Random Fps drops recently

[PeterSola]

For the past month or so i have been getting severe fps drops while playing simple games like counter strike and minecraft. It goes from 50-60 fps down to 4-5 fps. I have been trying to fix it in so many diffrent ways, i cleaned my registry, checked for malware, changed my virtual RAM. I have tried everything i have read about. I have an alienware m11x with 2gb ram, nvidia geforce gt 335m, 1.30Ghz processor speed. Tell me if you know how to fix it! sorry if i posted this in the wrong category

 

[simon12]

If it ran these fine before then it could be overheating maybe due to dust building up. Run HWMonitor to check what temps you hit when it happens.

 

[PeterSola]

sorry i forgot to say that my temps range from 50-60c while im not gaming and 70-80 while gaming

 

[Gman450]

There's your problem. 70-80 degrees is really hot. Your GPU is overheating.

 

[PeterSola]

There's your problem. 70-80 degrees is really hot. Your GPU is overheating.

is there anyway i can fix this

 

[Gman450]

You can increase your GPU fan speed by using a software.

 

[PeterSola]

You can increase your GPU fan speed by using a software.

can you link it

 

[Gman450]

OR you can remove you can apply thermal paste on your GPU's heatsink. ALSO: Have you checked if you're laptop's got any sort of dust in it ?

 

[Gman450]

can you link it

Riva Tuner
http://downloads.guru3d.com/RivaTuner-v2.09-download-163.html

 

[HEXiT]

i would recomend msi afterburner rather than riva tuner. rivatuner is potentialy dangerous if you dont know what your doing and is badly described. where as msi afterburner has a great help section that is really easy to follow.

 

[Gman450]

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

 

[PeterSola]

Well, i am sending in my computer because of motherboard issues, since the fan and the gpu are also attached to it they give you new ones, at least that is what i was told. So when i get it replaced if it still does it i will give those programs a try, thank you!