The PC is no longer interested in playing games.
The PC is no longer interested in playing games.
Hi everyone, I’m looking for assistance with my gaming PC. It’s a new laptop I bought recently (under 6 months old) that has its own graphics card. It runs all the games I want without any problems until now. When I tried Witcher 3 it worked perfectly and never slowed down. After updating the graphics driver, it still ran at a max of 18 FPS. I rolled back the driver thinking that was the cause. Some other users reported the same issue, so I reverted it again. Then I played Witcher and it also stuck at 18 FPS. Other less demanding games worked fine. I uninstalled the latest Windows update and still had no improvement. Temperatures for GPU and CPU were normal. I gave up and went to sleep. When I woke up, Witcher was running as expected, but other games kept freezing at 18 FPS. I tried closing background apps, uninstalling unused programs, and even ended the process, but nothing changed. No hardware changes, no corrupt files—just the same problem. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
Verify if it's really using the dedicated GPU rather than the integrated one. On an Nvidia card, you should find a setting in the control panel to switch between dGPU and iGPU per application. It might also relate to power settings, which appears more probable.
It appears your laptop is toggling between discrete and integrated graphics. To avoid this, ensure it's utilizing the discrete GPU instead of the integrated one.
You meant to set your Nvidia GPU as the default graphics card, which also controls power settings for that device.
The power symbol in your task area lets you choose your energy setting, confirm it’s configured for maximum performance.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. I reviewed the battery icon and adjusted it to prioritize longer battery life, switching it to best performance mode. In certain games, I observed a slight improvement of around 5 fps, but that was the extent. There appears to be another setting that requires adjustment, though I’m having trouble identifying what it is.