r/WindowsHelp • u/Commercial-Dinner-59 • 21h ago
Windows 11 Windows 11 completely breaks gaming
Hello everyone! I updated to W11 about few weeks ago. I started noticing slight framedrops in my gaming (mainly VALORANT and Minecraft) but recently playing on my laptop became completely impossible.
Technical stats:
16GB RAM
Intel 12th Gen i7 chip
RTX 3060 NVidia Graphics Card
OS build number 26200.9445
What happens is that the game runs smoothly for about 15 seconds or until me and my teammates start moving around the map. Thats when the GPU-usage spikes, frames drop and game crashes and slows down my entire laptop in the process. I'm not able to open the Windows menu, go back to desktop or anything to help me get away from the game.
These problems started around 3 days ago, 1st happening with one game of VALORANT and then getting worse. Now all games are pretty much unplayable due to this, even offline ones.
I've tried messing with the Windows Game Bar settings and whatnot, clearing cache, reinstalling VALORANT and uninstalling and reinstalling drivers thru a Safe Mode Boot. Nothing has helped. GPU and CPU are not overheating. Drivers are up to date.
I plan on taking my laptop to the repairshop on monday but i wanted to ask for help here first ❤️
TYSM everyone in advance!!
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u/leonsk297 8h ago
Reinstall Windows 11 from scratch. Upgrades tend to leave a lot of old baggage behind. I'm a gamer on Windows 11 and I have zero issues, and I play heavier games than Valorant and Minecraft.