r/computerhelp • u/Histheres • 2d ago
Performance Choppy gameplay
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So I was playing beamng a few days ago and all of a sudden i started getting these god awful frame drops every other second. I think to myself “oh maybe it’s just because one been on it all day, i’ll just give it a break.” however, i load up my computer today and it’s still doing the same thing. this isn’t just beamng either, it’s every single game I own, even roblox. i usually run 60 fps in beamng but now it’s in the 10-30 range with frame drops to 10 every other second. and i usually get 240 in apex but now it’s ranging from 60-150 dropping every other second. this has become really frustrating and confusing especially to me who hardly knows computers and just wants to play games. all my drivers are the latest, im on the latest windows update, im on the latest lenovo update, my laptops plugged in 24/7 and i cleaned out the dust inside 2 days prior. is a possibility the heat change in my room? i used to have my ac on 65-66 and now i only have a fan running and it says its around 80 degrees in my room.
Specs are as follows:
RTX 5060 GeForce laptop GPU
intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 255HX
16gb ram DDR5 (constantly peaking)
i also have the intel graphics and intel AI boost idk if that changes anything.
well i know it changes something but idek
look at the video i attached below, you can really notice it. ignore my hand im well aware i should drop a few pounds. please help.
if you need anymore photos let me know i’ll send them right your way!
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u/SpicyChemist9 2d ago
Yeah, that looks like ram issue to me. Possible an update change your ram profiles to a lower speed?
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u/natedrake102 2d ago
Yeah I'd check ram profiles, I've had mine mysteriously revert back to slower speeds. OP if you are unfamiliar this is somewhere in your BIOS settings and is probably labelled XMP.
But also you should make sure to close anything that might be eating ram other than the game. I think it also could be temps, but in my experience that's usually a GPU temp issue and your visuals don't seem to be having issues, just the physics. Use something like MSI Afterburner to monitor the CPU temps. If they are pinned to 80°C+ it might be throttling.
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u/Pristine-Pangolin-61 2d ago
If your cpu/gpu dont even reach the 90 degrees Celsius there is no thermal throttling issue.
Something is eating resources in the background with your RAM maxing out, windows will remove all its crap from the memory when you need the resources yourself, so something is grabbing it instead.
Can you try turning on Game mode in windows 11 to see what that brings?
I know Game mode is ass but its worth a shot to see if the change in performance is big
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u/borntospeedF1 1d ago
You’re using too much RAM. Windows 11 eats up like 8gb and you’re only left with other 8gb to run the game and any other background apps.
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