No FPS increase, when lowering the settings

II2old4thisII

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Feb 21, 2017
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Hey, guys!
I know, this was brought up multiple times already, but I still can't quite figure out what's going on, so your help will be appreciated.

When I'm lowering my settings/resolution in game (Witcher 3, GTA V, Gears Of War 4 + a couple of other titles) it doesn't seem to have any effect on the game's performance. The GPU usage goes down (from 98-99% to 68-78%), but NO FPS increase.. weird. GTA V is actually giving me LESS FPS, when I lower the settings (58-64 FPS instead of 75-90 FPS in the same area with MAXED-ish settings).

I'm thinking CPU bottleneck, but it would've been weird, seems like it's an ok CPU for the GPU I have.

The specs:

GTX 1070
i7 6700 HQ
24 GB RAM

Thank you!
 

II2old4thisII

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Feb 21, 2017
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Hi, thanks for replying!

- Yes
- No
- No, the laptop is relatively new, and always on a stand with lots of space to "breathe", hooked up to an external peripherals and not even touched.

Well, it's a laptop (Asus GL502VS), so the PSU is not relative in this case, I guess.

Good point about the dust though. Will it void my warranty, if I clean the dust (need to remove the lid for it)?

Thank you!
 

Lakken

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1:Call for the warranty service in order to get it cleaned. I think this would be the best solution since they will do a professional cleaning + a repaste maybe for free
2) You can disassemble the laptop yourself and clean the vents. Though, you will lose your warranty if something breaks during the process. I've heard that simply opening the case won't void your warranty because there is no seal. This meaning that, if you are careful they won't even know it was opened.
 

II2old4thisII

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Feb 21, 2017
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I wish I could overclock it, at least a bit... but the CPU temps are already high - 80-85C average under maximum load (maxed out game, no frame rate cap), reaching as high as 94C sometimes (rarely, during very long gaming sessions), so no room for overclocking here, unfortunately :/