Are your games in anyway connecting to the Internet? If I'm playing on Steam, Origin, others, by default, there is a connection.I have a laptop, when Im home I have no problem with the computer.
When im at work and play on the computer (nearly any game) I get quite a lot of slow down.
what could cause this kind of weird problem?
im playing offline, like if I play Vampire Survivors at home I can do 20m+ until I get slow down (because the game is just not optimised) but at work, barely 1 minute in, I get a lot of spikes, and even "pause" when playingAre your games in anyway connecting to the Internet? If I'm playing on Steam, Origin, others, by default, there is a connection.
If you set your computer to play off line, do you still see this slow down at work?
I ask as that should be about the only variable. At work I'd think you more likely to experience congestion and a slower speed.
both times is plugged inWhen you're at work, do you have the AC adapter plugged in? If not, the laptop might be automatically switching to a battery saving power profile when running on the battery, sacrificing performance for longer battery life. This could explain why your laptop performs worse.
Do you you also other software running when you're at work? Because it's also possible your laptop doesn't have enough memory or just general horsepower to run your work software and a game simultaneously.
It might possibly be a thermal issue. It's a relatively common issue in laptops. If your laptops fan exhausts are on the bottom, putting it down flat on a table might be choking the airflow, enough that it can't sufficiently cool itself. Which in turn could lead to thermal throttling i.e. your cpu and such ramping down their clock speeds so they'd produce less heat.at home my laptop is slightly elevated on a "stand"
at job its sitting directly on a ceramic looking table
could it be overheating? even when playing something like VS?