CS:GO FPS drops unexpectedly—what should I do next?
CS:GO FPS drops unexpectedly—what should I do next?
I'm just starting out with Counter Strike. I've mainly played GO, but I'm trying to get more comfortable. The FPS tends to be high in the high 60s, but then it often falls back to around 10 or 12, which is really disappointing. It seems like CS:GO is the only game running on my laptop at the moment. I don't know why this is happening. My system specs are a quad-core AMD A10-4600M APU running at 2.30GHz, paired with an AMD Radeon HD 7660G graphics card and 8GB of RAM. I've configured everything to the lowest settings and used a profile meant to boost FPS. Steam has launch options that try to improve performance too. I've checked online but haven't found any solutions yet, so I'm not sure what to try next. It's worth noting I recently upgraded both my CPU and GPU, and CS ran more smoothly on the older setup with 4GB RAM—only around 35 FPS, never dropping below 30. EDIT: I also tried lowering the resolution all the way to 480x800; that actually increased my max FPS, except when it drops by about 10 FPS.
I checked the game cache integrity and confirmed it works. v-sync appears ineffective, so I'm reattempting it. Windowed mode and fps_max remain unchanged, which makes me wonder about their relationship. I suspect v-sync and fps_max are closely related. Thermal throttling seems unlikely, but temperatures are high on both CPU and GPU. Monitoring tools show the CPU over 100°C and GPU in the 30s–40s, which is confusing since they share a chip. Other reports suggest similar temperatures. My laptop feels cool to the touch, and I've switched to an SSD for Windows while keeping the HDD for games. Would it be possible to run CS GO on the SSD and keep Steam on the HDD? Or would using an SSD still offer advantages?
Sure thing. I was really confused at first but now I see why some software showed extreme temperatures. After switching to Overdrive, it makes much more sense. I was using Speccy and HWMonitor before, but now I’m sticking with Overdrive. It seems to handle things better. Thanks for the help!