Game stuck at 60fps

[ᴊᴜɴɴʏ]

Well, I decided to post this here because I coudn't find any solution to my problem.
I bought a new notebook (i5-8250U 1.8 to 3.4 GHz, 8GB RAM, Graphic Card: Radeon 520 2GB, 2TB HD, Windows 10 Home) and my game doesn't run at more than 59/60 FPS. Sometimes it runs in between 120-150 FPS but this happens so randomly and so rarely that I assumed it was set to reach only 60 by default. The problem is I don't know why and don't know how to fix it.

Here are the things I already tried to do:
- Disabled VSync both ingame and on the Graphic Driver
- Updated the graphic driver
- Disabled the XBOX Game DVR both in Config and in the Register
- Checked the Disable fullscreen optimization box in the Compatibility menu
- Tried to run the game in Compatibility mode
- Tried both fps_max 0 and 999

I run the game at 4:3 fullscreen 1024x768 resolution with everything on low besides the shaders (high), anti aliasing (2x MSAA) and texture filtering (Anisotropic 2x) and also set every Windows config to max performance both in battery and in charger.

And that's all the stuff I could find in the internet. I even searched for a console command to disable VSync even though it's turned off in the Video Settings menu.
Honestly, I don't know what else to do and I'm hoping to find some tips in the community. Maybe it's helpful to someone that 's experiencing the same problem.

PS: Not native english speaker, so forgive/ignore some mistakes.

[Irene ❤]

Nothing is wrong.

For processors, the speed and power is determined by the 2nd digit.

i5-8 [2] 50U
Radeon 5 [2] 0

It means your hardware is only having a performance of 2 (out of 10).
It's an entry level graphics card.

It is already good that you have 60 fps in csgo. You're already lucky to see a temporary
120-150 fps. If you play battlefield or PUBG you will be getting lower than 30 fps at lowest setting.

Another example, Nvidia 980 and 1030. 980 will perform much better because it's 8 vs 3. The first digit 9 and 10 is just the generation count.

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Początkowo opublikowane przez 中华龙凤:

Did you disable laptop power savings in csgo settings ? It is the only thing I can think of right now , maybe it will fix problems

It is disabled

[ᴊᴜɴɴʏ]

Początkowo opublikowane przez 💙Irene:

For processors, the speed and power is determined by the 2nd digit.

i5-8 [2] 50U
Radeon 5 [2] 0

It means your hardware is only having a performance of 2 (out of 10).
It's an entry level graphics card.

It is normal that you have about 60 fps in csgo. You're already lucky to see a temporary
120-150 fps. If you play battlefield or PUBG you will be getting lower than 30 fps.

Another example, Nvidia 980 and 1030. 980 will perform much better because it's 8 vs 3. The first digit 9 and 10 is simply the generation count.

Even if the fps goes 100ish for a whole session? I mean, when I turn on the notebook and the game runs with 100+ fps, it stays this way until I turn it off and start it again. But most times I turn it on the game runs at 60fps. I would say in 3/10 times I run the game with 100+fps so I don't think it's hardware related. At least is my perception cause when I run pubg is smooth af

[Irene ❤]

I have given you the right answer, trying to save your time in 'troubleshooting'.

You claim that the problem is you are capped at 60fps. Now that I explain it's due to an entry level graphics, you claim that you can now run at 100fps and running PUBG smooth af.

Sure, Radeon 520 can run csgo at 100-120fps, and PUBG smooth af. I'll not fight you. It's the millions of people who are stupid to upgrade their hardware.

This is why I dislike helping stubborn people. You give them the right answer, they change their story and claim you're wrong.

[lightningShinigumE]

Bro your graphics card is very bad...that is why you are getting such low fps...

Why would you buy such an outdated card in 2018..??
You will not be able to run any decent present games...forget about future games...

I say return it and get a good laptop which has better config or hell get a desktop bro..

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Początkowo opublikowane przez 💙Irene:

I have given you the right answer, trying to save your time in 'troubleshooting'.

You claim that the problem is you are capped at 60fps. Now that I explain it's due to a entry level graphics, you claim that you can now run at 100fps and running PUBG smooth af.

Sure, Radeon 520 can run PUBG smooth af. I'll not fight you. It's the millions of people who are stupid to upgrade their hardware.

Of course I shouldn't expect a nice answer to a sincere doubt

Początkowo opublikowane przez ✪ junNy:

Sometimes it runs in between 120-150 FPS but this happens so randomly and so rarely that I assumed it was set to reach only 60 by default.

If you learned how to read maybe you'd see what I said about higher fps here

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Początkowo opublikowane przez lightningShinigumE:

Bro your graphics card is very bad...that is why you are getting such low fps...

Why would you buy such an outdated card in 2018..??
You will not be able to run any decent present games...forget about future games...

I say return it and get a good laptop which has better config or hell get a desktop bro..

Hmm I agree with that. I'm just confused with the fact that sometimes I spend 5-6 hours running with 100+ fps and suddently when I restart the notebook it goes 60 :/ Even with bad hardware that's supposed to happen?

[Vaulty]

Początkowo opublikowane przez ✪ junNy:

Początkowo opublikowane przez lightningShinigumE:

Bro your graphics card is very bad...that is why you are getting such low fps...

Why would you buy such an outdated card in 2018..??
You will not be able to run any decent present games...forget about future games...

I say return it and get a good laptop which has better config or hell get a desktop bro..

Hmm I agree with that. I'm just confused with the fact that sometimes I spend 5-6 hours running with 100+ fps and suddently when I restart the notebook it goes 60 :/ Even with bad hardware that's supposed to happen?

Are you sure those sessions are the same? As in that it's not your hardware limitation that makes it drop to 60 due to idk smoke thrown or smth like that?

Cuz if it's not then it's something on your laptop causing it, it may be your power saving options, your cpu "slowing down" to cool itself off, Xbox DVR thingy capping your fps at 60 etc

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Vault Hunter 101:

Początkowo opublikowane przez ✪ junNy:

Hmm I agree with that. I'm just confused with the fact that sometimes I spend 5-6 hours running with 100+ fps and suddently when I restart the notebook it goes 60 :/ Even with bad hardware that's supposed to happen?

Are you sure those sessions are the same? As in that it's not your hardware limitation that makes it drop to 60 due to idk smoke thrown or smth like that?

Cuz if it's not then it's something on your laptop causing it, it may be your power saving options, your cpu "slowing down" to cool itself off, Xbox DVR thingy capping your fps at 60 etc

Nope, basically nothing drops the FPS from 60 besides the TR bomb explosion (but I've seen it drop on good PCs too).
About the sessions, I thought about that and tried to make them as similar as possible, with the charged plugged in, etc, and the only pattern I noticed was that restarting the notebook would make the fps go high.
Some other times I changed some configs on the graphic card software, on the energy options but nothing that would increase the fps twice beside restarting.
I'll try testing the CPU cooling system to see if is that limiting the FPS.

[Muerte]

Check for CPU and GPU usage during a session and also i'd recommend to check if temperatures get too high on either GPU or CPU.

[Nep]

Try to set your shaders, graphics, etc on LOW, personnaly well i set shaders in low performance i got 125fps, when i set it on high performance i got 80fps..
Try it

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Nawk:

Try to set your shaders, graphics, etc on LOW, personnaly well i set shaders in low performance i got 125fps, when i set it on high performance i got 80fps..
Try it

I tried and it didn't helped :/ even changed the resolution to 640x400something but it capped at 63/64FPS, no big changes tho.
Thanks for the tip anyway!

[ᴊᴜɴɴʏ]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Wulfrik the Wanderer:

Check for CPU and GPU usage during a session and also i'd recommend to check if temperatures get too high on either GPU or CPU.

Just restarted the computer and the game started running at 115fps again, and I ran a program (MSI Afterburner) to see this.
The GPU temperature had an average of 70 Celsius (topped at 76 at one small point)
The GPU usage was basically 99% all the time during the gameplay
The 8 CPUs (as the program shown) had an average of 75 Celsius each
And the usage was pretty diverse, some of them had an average of 50%, others of 20/30/40%

But all of this running at 100+ FPS. When it run at 60 I'll try again and post here, if you want :)

[tiy]

Początkowo opublikowane przez 💙Irene:

Nothing is wrong. :erune:

For processors, the speed and power is determined by the 2nd digit.

i5-8 [2] 50U
Radeon 5 [2] 0

It means your hardware is only having a performance of 2 (out of 10).
It's an entry level graphics card.

It is already good that you have 60 fps in csgo. You're already lucky to see a temporary
120-150 fps. If you play battlefield or PUBG you will be getting lower than 30 fps at lowest setting.

Another example, Nvidia 980 and 1030. 980 will perform much better because it's 8 vs 3. The first digit 9 and 10 is just the generation count.

But what about GTX 980 and GTX 1060? 980 should perform much better than 1060, but it's somehow the same performance

[Irene ❤]

GTX980 = 150 texture / 75 Pixels fill rate
GTX1060 (3GB) = 110 texture / 75 Pixels fill rate
GTX1060 (6GB) = 125 texture / 75 Pixels fill rate

If you have GTX980, you can set texture quality higher than GTX1060 and still enjoy the same frame rate. Which means 980 is still slightly superior than 1060.

However, 1080 is much powerful than 980. A Gen 10 Lv8 card is much powerful than a Gen 9 Lv8 card.

GTX1080 = 260 texture / 130 Pixels fill rate.

However, OP's Radeon 520 is only slightly better than Intel HD Graphics. Therefore I believe that's the reason for getting only 60fps. CSGO can take advantage of CPU, but i5-8250U isn't fast either. He answered his own question by revealing the overclocking software MSI Afterburner. The laptop is cold in Winter, hence it can overclock at a higher speed. After a few games, it became hot and could no longer reach 120fps.

OP, I apologise. I did not know about the overclocking and thought you're trying to lie about the 120fps. I'm thankful to learn that 520 can overclock to get 120fps. Do consider upgrading your laptop. Overclocking can be stressful to your computer.