Performance issues on Razer Blade Stealth 15 gaming laptop.

[OTHG_iAmUnstable]

The first time I played RDR2 on this laptop I was able to play balanced quality at a clean 45 fps and play it just fine. Now, I have audio crackling and static issues along with GPU rendering distance glitching out. I just updated my drivers, I only have the game open and nothing else for maximum RAM, CPU, GPU, and storage availability.

Does anyone have a solution for this? Thank you. (Specs listed below)

Specs:
CPU: Core i7-1165G7 2.80 Ghz (can go above 4 Ghz)
GPU: GTX 1650ti MAX-Q Design
RAM: 16 GB at 4000 Mhz
SSD: Unknown (Name unclear)

[Hex]

Yes, buy a PC.

[evilMoo]

is it just from this game? I would start with reinstalling drivers. try the sound driver and gpu driver. uninstall them first though. after that if the same thing is happening I would install the most recent BIOS update. Laptops need bios updates to work at all sometimes. reformating the whole computer and reinstall the whole OS clean with newest drivers is pretty much my go to after all that fails... which I barely even try the first things anymore. If I have problems like yours I usually just throw in the towel an format.

[pike]

it's a laptop so expect throttling back when the battery goes down , heat will be an issue, bla bla bla , and it's a pretty weak laptop too , dont expect too much

[HOUSER]

Try rolling back to the previous driver version you were using and see if the issue is still there. If you update the driver again then in the page that says "Installation options" fill the option that says Custom (Advanced) and then check mark the box that says "Perform a clean installation" to try using a clean install. This is Nvidias way of making sure your previous drivers are wiped and not effecting the current drivers. People used to have to do this manually but its built in to the Nvidia driver installer now and works well. You could also try just installing the drivers again and using this method. I'm not sure if it will give you a "driver is up to date" message... If it does then you can install the previous version of the drivers you were using and try it again. You could also try booting your PC into "safe mode", uninstalling all graphics drivers while you are in safe mode, run the Nvidia driver installer, and perform the clean install, then reboot back in "normal" mode.

Honestly I would just try the clean install without safe mode first. If that doesn't work then try the uninstall/clean install method with "safe mode" (If you are getting a message that says your drivers are already up to date). Then if that doesn't solve your issue, you can try rolling back to a previous driver version. Do that as a last option because it may be a pain in the ass (Depends. I'm not sure because I haven't had to do it for a long time but sometimes you have to find the correct driver and download it from Nvidia or a third party website and it can be a hassle). Especially if you don't remember the driver version you were previously using and you're worried about potential malware.

Another thing, when you installed your new drivers it may have changed your drivers graphics settings to different values (some settings may have been reverted to "high quality" when they were previously set on "high performance" for example). Research your driver settings to find out what is best for Read Dead Redemption 2 and your system and see if you can get performance back.

You didn't specify what drivers you updated. You can use the safe mode method for any driver just make sure you uninstall the bad drivers first (while you are in safe mode) so that you can start fresh and avoid driver conflicts. You just wont be able to use Nvidias "Clean installation".

You said something about using "Balanced quality". If you are talking about the settings in RDR2, Rockstar adds new settings with updates from time to time (such as "Tree Tessellation") and one of these settings might be killing your fps. Tree Tessellation in particular has the potential to destroy fps because there are a lot of trees in the game (it depends on the graphics card though). Rockstar may have also changed the "Balanced" settings to different settings over time. It's best to learn what each graphics setting does and how it effects your system and then tailoring them to your system specs yourself. This knowledge will carry with you across all PC games in some shape or form forever once you learn it.

[$2 Hero]

put laptop in freezer. run cables to another monitor, profit

[DargonBlak]

Start with GeForce Experience Optimization (game default is terrible)

Then turn down high impact items you dont care about:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RDR2/comments/dsfy3g/settings_that_do_and_dont_affect_fps_performance/

Folks poke fun at laptops because they are notorious at under-performing an equivalent PC - for example, many vendors use customized throttling to control over-heating, among other things.

But, if that's what you've got - make the best of it.