Looking to reduce my fps spikes

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enigmadan

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AMD Radeon HD 7620G + 8670M Dual Graphics is the card I have I really don't like ATI in general but that personal choice I can run games pretty well on it yeah I know it's crap to most others but I wanted a laptop to perform low to med games which it's doing fine I'm doing fps checks constanlyl to ensure it's ok the thing that confusing me the most is I could change to high settings on wow and it's running round 50fps and I turn it down to med it will do 60-70
It just never stays the same tho I could be stood still faced down in a corner and it will still go up n down not by little amounts were talking about 10fps my question Is how can I optimise this graphics please give detailed instructions as I'm pretty dumb with these things
Much appreciated as always
 
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Some CPUs are soldered to the board and cant be changed. Best bet is to go to google and type in your laptop model followed by cpu upgrade and see if you get any hits. If you use a program like MSI Afterburner (it's free) you can get it to display information about your hardware usage when youre playing a game. Pay attention to your GPU (graphics card) usage and CPU usage. GPU should be at 100% and your CPU should not be maxed out. If your CPU is maxed out and the GPU is running below 100% that indicates a CPU bottleneck which is when the processor holds back the GPU from rendering more frames. You seem to be getting good FPS though so I don't think your CPU is a problem. I actually don't think you have any problems based on the...
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That's because you are being bottlenecked by the CPU. APU cores are pretty weak, especially on the mobile platform, and WoW is a very CPU-dependent game. For instance, thing of the GPU and the CPU as two siblings running a race. One cannot leave the other, even if they know they are faster. In your case, the graphics are the fast, lean, in-shape child, and the CPU is a bit obese. So when the GPU is barely breaking a sweat, the CPU is huffing and puffing, so the GPU has to slow down so the CPU can keep up.
 
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There are many factors that determine your FPS rate and it will rarely ever be an exact number. It will almost always have a little variation. When you change settings from high to medium or low the graphics card doesnt have to work as hard to display the images which results in higher frame rates. If you want to maintain a steady frame rate you can enable V-Sync which is an option in most games' settings that will help synchronize the FPS that the card puts out to the refresh rate of the monitor. Here's a really good read on VSync..

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=928593
 
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Honestly, I wouldn't recommend using V-Sync, because it may sync up your framerate with the monitor, it also introduces some fairly noticeable hits on responsiveness, or input lag. This is because a frame has to wait for the screen to refresh in order for it to be displayed.
 
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Yea that's why I don't personally use it. I play shooters and I cant have that lol. Maybe the OP doesn't understand that having a fluctuating FPS rate is a normal occurrence and considering he is getting at least 50 FPS it shouldn't be a concern..?
 
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I'm sorry but I have no idea what to do still lol what should I do now ?
Also how do u ensure ur windows is updated fully?
i have no idea how to show on a print screen for this game im playing shows a random spike i get when just walking around
 
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Spikes are better than drops and 10fps +/- isnt anything to worry about. When you are just walking around and there isnt much going on graphically you will get a spike because the graphics card doesn't have to work as hard. You have nothing to worry about.
 
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Some CPUs are soldered to the board and cant be changed. Best bet is to go to google and type in your laptop model followed by cpu upgrade and see if you get any hits. If you use a program like MSI Afterburner (it's free) you can get it to display information about your hardware usage when youre playing a game. Pay attention to your GPU (graphics card) usage and CPU usage. GPU should be at 100% and your CPU should not be maxed out. If your CPU is maxed out and the GPU is running below 100% that indicates a CPU bottleneck which is when the processor holds back the GPU from rendering more frames. You seem to be getting good FPS though so I don't think your CPU is a problem. I actually don't think you have any problems based on the information so far.
 
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