Laptop lags too much

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Ragsterinja

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So just last week i bought a new laptop. The Dell Inspirion 15 7559: 960M, i7 6700HQ, 8GB, 1TB. So after i set it up and everything, download all the drivers and update everything and change to the 960m from the 530 HD and i quickly download Far Cry 4, cause i have been dying to play that game since 2014. I optimize it in the nvdia control panel which was like VHigh to Ultra at 1080p FullScreen. So i run it and im getting 35-45 FPS until the gameplay. Then it dips down to 25-30 FPS and then afterwards when you have to escape De PLeurs fortress it dipped down all the way to 5 FPS and it was like 5-20 FPS the entire time. So i then download a BIOS update and start playing the game at 1600x900 Bordered Windowed, where i get like 40-60 FPS. But when ever i put it back to 1080 Full, it just starts lagging. Also recently it has started lagging at 1600x900. Does anyone have a solution on how to fix this??
 
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Ragsterinja

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Even at High to Very High it still lags, and this isn't your couple of frame lag this is 15-20 frame drop. Besides putting the settings down only seem to give me a 5-10 increase (if I put it to low)
 
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Wait, dropping to low only shows 5-10FPS gains? Are you sure you have the latest GPU drivers installed? How do your temps look? You can use HWMonitor (or other freely available programs) to monitor your CPU & GPU useage and temps.

I agree, the 960M is not the most powerful GPU, so aiming for Ultra at 1080p is not particularly realistic. You should see a solid 60FPS in the Medium range.
 
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Ragsterinja

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Yeah I only get 5-10 FPS gain at low and that's why I dropped my settings to 1366x700 at Vhigh but sometimes I still dip way below 30FPS. I have updated all my drivers, everything in my laptop is fully updated but yet still such lag
 
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As I mentioned, free programs like HWMonitor (I use it myself) will monitor your CPU and GPU temps, along with utilization (and more, if you're interested).

Laptops are notoriously difficult to cool to begin with, so even minor QC failings from the factory could result in higher than expected temperatures (which can be problematic for more reasons that simply reduced FPS).
 
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