earlier 23fps now 10fps)
Fortnite(earlier 25-30fps now 15fps)
My laptop spec:
Windows 8.1 64 bit
i7 5500u
nvidia 940m
8gb ram
(I know my laptop is not a good gaming laptop but this is what i got and have been using for 2 years so please refrain from criticising my gpu,laptop or me. Before you ask I got that fps at 1366x768 resolution.)
I used msi afterburner to get OSD of my gpu and cpu details:
During gameplay (now):
GPU :
usage 100%
clock 1176mhz
memory used (depends never at max)
memory clock 900mhz
temp around 60C
CPU
usage 30-40%
temp 75-85C
RAM (depends but never full)
All these details is more or less similar to what i used to get a month back.
GPU clock speed and memory clock speed are running at max possible.
In short, everything is running at the same speed it used to before only difference is that I am getting 10 FPS lower than usual.
There is one thing that is bugging me that "System" and "windows host process" in task manager is almost always keeping my drives at 100% . Don't know why.
Things I tried:
Reinstalling both nvidia and intel graphic driver.
Changing power consumption to max performance in nvidia control panel.
Installing windows latest updates.
Changes since last week:
I once removed drivers using "usbdeview" because my new phone was not connecting with usb debugging. But i made sure that i removed only drivers containing "android" ,"adb" or "HTC" in their name.
disabled secure boot to disable driver signature reinforcement. (Enabled it back later)
I think thats all the details you will need.
Pls help me understand fix the issue. I really want to play shadow of war!
EDIT:
I Tried using portable windows in my external HDD to run game. If malware or driver had been the issue then I would have got good fps from portable hdd but I got low fps even then. I guess some hardware is messed up.
Games i have tried:
Witcher 3(earlier 20fps now 10fps)
Gta 5(earlier 35fps now 20fps)
ECHO(earlier 23fps now 10fps)
Fortnite(earlier 25-30fps now 15fps)
My laptop spec:
Windows 8.1 64 bit
i7 5500u
nvidia 940m
8gb ram
(I know my laptop is not a good gaming laptop but this is what i got and have been using for 2 years so please refrain from criticising my gpu,laptop or me. Before you ask I got that fps at 1366x768 resolution.)
I used msi afterburner to get OSD of my gpu and cpu details:
During gameplay (now):
GPU :
usage 100%
clock 1176mhz
memory used (depends never at max)
memory clock 900mhz
temp around 60C
CPU
usage 30-40%
temp 75-85C
RAM (depends but never full)
All these details is more or less similar to what i used to get a month back.
GPU clock speed and memory clock speed are running at max possible.
In short, everything is running at the same speed it used to before only difference is that I am getting 10 FPS lower than usual.
There is one thing that is bugging me that "System" and "windows host process" in task manager is almost always keeping my drives at 100% . Don't know why.
Things I tried:
Reinstalling both nvidia and intel graphic driver.
Changing power consumption to max performance in nvidia control panel.
Installing windows latest updates.
Changes since last week:
I once removed drivers using "usbdeview" because my new phone was not connecting with usb debugging. But i made sure that i removed only drivers containing "android" ,"adb" or "HTC" in their name.
disabled secure boot to disable driver signature reinforcement. (Enabled it back later)
I think thats all the details you will need.
Pls help me understand fix the issue. I really want to play shadow of war!
EDIT:
I Tried using portable windows in my external HDD to run game. If malware or driver had been the issue then I would have got good fps from portable hdd but I got low fps even then. I guess some hardware is messed up.