Hi! I purchased my current laptop specifically for gaming. I checked the specs, compared them, saw the system requirements, all that. I’ve played Overwatch on it for the past year, but as of lately (that meaning the last month or so, with occasional issues in the past as well) I’ve been experiencing major fps drops as well as stuttering that messes up my aim and overall gameplay.
This has happened before and usually checking for Windows updates and updating it solves the problem, but not anymore. Sometimes when I open the game, I manage to have 200+ fps which is great, but it doesn’t last for long and soon enough I barely hit 150, with drops below 100.
I know 150 fps is really good, especially for a laptop, but the gameplay feels laggy and the it stutters so bad, it messes up my performance in matches and I can’t hit shots consistently. I’ve tried everything, from every forum I could find, even removing my drivers with DDU; the only thing that seemed to temporarily solve it was reinstalling my Windows. I did that sometime in April and now the issues are back.
I considered a network issue as well, since I am using a wireless connection and I’m not currently able to set up a wired one. Troubleshot there as well, still no go. I check the Netgraph daily but oddly enough, there are no white or orange bars which is as confusing as ever. I will insert my laptop specs below.
Laptop: Asus X580VD
Processor: Intel Core i7-7700HQ CPU 2.80GHz (8 CPUs)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Display: Intel HD Graphics 630, 60Hz
Render: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Approx. Total Memory 8 GB, Display Memory 4 GB)
I have every setting on Low, including rendering scale on 75%; I set Overwatch on High Priority in the Task Manager every time I play the game, the only program running in the background is Spotify (I’ve tried closing it to boost performance, doesn’t help) and I close Razer Synapse as well. I also updated my drivers, checked the NVIDIA Control Panel and changed it for best performance and my Power Management is on High Performance.
I have limited knowledge of anything technology related, so I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but a problem I can solve. I appreciate any answer and thank you for your time