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Your gaming laptop is doing too slow

Your gaming laptop is doing too slow

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_FattyWap_
Member
130
08-13-2026, 01:06 AM
#1
I got a Samsung Expert X23 laptop back a few years ago and it worked great all the time. Now I've stopped using it for a while and when I turn it back on, it feels slow and underpowered. The specs are: an i5 7th gen CPU with a GTX 920MX card and 8GB of RAM. That's not top-tier hardware, but it used to handle some heavy games at low settings. Now, nothing runs even at the lowest settings; the best games seem to run around 10 frames per second instead of what they should do. I tried checking if Windows was using the right graphics card and turned on different power plans, then restarted the whole computer. Nothing helped. My task manager shows high CPU usage with no programs running that could cause it. Any suggestions for fixing this?
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_FattyWap_
08-13-2026, 01:06 AM #1

I got a Samsung Expert X23 laptop back a few years ago and it worked great all the time. Now I've stopped using it for a while and when I turn it back on, it feels slow and underpowered. The specs are: an i5 7th gen CPU with a GTX 920MX card and 8GB of RAM. That's not top-tier hardware, but it used to handle some heavy games at low settings. Now, nothing runs even at the lowest settings; the best games seem to run around 10 frames per second instead of what they should do. I tried checking if Windows was using the right graphics card and turned on different power plans, then restarted the whole computer. Nothing helped. My task manager shows high CPU usage with no programs running that could cause it. Any suggestions for fixing this?

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CamLove
Junior Member
21
08-15-2026, 03:48 PM
#2
hdd?
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CamLove
08-15-2026, 03:48 PM #2

hdd?

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mlodypatyk
Member
70
08-15-2026, 08:09 PM
#3
I'm talking about a Samsung 970 EVO M2 that is basically brand new and probably not the culprit here.
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mlodypatyk
08-15-2026, 08:09 PM #3

I'm talking about a Samsung 970 EVO M2 that is basically brand new and probably not the culprit here.

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Yodeuu
Member
163
08-15-2026, 09:21 PM
#4
how hot is the cpu and gpu while playing a game, and what are they using right now?
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Yodeuu
08-15-2026, 09:21 PM #4

how hot is the cpu and gpu while playing a game, and what are they using right now?

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OMGITSDOGE
Junior Member
13
08-17-2026, 05:55 AM
#5
The maximum temperature hit 80 degrees C, while the average came down to 60 degrees.
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OMGITSDOGE
08-17-2026, 05:55 AM #5

The maximum temperature hit 80 degrees C, while the average came down to 60 degrees.

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agantscerect
Junior Member
25
08-20-2026, 10:47 PM
#6
what about using it?
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agantscerect
08-20-2026, 10:47 PM #6

what about using it?

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hdoor20
Senior Member
477
08-24-2026, 03:28 PM
#7
The CPU hit 100% while the GPU went from 60 to 80%.
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hdoor20
08-24-2026, 03:28 PM #7

The CPU hit 100% while the GPU went from 60 to 80%.

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El_Brandon
Member
52
08-24-2026, 05:19 PM
#8
have I got Windows updates yet, and what's taking up my hard drive space?
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El_Brandon
08-24-2026, 05:19 PM #8

have I got Windows updates yet, and what's taking up my hard drive space?

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GamenMetLeviNL
Senior Member
638
08-24-2026, 07:12 PM
#9
I am using Windows 10 and it has been updated to the newest version. My hard drive is completely empty; I still have 420 gigabytes free from a total capacity of 460 gigabytes.
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GamenMetLeviNL
08-24-2026, 07:12 PM #9

I am using Windows 10 and it has been updated to the newest version. My hard drive is completely empty; I still have 420 gigabytes free from a total capacity of 460 gigabytes.

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xXFoxBoy21Xx
Junior Member
10
08-26-2026, 05:14 PM
#10
how much power is your processor using, maybe it's been slow for a long time
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xXFoxBoy21Xx
08-26-2026, 05:14 PM #10

how much power is your processor using, maybe it's been slow for a long time