I have an i5-3210M @ 2.5ghz, 8gb of ram, and a GeForce GT 630M. I have an integrated intel hd 4000 but I'm almost positive I have things set up to run tf2 with the GeForce. Either way the intel hd 4000 should blow tf2 away if I'm running highframes.
Not the greatest hardware in the world, and yes this is a laptop, but this thing should be able to give me >30 average fps w/ drops if I'm running chris' highframes config. Besides, I've only recently started having issues. I stopped playing tf2 for a good week and a half or so, and last night when I hopped on, my usual frames were completely halved and I kept dipping below 20 which is just ridiculous.
I play 1366 x 768, windowed noborder. Never had problems before last night. All of my drivers are up to date too. I am baffled.
I have an i5-3210M @ 2.5ghz, 8gb of ram, and a GeForce GT 630M. I have an integrated intel hd 4000 but I'm almost positive I have things set up to run tf2 with the GeForce. Either way the intel hd 4000 should blow tf2 away if I'm running highframes.
Not the greatest hardware in the world, and yes this is a laptop, but this thing should be able to give me >30 average fps w/ drops if I'm running chris' highframes config. Besides, I've only recently started having issues. I stopped playing tf2 for a good week and a half or so, and last night when I hopped on, my usual frames were completely halved and I kept dipping below 20 which is just ridiculous.
I play 1366 x 768, windowed noborder. Never had problems before last night. All of my drivers are up to date too. I am baffled.
Some laptops engage a low-power safety mode when they get hot. Check if you're running hot enough to trigger something like that. Options should be in Power Settings.
Some laptops engage a low-power safety mode when they get hot. Check if you're running hot enough to trigger something like that. Options should be in Power Settings.
Try running TF2 with the integrated graphics, the dedicated card gives you little to no performance boost and comes at a higher power cost.
Try running TF2 with the integrated graphics, the dedicated card gives you little to no performance boost and comes at a higher power cost.
Does seem a little strange. I'll throw a few suggestions out as I also have had similar problems.
As the previous post suggests, check to see if your process is overheating leading to throttling, use a program like SpeedFan to do this. If your cores are over 85-90 celcius you are most likely overheating. Since you said this problem developed over time, check your internals, if can get dusty as fuck in there, which causes heat build up. Also check your thermal paste application to see if that's good.
Check for malware. I know its obvious but better to check everything. I recommend malware bytes.
Does seem a little strange. I'll throw a few suggestions out as I also have had similar problems.
As the previous post suggests, check to see if your process is overheating leading to throttling, use a program like SpeedFan to do this. If your cores are over 85-90 celcius you are most likely overheating. Since you said this problem developed over time, check your internals, if can get dusty as fuck in there, which causes heat build up. Also check your thermal paste application to see if that's good.
Check for malware. I know its obvious but better to check everything. I recommend malware bytes.
I altered my power settings a bit. It was on "Balanced" by default but I changed the graphic settings so that they provide maximum performance when plugged in. I'm hoping that'll change things.
Running tf2 w/ the integrated graphics seemed to work okay. I broke 30 frames and started playing around my usual 60ish but it still dips below 30 at times which is still highly unusual.
My cores are currently around the 45 celcius mark.
Thanks for the help so far guys. I'm trying everything you're throwing at me!
I altered my power settings a bit. It was on "Balanced" by default but I changed the graphic settings so that they provide maximum performance when plugged in. I'm hoping that'll change things.
Running tf2 w/ the integrated graphics seemed to work okay. I broke 30 frames and started playing around my usual 60ish but it still dips below 30 at times which is still highly unusual.
My cores are currently around the 45 celcius mark.
Thanks for the help so far guys. I'm trying everything you're throwing at me!