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Question

Girlfriends computer has fps issues

May 25, 2019 8:09PM PDT

So I got my girlfriend a high end computer a year ago, all was well till recently. When she try's to play games the fps drops dramatically after a few moments, i.e. we play Conan Exiles, as soon as we load in she can play fine for a minute and then her fps tanks, and in Final Fantasy we que for a dungeon and when she gets in it tanks again. It doesont even out either.

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What is this PC?
May 26, 2019 5:13AM PDT

Make and model.

Get a can of compressed air and every day for a week give the vents a few shots of air.

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Define high end?
May 31, 2019 6:05PM PDT

Post model or specs of exact computer.

A $2,600 ThinkPad Yoga X1 gen-(#X) can be considered high end, but will never play Starcraft Remake very well because standard Intel graphics and its cooling system alone weren't meant for it.

TDP on laptops are generally higher than what they're rated when running the computers to their knees, and therefore the cooling systems don't normally handle well under extreme stress (maximum workload) and therefore must throttle (reduced performance to stabilize on performance/overheating).

Laptops are nice to have, but desktops are the way to go if you want bleeding edge frame rates as of 2019.

Solution- copper MOD the internal cooling system and change cooling paste to AS5, put the computer on a cooling pad or let it sit on open vertical while gaming on a monitor.
Turn down the graphics resolution/settings.
Update/downgrade graphics drivers.

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