Mysterious performance dip and extreme frame rate changes in older games
Mysterious performance dip and extreme frame rate changes in older games
Hello, I checked numerous tech forums but couldn't find a fix for my frustrating frame rate issue. I'm really counting on you. This year, I put my money into an MSI GT62VR (i7 6700hq, Nvidia 1070, Windows 10), and it worked fine for eight months. Recently, I started experiencing random drops in FPS, capped around 64, and falling below 10fps on older games like Ryse Son of Rome and Crysis 3. Back then, those titles ran smoothly at 80+ FPS on the same machine. In other games such as Battlefield 3, I usually hit steady 150 FPS, but now it swings wildly between 50 and 120 FPS even with the same settings. CPU and GPU usage stay between 40% and 80%, and temperatures are normal—well under 80°C for the GPU and all cores; no throttling detected. VSync is off, and the power plan is set to high performance in both Windows and the NVIDIA control panel. Changing graphics settings didn't help much. Updating or reinstalling different NVIDIA drivers, using the DDU tool didn’t resolve it. Last week I temporarily fixed it by shutting down while holding the SHIFT key and disconnecting the AC power. After about eight hours, restarting it restored the FPS to normal levels. Yesterday the drops, fluctuations, and 64fps limit returned, and nothing seems to work. What might be causing this? Could be DirectX draw call bottlenecks?... Thank you.
Use compressed air to clean out debris. Run a power reduction. Restart with BIOS flashing. Realign the RAM using tweakbit or similar methods for a complete driver update. Power down the machine fully and begin over again. Set your power configuration to high output. Persistent issues suggest a hardware fault.
Occasionally restart instead of shutting down completely, as Windows doesn’t fully power off with that setting. This resolves the most unusual problems, especially if it’s software-related. My second possibility is an issue with the laptop’s charging system or the power adapter.
If you open the case, the warranty will be canceled. It’s a laptop; I can’t handle the RAM. The device was cleaned from dust and a fan was swapped by MSI yesterday, but that didn’t solve the issue. Updating the BIOS to the latest version didn’t help either. The power settings in both the control panel and NVIDIA control panel are set to high. Are you referring to a clean installation of Windows? I’ll attempt to drain the battery.