For some strange reason, in-game frame rates are very hit and miss. Here are the most recent examples:
1) I've been playing League of Legends comfortably at upper-mid detail for about a year, but after a couple of months of not playing it, I come back to find that it struggles to get above 10 FPS, while I was used to 30-50 (frame rate drops if a lot is happening on screen). In this case I could turn down the detail to the lowest available and I got the game to a comfortable 30 FPS, but still not as good as it was.
2) I recently downloaded Portal 2 (from Steam, as are the rest of my games), having played it though in three sittings, the first with a comfortable frame rate (I'd guess 40-50 FPS), the second it slowed to <20 FPS, and the third back nice smooth frame rate. Since then, I wanted to play an achievement run though, but since the frame rate has been so low I haven't really been able to. I have the same issue with Bastion.
3) I've had TF2 for a while, but VERY occasionally when I run the game it won't exceed 25 FPS and a reboot doesn't tend to fix the problem, just tends to fix itself.
4) This is the main reason I made the thread: just bought and downloaded Deus Ex:Human Revolution and it's practically unplayable. I've tried lowering all the settings to the bare minimum, but I can't improve the frame rate at all. I know I should be able to run it nicely (my specifications generally match the recommended specs for the game).
Oh, and a couple of in game textures have suddenly become really low resolution, which is weird because some textures are fine (this goes for basically all my games, particularly Source based).
Here's a brief overview of my laptop's specs.
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
System Model: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (not sure which SKU, I bought it last year if that helps)
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz, 2267 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory: 3.80 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 7.60 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (with 1GB DDR3 memory)
It's not fantastic, but it shouldn't have this problem with running these games.
BEFORE YOU POST
Yes, I have Googled for a solution, checked my drivers are up to date, fiddled with the Catalyst Control Centre, made ABSOLUTELY SURE that I'm using the high performance graphics while my laptop is plugged into a power source, checked DirectX diagnostics and generally troubleshot the hell out of the problem, and my computer keeps telling me there is nothing wrong.
[HEADING=1]Any help would be greatly appreciated![/HEADING]
1) I've been playing League of Legends comfortably at upper-mid detail for about a year, but after a couple of months of not playing it, I come back to find that it struggles to get above 10 FPS, while I was used to 30-50 (frame rate drops if a lot is happening on screen). In this case I could turn down the detail to the lowest available and I got the game to a comfortable 30 FPS, but still not as good as it was.
2) I recently downloaded Portal 2 (from Steam, as are the rest of my games), having played it though in three sittings, the first with a comfortable frame rate (I'd guess 40-50 FPS), the second it slowed to <20 FPS, and the third back nice smooth frame rate. Since then, I wanted to play an achievement run though, but since the frame rate has been so low I haven't really been able to. I have the same issue with Bastion.
3) I've had TF2 for a while, but VERY occasionally when I run the game it won't exceed 25 FPS and a reboot doesn't tend to fix the problem, just tends to fix itself.
4) This is the main reason I made the thread: just bought and downloaded Deus Ex:Human Revolution and it's practically unplayable. I've tried lowering all the settings to the bare minimum, but I can't improve the frame rate at all. I know I should be able to run it nicely (my specifications generally match the recommended specs for the game).
Oh, and a couple of in game textures have suddenly become really low resolution, which is weird because some textures are fine (this goes for basically all my games, particularly Source based).
Here's a brief overview of my laptop's specs.
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
System Model: HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC (not sure which SKU, I bought it last year if that helps)
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 430 @ 2.27GHz, 2267 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory: 3.80 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 7.60 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (with 1GB DDR3 memory)
It's not fantastic, but it shouldn't have this problem with running these games.
BEFORE YOU POST
Yes, I have Googled for a solution, checked my drivers are up to date, fiddled with the Catalyst Control Centre, made ABSOLUTELY SURE that I'm using the high performance graphics while my laptop is plugged into a power source, checked DirectX diagnostics and generally troubleshot the hell out of the problem, and my computer keeps telling me there is nothing wrong.
[HEADING=1]Any help would be greatly appreciated![/HEADING]
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