ok so I'm not sure what exactly is going on with it, I'm thinking my video cards just might be shot, anywho. My laptop is about two years old, post cataclysm and slightly into wrath(not the greatest examples, I know.) I was able to play WoW at just about highest settings with zero problems, after they updated the graphics I had to take things down off the ultra side of it. Now though, I play both rift and WoW in the loest graphical settings possible, except fro view distance, granted the graphics has never bothered me with them low. My question is, what is going on? Even playing browser based games such as minecraft, or things on kongregate, I get terrrrrrrrrible FPS, I'm talking about three to four. help?
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- Thread starter Justin Gooch
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Generally you can do a few things to narrow down the problem. It's unlikely that after only 2 years you would have such a major hardware problem as your graphics card getting shot.
Firstly, are your graphics (and other) drivers up to date? If they aren't it can have severe side effects on performance.
Secondly, have you installed any software (or hardware) recently, if so this recent installation could have had negative effects on your laptop, try and recall if you did and uninstall the software (or remove the hardware).
Thirdly, have you ran a virus scan? There may be a virus on your system purposefully slowing it right down.
Fourth Point, have you posted on the forums of your laptops manufacturer, often these problems are not small isolated cases and can be affecting users world wide, if that's the case then you can often find a lot of information on the manufacturers website/forums. If there is no information, then don't worry, posting on there forums is a place to start! You never know, there might be other people like you who you can talk to.
Fifth point. Contact Customer support, as mentioned above, this might be a common problem, and they may have an easy fix for you, you never know!.
Other things you can try - You could try a system restore to a previous date when you knew that your laptop was running at a higher performance. Remember to back up your data first. And if you are unsure what to do, look at some online tutorials on all the necessary steps, just to be safe.
You can also reinstall windows, this often can restore your computers performance to what it used to be (depending on the problem of course), I don't recommend this until you have exhausted all other options.
I hope this helps! Post back if you end up fixing it or need more help!
Cheers - JD
Firstly, are your graphics (and other) drivers up to date? If they aren't it can have severe side effects on performance.
Secondly, have you installed any software (or hardware) recently, if so this recent installation could have had negative effects on your laptop, try and recall if you did and uninstall the software (or remove the hardware).
Thirdly, have you ran a virus scan? There may be a virus on your system purposefully slowing it right down.
Fourth Point, have you posted on the forums of your laptops manufacturer, often these problems are not small isolated cases and can be affecting users world wide, if that's the case then you can often find a lot of information on the manufacturers website/forums. If there is no information, then don't worry, posting on there forums is a place to start! You never know, there might be other people like you who you can talk to.
Fifth point. Contact Customer support, as mentioned above, this might be a common problem, and they may have an easy fix for you, you never know!.
Other things you can try - You could try a system restore to a previous date when you knew that your laptop was running at a higher performance. Remember to back up your data first. And if you are unsure what to do, look at some online tutorials on all the necessary steps, just to be safe.
You can also reinstall windows, this often can restore your computers performance to what it used to be (depending on the problem of course), I don't recommend this until you have exhausted all other options.
I hope this helps! Post back if you end up fixing it or need more help!
Cheers - JD
I do run a virus scan atleast once a month, usually almost weekly. Only software is Rift, no hardware updates, but like I said, it's been doing it in WoW since before I downloaded any of the current software or hardware I currently have. I've checked all my task manager things, and nothing draining usage. I however do need to go to the forum of hp and call them to find out.