To do this in windows, go to control panel>system and security> power options and select max performance. Since you're wanting the laptop for gaming, making sure the windows power setting is set to maximum performance could help. I very much appreciate your time! Thank you for baring with me and my lack of computer knowledge! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks so much everyone!Įdit: also if this is in the wrong thread im sorry wheres a better place to put it?įirst thing i would suggest is make sure all drivers are up to date with your system. Need some ideas on what to do/how I can check if it's really screwed up or not. So in summary: gaming laptop is not performing as well as it most definitely should be. And I get terrible fps on the lowest settings. I just am very nervous because I hear of people playing identical games as me and playing on high with great fps. Like a website that could tell me how well my computers performing compared to a new version? Steps of things I could test or actions I could take to get to the bottom of this would be very helpful.

I have recently CCleaner'd my laptop too and that helped free up a lot of space, but was definitely not the issue. So: What are some things I could do to test/fix this.ġ) Open the laptop to see if its dirty near the fan?Ģ) Somehow fix the graphics card or set it up properly?ģ) Did I destroy or possible fry my fan or graphics card? (I know this is vague, I'm at work and could give more details later today).

Whenever I switch it to the high performance processor, it switches back to the other one. I have notice that in the NVIDIA control panel that under global settings, it has like 'auto-select' on whether to use the intel graphics or the high performance graphics card in the laptop.

This may not even be the problem, just something I've noticed. Even when I watch people stream on Twitch, the laptop makes so much fan noise. I have noticed my laptop runs VERY hot and the fans always screaming when I get a game going. Now I get 20fps at absolutely minimum lowest settings on games such as Problem: Months ago I could play some games on ultra or even high settings with good fps. http //us/en/laptops/lenovo/y-series/y410p/#tab-tech_specs. Here are all of the specs/where I purchased it. I am new to this forum and not very knowledgeable on computers at all.

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