FPS drops even on lowest possible settings

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Hello all!!

When i play games, it starts with a very smooth gameplay with no lag, fps issue.However only for 20-30 seconds..My FPS drops drastically and becomes a laggy play until i quit and start over.
Even my laptop is a bit old, i can play almost any game on low settings, so if it's runs for almost 1 min without any issue, this means it can keep up right?
I dont understand why it can't keep up the good performance as long as i'm playing.

Well here's my specs;
ASUS K50IN 4GB Memory
Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Intel Core 2 DUO T6500 2.10 GHZ
Nvidia Geforce 102m
Not overclocked or something

My laptop is 5 years old and updated my video drivers a month ago.Updating gave a huge boost but as i explained above...

Never updated any other drivers except video drivers since i heard other drivers shouldnt be touched if there's no problem with the system.

Never opened and cleaned its dust before.

Here's Temps;
Gaming;
CPU:70-73
GPU:85-87

Idle;
CPU:58-60
GPU:68-70

Well i dont know exactly the issue but i have some guesses;
Vista,dust problem or both hard disks 90% full...

Well i tried to be very very clear about my problem, i'd be happy more than anything if you guys could help me )))

Thanks in advance

 
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wrathofdragon
Usually i test the things my clients will be able to run on their PCs and what settings on this site it checks your hardware, tells you what games you can run and at about what settings. its usually pretty accurate, however +/-10% error. (meaning it may say you can run the game at medium, however it is very hard to play/low fps, so for the aesthetics you lower the settings.)
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Yes it could be a dust problem but i can't risk to open my laptop case since i dont know much about these stuffs. I'd like to be sure about this.

 
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Usually i test the things my clients will be able to run on their PCs and what settings on this site it checks your hardware, tells you what games you can run and at about what settings. its usually pretty accurate, however +/-10% error. (meaning it may say you can run the game at medium, however it is very hard to play/low fps, so for the aesthetics you lower the settings.)
 
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Thanks for the link wrathofdragon, already using this site. but my problem is; whatever any site says i end up tweaking those games to lowest. Im running perfectly any games(tweaked or old) at the beginning but it cant keep up good performance as it started with. Probably 80% overheating then, but could it be some malware?..
 
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Ok so basically your problem is over heating because as you make use of the gpu it gets hotter which is supposed to make the fans spin faster but on a laptop this isn't always the case and exposing your laptop to high temperatures over the years will lead to pixelated display colour bands etc.
 
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try the "minimal dusting method"

Open the little doors that are on the bottom of laptop (usually small one screw panels for ram, wifi, etc.) and use some compressed air to blow some air around there and try to angle the air around.
while holding the fan from spinning lightly with a toothpick (if you just blow air directly on the fan, it could start spinning too fast and later your fan might break) blow air around the fan, in the inlets and outlets. Take out the battery and blow the air in all the little holes that you can see.

When gaming, elevate your laptop 1/4 inch or more off the table to allow more air to circulate underneath the laptop. if you dont care too much about how your laptop looks, you can take off the little doors on the back completely off while gaming (dont touch anything on the inside with your fingers, and only put the laptop on table.). try getting a fan pad for your laptop, the more the laptop fan configuration matches your laptop fans, the better. if you dont want to buy a fan pad, just get some spare PC fans and attach them something that will elevate your laptop and allow air to flow in. (1 usb wire, 1 fan, 8 blocks (same sized), and 1 surface material (cardboard, plastic, plexiglass, etc.). Attack the blocks in four corners of the material that you have chosen. make a hole where you will place the fan. attach the fan and the other 4 blocks to the other side of the material. put the makeshift base with the fan side up (hopefully the fan matches the fan location on your laptop) and place your laptop on top. TADA~~ you have a fan base...)
 
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Thanks for the info siveshen, so it's 99% overheating i guess since i never cleaned it for 5 years. So that could explain poor performance which happens after almost 1min gaming. Because if it was low specs, i couldn't play those games right? Well poorly made ports is another story... But many of nextgen pc games are running on lowest settings on my machine.

 
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Thanx for taking your time and give a detailed explanation ) I will try to clean and increase the height next time.
 
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