Nvidia GTX 960M performance issue

Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member -  
Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member -
Hello everyone!

My problem is very simple to understand: I own an Asus ROG G741JW laptop with an Nvidia GTX 960M graphics card, an Intel Core i7-4720HQ 2.6 GHz 3.5 GHz in Turbo mode.

This is not an ultra-powerful configuration capable of running the latest games but, at least, capable of running games that are now 5 years old. I say this because I’m currently playing Assassin's Creed Revelations and the game is not at a constant 60 fps (on Ultra). There are lag periods. Even lowering the graphics doesn’t improve anything, I don’t know where the problem comes from. In terms of drivers, I was using the driver recommended for my pc (downloaded from Asus's official site), I now have the latest Nvidia driver but nothing changes. I should also note that I’ve opened the game with the correct graphics card (my pc has 2, one for gaming and one for less demanding tasks)
It’s still playable but I find it disappointing for a pc worth €1000

If you have any tips to help me solve this problem, please feel free to share ;)

2 answers

RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   30
 
Hello Thib008 ,
I understand that you say your PC can run games "quite" recently ..... it's a laptop so not made for gaming ....
But many people still play on laptops (like me sometimes) you can play .... your problem does not come from your graphics card ..... this problem comes from your processor (CPU) ....
Because a CPU has a lot ! ; a lot to do on a PC! it has to manage tens and tens of tasks at the same time per second ..... which is a lot ! Especially for a electronic chip xD .
So the tasks of your PC (driver manager, peripherals, OS and much more!) plus the video game [which requires a lot of frame and texture updates per second ...... Which is a lot ....
You can do one thing to play well, overclock ...
Overclocking is about increasing the CPU power (DO NOT PUSH IT TO THE LIMIT!!!) In short, increase the voltage, the CPU clock speed and the memory clock speed .
You take a small risk if you overclock a little but you take big risks if you greatly increase the CPU power ...
You can do it a little (almost like enabling turbo mode :) ) But tell me if you want to do it ....
RIIbox59
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Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member
 
If it works after, why not do it :p
But it's still strange because Assassin's Creed isn't a super demanding game either, and on Minecraft too I can't get the game to run at 60fps with shaders, it runs at about 30/40 fps and it varies all the time, which is giving me a headache :p
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RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   30
 
yeah :)
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RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   30
 
1) download MSI Afterburner. (From the original MSI site :) )
2) tell me when it's done and you will have to watch a video (I'll give you the link) and with this video you will overclock your graphics card ....
3) Download SpeedFan and you will watch a video of CPU overclocking on YouTube .

After all that, your performance will be multiplied!
And you will finally be able to play smoothly and with no lag ....
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Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member > RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 
I've thought about it and I think the problem comes from very poor ventilation of my computer; there is only one air outlet (very small) and it blows hot air. Because the lags only occur after a minute or two, at the very start of launching the game it works fine.
So if you have a solution to improve cooling or ventilation, let me know :p
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RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   30
 
Install "SpeedFan".
And how old is your computer?
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Fildyr Posted messages 19780 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   618
 
Google search in 20 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhPq8FHafeY
No need to put off until tomorrow what you can do today
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Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member
 
Thank you very much :)
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RIIbox59 Posted messages 341 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   30
 
lol
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Fildyr Posted messages 19780 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   618
 
SpeedFan is an alternative solution. If you have to use it, it means things really aren’t right. To the good listener, hi.
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Thib008 Posted messages 13 Status Member > Fildyr Posted messages 19780 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
 
Yeah, I don’t understand, you should know that my game is installed on the data drive, I don’t know if that changes anything. I updated a BIOS yesterday, would that increase my PC’s performance?
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Fildyr Posted messages 19780 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   618
 
No.
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