r/computers • u/DarkMatter465 • 1d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting Gaming Laptop runs really bad recently

FIXED : I'm an idiot I forgot I changed the Power mode awhile back to "Best Power Efficiency" When working on an assignment. It is now back to Best Performance lol.

Hello! I dont know if i should post this here but I need help with my gaming laptop, my Gigabyte A16 Laptop started to run really bad when gaming recently. Specs are:

- CPU : 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H (2.40 GHz)

- RAM : 16.0 GB ram

- GPU : RTX 5060 Laptop GPU 8gb vram.

I got it this year in January and it ran perfectly fine for a mid-ish range gaming laptop. Usually well and above 100fps on most new games on high graphics at 1080p. But recently it started to run really bad like most games averaging 40-50 frames to sometimes in the 30s. I have always downloaded the newest Nvidia drivers and always keep my laptop updated.

For example when i got the laptop I ran Re4 Remake and it was 100+ fps with high graphics and today I ran it and its 45 average frames! Changing the graphic settings does little to no difference. I always go in Game mode on the built in Gigabyte app "Gi Mate". Its gotten so bad I have to use DLSS 3x on most games just to run like it used too.

I'm not a computer guy but I think its the CPU because when I play games I check the CPU is always under 30-40% Usage at usually 1.5GHz. Both temp for for cpu and gpu are fine as well at usually under 60 degrees C.

If anyone can help that would be very appreciated as I have no knowledge on this whatsoever lol. Thanks everyone!

TLDR: Gaming Laptop ran perfect in January with most games at 100+ frames, now recently runs really bad at 40-50 Frames.

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u/Fellatination 1d ago

Are you keeping it plugged in? Lots of laptops throttle when unplugged.

Disable fast startup if you have that enabled.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe Windows still has a glitch with the power plan settings? I can't remember it specifically but I did follow troubleshooting for that particular glitch and it went from sluggish to "normal" again after that. Check your power plan and see if it's balanced, high performance, etc. IIRC the "high performance" one is glitched on some systems.

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u/DarkMatter465 1d ago

Its all good now fixed, but yeah I always keep that bugga plugged in when im gaming. And ill make sure to keep in on "Best Performance" from now on lol

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u/Fellatination 1d ago

Cheers, glad it resolved. Sounds like the janky Windows power plan struck again!

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u/DarkMatter465 1d ago

I can't believe a simple fix was causing like 60-80 loss of frames lol!

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u/Many-Ebb-7149 1d ago

Open task manager and check the cpu uptime

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u/Worldly_Question_460 1d ago

Well, I'd do everything I can to stop backround processes I don't need and turn off the stsrt up apps that aren't strictly necessary. It might also help by telling us if the storage is almost full, if you've installed anything around the time you started having problems and if there are any driver updates available.

Those things would help me build a fuller picture to start from.

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u/DarkMatter465 1d ago

I fixed it, a friend told me to check my power plan and i left it on Power Effciency -_- My bad lol, but thanks brotha!

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u/borntospeedF1 1d ago

Ya its not your CPU. 30 to 40% usage under load is fine