Decrease in Performance (GTX 980m)

[Pepsi_Jamie]

Hey all,

So I've recently went on vacation and took my gaming laptop with me, but I've noticed that (even when plugged in) the games I'm playing have suffered an FPS decrease. For example, I was playing Styx: Master of Shadows on Ultra, where everything was running at a smooth 60FPS. Until yesterday, when it was dipping in random areas with framerates such as 45-50. The same occured on Overwatch, where I was usually averaging 59-61FPS, until yesterday when it was dipping to 35-45 whenever other players began to shoot me.

I haven't made any changes to my laptop in a long time and it seems rather unusual. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions as to what's causing this and what to do to improve it, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Also, my temperatures rarely get too hot. For example, the highest my laptop has ever been was 79 degrees while running The Witcher 3 on Ultra. On average (while gaming) it goes between 55-70.

My specs:
Windows 10 (Home)
Nvidia GTX 980M
Intel i7-4940MX
32GB RAM

 

[Oussebon]

It is possible a Windows update has had an effect, if there has been one. You could try:

Setting the Nvidia GPU as the preferred graphics processor in the global settings, and in the app settings you can also add the Legion PTR client and set a specific setting for that
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answer...ow-to-change-nvidia-optimus-graphics-settings

Setting the Windows Power Plan to High Performance:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/292971-pcie-link-state-power-management-turn-off-windows.html

Setting the GPU power settings to max performance:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...ent-mode-from-adaptive-to-maximum-performance

And seeing if this improves FPS.

Also, are your temperatures any warmer than usual where you are?

 

[Pepsi_Jamie]

It is possible a Windows update has had an effect, if there has been one. You could try:

Setting the Nvidia GPU as the preferred graphics processor in the global settings, and in the app settings you can also add the Legion PTR client and set a specific setting for that
http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answer...ow-to-change-nvidia-optimus-graphics-settings

Setting the Windows Power Plan to High Performance:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/778-power-plan-settings-change.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/292971-pcie-link-state-power-management-turn-off-windows.html

Setting the GPU power settings to max performance:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answ...ent-mode-from-adaptive-to-maximum-performance

And seeing if this improves FPS.

Also, are your temperatures any warmer than usual where you are?

The last time my laptop updated was on the 14th of July, at which point I didn't have any problems with my FPS/Graphics card.

My Nvidia GTX 980M is the preferred GPU for the majority of the games/software I use on my laptop, and all of the demanding games are already set to use the maximum performance settings.

My temperatures are warmer than usual, but my laptop never overheats (it's never went past 80 degrees), so I don't know what's causing the sudden FPS issues.

I'll try updating to the latest Nvidia GTX 368.81 drivers and see if that helps anything. If that doesn't help, then I really don't know what's causing the decrease in performance as a) nothing has significantly changed on my laptop and b) it seems to be happening on every game I'm playing, not just the demanding ones.

Thanks for the response btw. I'd also appreciate any other responses from other people who may have this issue as well.

 

[mantadog]

Have you checked the CPU temps aswell?

have you got MSI afterburner installed or anything similar? Basically anything that will graph the temps, clock speeds and % utilisation in real time so you can see it and note if anything is happening at the same time as the lags and/or anything is niot reaching its optimum level.

 

[Myrm]

Was you playing the laptop on battery power? I find I get performance degrading if playing on battery power.