Hi,
My laptop certainly is not the best when it comes to gaming. However I have played many games on my system by reducing graphics, resolution etc. and increasing the frame rate. Some of the high end games which I have played on my laptop include Assassins Creed series all the way up to the Black Flag ( I cannot play later ones like Rogue and Unity since my card does not support DirectX 11), I did not play these games by maxing out graphics but finding the right balance between visuals and performance. And so far for the past 3 years I haven't had any issues.
But since two weeks ago, all my games have started lagging pretty badly especially Skyrim, Mass Effect and NFS:The Run. The trouble started overnight and the first indication was the length of time it took for the games' main menus to load. Skyrim for example takes a long amount of time for the main menu to display being stuck on the Logo/Symbol for a long time. Mass Effect is the same takes a long time to load and the game is very choppy. The Run is the same as well.
The thing is all these games worked fine and I progressed a lot in them. For example Skyrim I have been playing for about 3 years without any issues (I play Vanilla version without any Mods). So below are a list of things I did trying to fix this issue.
-Reinstalled all the games (didn't work)
-Removed the saved games started fresh (didn't work)
-Reduced graphics to minimum such as resolution to 640 x 480 (didn't work)
-Did a full system scan using Panda Antivirus and Malwarebytes (didn't work)
-Disabled both Firewall and Antivirus (didn't work)
-Freed up Hard disk drive space (didn't work)
-Restored the system to a previous point. Unfortunately the only restore point available was 2 days ago (didn't work)
-Used command prompt and tried sfc scannow. no issues were found (didn't work)
-Used CCleaner and cleaned all temporary internet files and what not (didn't work)
-Tried updating drivers (graphics etc). Already up to date. (didn't work)
-When to system settings and adjusted to best performance reducing all animations etc. (didn't work)
-Took the laptop to a tech store and did a full service cleaning all the fans and replacing thermal paste. Laptop runs fine no over heating around 55C to 65C idle and 75C to 80C when gaming (didn't work)
-Used Windows memory Diagnostic Tool to check the RAM. No issues found (didn't work)
Now I'm really stumped
I don't know what to do. The only thing I can't do is reinstall windows ( I'm using Windows 7 Service pack 1 64-bit) because it would cause me to lose a lot of info and preferences some of which cannot be replaced and since the rest of the system functions are working without issue, I really don't feel like going to the trouble of reinstalling only to end up having to spend months getting the system to the level I need.
My system specs are
Processor: Intel Pentium CPU B940 @ 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
Ram: 4.00 GB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
The most crazy part is there are random times in which the games stop lagging. But they're very few and far in-between and have no particular pattern they just seem to work and after restarting they usually revert back to lagging.
Can someone please help me. Cuz I don't know what else to do anymore. Please
My laptop certainly is not the best when it comes to gaming. However I have played many games on my system by reducing graphics, resolution etc. and increasing the frame rate. Some of the high end games which I have played on my laptop include Assassins Creed series all the way up to the Black Flag ( I cannot play later ones like Rogue and Unity since my card does not support DirectX 11), I did not play these games by maxing out graphics but finding the right balance between visuals and performance. And so far for the past 3 years I haven't had any issues.
But since two weeks ago, all my games have started lagging pretty badly especially Skyrim, Mass Effect and NFS:The Run. The trouble started overnight and the first indication was the length of time it took for the games' main menus to load. Skyrim for example takes a long amount of time for the main menu to display being stuck on the Logo/Symbol for a long time. Mass Effect is the same takes a long time to load and the game is very choppy. The Run is the same as well.
The thing is all these games worked fine and I progressed a lot in them. For example Skyrim I have been playing for about 3 years without any issues (I play Vanilla version without any Mods). So below are a list of things I did trying to fix this issue.
-Reinstalled all the games (didn't work)
-Removed the saved games started fresh (didn't work)
-Reduced graphics to minimum such as resolution to 640 x 480 (didn't work)
-Did a full system scan using Panda Antivirus and Malwarebytes (didn't work)
-Disabled both Firewall and Antivirus (didn't work)
-Freed up Hard disk drive space (didn't work)
-Restored the system to a previous point. Unfortunately the only restore point available was 2 days ago (didn't work)
-Used command prompt and tried sfc scannow. no issues were found (didn't work)
-Used CCleaner and cleaned all temporary internet files and what not (didn't work)
-Tried updating drivers (graphics etc). Already up to date. (didn't work)
-When to system settings and adjusted to best performance reducing all animations etc. (didn't work)
-Took the laptop to a tech store and did a full service cleaning all the fans and replacing thermal paste. Laptop runs fine no over heating around 55C to 65C idle and 75C to 80C when gaming (didn't work)
-Used Windows memory Diagnostic Tool to check the RAM. No issues found (didn't work)
Now I'm really stumped
I don't know what to do. The only thing I can't do is reinstall windows ( I'm using Windows 7 Service pack 1 64-bit) because it would cause me to lose a lot of info and preferences some of which cannot be replaced and since the rest of the system functions are working without issue, I really don't feel like going to the trouble of reinstalling only to end up having to spend months getting the system to the level I need.My system specs are
Processor: Intel Pentium CPU B940 @ 2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
Ram: 4.00 GB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
The most crazy part is there are random times in which the games stop lagging. But they're very few and far in-between and have no particular pattern they just seem to work and after restarting they usually revert back to lagging.
Can someone please help me. Cuz I don't know what else to do anymore. Please
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