Game FPS lagging and everything on my PC getting slow, it's not because of internet connection at all!
Game FPS lagging and everything on my PC getting slow, it's not because of internet connection at all!
Hey there. My computer used to run all my games fine way back when. There were almost no buffer errors even when I opened new windows or tabs, and my internet works too well (ping stays low and videos don't freeze). So I know the problem is with my machine. Yesterday morning everything worked just like it usually did before I went to sleep. But since then things have been very slow and hard to play games like Valorant, League of Legends, or Minecraft at a playable frame rate (lowest around 5-10 FPS). My microphone on the headset stopped working too; I fixed that but this is the first time it has ever happened. I restarted my computer three or four times last night. I checked Intel and NVIDIA websites to update my drivers for the GPU and CPU, but nothing worked either. Not much knowledge in this area and Google isn't helping me much right now, so hope you can help here. My computer is pretty new (only about two years old) so maybe it's not hardware failure. Specs: Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 15IIL05 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX330 CPU: Core i7-1065G7 10th Gen with integrated Intel Iris Plus Graphics, 16GB RAM DDR4 running at 3200MHz, 1TB SSD with 36% full. If you need more info please let me know, any help is greatly appreciated!
Follow these steps one by one, starting from the beginning: Turn off your internet connection. Use a tool called DDU to remove the GPU drivers completely, then restart your computer without restarting it again. Go to Device Manager and uninstall all processors, making sure to say no when asked to restart so they stay removed (you probably have 8 of them). Specifically, uninstall "Intel Chipset Driver" (which might actually be called Intel LPC Controller) and "Intel Management Engine Interface" in the list if those options show up. If there is no option for ME Interface, skip that part. After clearing everything, update your BIOS and then install the latest firmware for the management engine by extracting a folder named after it and running an installer file. Restart your computer to finish this first part. Once you are back on Windows, download the newest NVIDIA driver and connect to the internet. *Remember: Do all these steps while staying offline until you reboot after installing the chipset driver. Download any files that are highlighted in this text before starting step 1. Always follow the order of steps carefully.* Open Command Prompt as an administrator and run these commands: chkdsk /x /f /r, then sfc /scannow. Check if Windows Update has anything to install (but skip optional updates) and do that if it is available. Also, make sure "Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling" is turned on for your NVIDIA graphics card in the settings panel, then restart your computer again.
Thank you for getting back to me! I looked at your post and downloaded everything except the Chipset Driver and the ME Driver. Those two won't download when I click on their links or the download button on the page itself; it just opens a new page and does nothing. I tried making an account, used another browser, and still nothing worked. I'm not sure if you have a fix for this, or if I should try getting those files from somewhere else instead. Whatever happens, as soon as I get them, I will run through all the steps in order. Also, just wanted to confirm that when you said "Uninstall gpu driver using DDU," did you mean to use Display Driver Uninstaller?
It is the correct one, but it says "DDU" instead of "XD". After you click Download and hit enter, nothing happens. Try clicking again, wait a few seconds, or try using an Internet download manager like IDM. I tried Chrome first, then IDM, but both worked fine for me.
It looks like that IDM is working great! I'm about to walk through every single step you gave me, and thank you for getting back to me so soon!
Nothing seems to have fixed it yet. The drivers are updated correctly, but lag and buffering are still happening. When I launch a new program, my Desktop Window Manager uses almost as much GPU power—or even more than the app itself—and this never goes away. Even after trying basic fixes like checking for viruses or turning off screensavers, nothing is helping.