FPS Spikes when gaming

[Venom 3135]

Basically, I'll be playing games that my laptop can run fine, but once it gets hot, I get serious lag spikes every 15 or so seconds.

I'm sure this is because my laptop is heating up, but what I'm asking is, is there anything I can do about it? Does anyone have any advice to help prevent this?

 

[TehCookie]

Wouldn't the obvious solution is keep your laptop from getting hot? Get one of those cool pads, play it in a cold room, make sure it has plenty of ventilation, or take breaks.

 

[Venom 3135]

Of course that's the obvious solution haha. I was more so asking for advice on how to do so, because I already have my laptop sat with the fans hanging over the edge of the desk so that nothing obstructs the vents and I often keep my windows open while I play. I'll look into getting a cooling pad though.

If there are no solutions, then I'll just live with the issue, until I can upgrade to a better desktop PC. I just wanted to try and see if there were any other methods I could use haha.

 

[Bad Jim]

It's likely that a heatsink isn't fitted properly, or maybe a fan isn't working. Intel cpus reduce their clock speed if they start getting dangerously hot. I don't know about gpus. Even though it's a laptop, the cooling should be adequate.

Take it to a repair shop and ask them to look at it, or ask a tech savvy friend.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

USB laptop cooling pads are stupid cheap. Get one.

 

[FalloutJack]

Regardless of whether my laptop needs it or not, I tend to give it special treatment when playing a game. So, I point my big box fan at it while playing. It's not the same as an internal one, but really...could it hurt?

 

[Ender910_v1legacy]

USB laptop cooling pads are stupid cheap. Get one.

I'd second this. On my old laptop it's the only thing I could use to keep it from burning me whenever I touched the keyboard sometimes. They work surprisingly well.

 

[Venom 3135]

I'll try all of these things that have been recommended to see if it helps. Thanks guys.