I'm playing on a laptop with the following stats:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
8x Intel (R) Core (TM) i5-8300 CPU @ 2.30GHz
In GTA 5 story mode, as well as in online mode, I barely scratched 30 FPS with the lowest graphics settings, sometimes I also have to struggle with very strong FPS drops down to 8FPS. Friends who also have a laptop with similar stats get 60FPS.
GTA 5 Recommended Stats:
NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB
Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2GHZ (4 CPUs)
Why is this and how can I fix it?
My friend had the same problem with Minecraft but it was due to his RAM because he downloaded an APP and this took away a lot of RAM.
Thanks for the quick answer, according to the device specifications I have a total of 8GB of RAM, of which 7.86 can be used
You can first uninstall all mods and then do a file repair with your installer.
Otherwise you can start the task manager, set it to performance and then start the game. After starting at low FPS, just take a look at what is currently running at 100%, e.g. A hard drive.
You should also measure the temperature of the CPU and GPU and announce it here. Once while you started Windows without doing anything, once when you are in the game. And yes measure and announce not say "temp is good".
Thanks for the answer, I'll sit down and post the pictures here. GTA is freshly installed and does not contain any mods
The numbers at Temps are enough.
Only the saying (which I've heard wrong XX times) Temps are okay, it's just not enough.
Task Manager hibernation:
CPU = 7% - 2.65 GHz
RAM = 5.5 / 7.9 GB (66%)
Disk 0 (C. = SSD 1%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 = 0%
Temperature idle state:
CPU = ~ 60 - 70 degrees
GPU = 59 degrees
Task Manager while playing:
CPU = 89% - 2.92 GHz
RAM = 7.5 / 7.9 GB (95%)
Disk 0 (C. = SSD 25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 = 12%
Playing temperature:
CPU = ~ 85-95 degrees
GPU = 79 degrees
There you have it you have a cooling problem!
Depending on which processor you have, 95 degrees CPU is the maximum temperature where there's an emergency shutdown or an area where the PC is clocked down massively to prevent hardware damage.
Since not only the process but also the graphics card is relatively warm, it should be much too warm in your case. As a quick solution, you can simply unscrew the side panels of the PC.
But immediately afterwards you should first measure the temp again as you did before.
Immediately afterwards you should think about how you can improve the cooling. In addition to improved cooling for the case, you will probably also need a different processor fan.
Doesn't have to be more expensive. I got very useful results with Arctic Cooling and they are at the lower end of the price range and have fans at the lower end of the price range.
Unscrewing the laptop is not yet possible at this point, as it is a 6 month old device.
I will probably need a special laptop cooler, as far as I have seen the products from Arctic Cooling are all for PCs, or am I wrong?
Anything you can recommend for cooling laptops?
Sorry I skipped the word laptop. Since these things are largely unsuitable for gaming, I only use Lapis for office or the like.
The one with Arctic referred to the processor cooler.
Unfortunately, there's nothing good for cooling laptops. That is one of the reasons why I think they are absolutely not suitable for gaming.
There are only cooling plates / coolers to dissipate the heat from the bottom of the lapis. The effect is correspondingly small.
In your place I would try to exchange it for a shopping voucher or a refund because the thing gets too hot and therefore does not have a guaranteed function (gaming) effectively. And GTA V story mode isn't the big hardware challenge either. Even a lapi should do that.
Could it also be because my laptop is on a smooth surface and the 80% of the slots are on the bottom? Possibly an increase by objects would have an effect.
I would not like to exchange it because I designed it less for gaming purposes and more for school purposes, I made sure that it was at least enough for low-mid games.
Yes, that makes for particularly poor ventilation. In that case it can help to buy a pad made for notebooks so that air can circulate. If the thing then actively dissipates heat and cools it is of course more effective.
So will raising it only make it worse?
I've watched videos on laptop coolers, and in some cases it only cools the notebook by a few degrees. Is something like that necessary, or is there another way to solve it?
No that with yes was an agreement to what you said. In any case, it brings an improvement if the lapi has air underneath that can circulate. That would also be the cheapest solution. All you need is a kind of frame where you put the lapi on. There are specially built for it.
But active coolers are of course better but also more expensive.
In any case, I don't see how you would ever want to gamble without improving the cooling. Even at 90 degrees, the hardware lifespan is significantly reduced. 95 degrees is the temp for many processors where the PC simply suddenly goes out so that the processor is not fried. And this emergency shutdown often comes too late.
So either never gamble with the thing again or improve cooling. What good products are there I have no idea I can only look up as much as you can.
Ok, thanks for the good advice, how long is the lifetime reduced? The laptop throttles at exactly 100 degrees
It's like smoking. You can't exactly know if you will get cancer because of it and when you only know that the chance of drastically shortening your life is damn high.
That's the way it is with the temp. Nobody can tell you exactly how long the components will last, but that the chance is quite high that it will give up the ghost long before the usual shelf life is damned high.
Ok, thanks for all the answers, it was really helpful, if I have any more questions I'll write another comment.
