Games running suddenly running slow, why?

[elck92]

So just to be upfront I'm not very computer savvy so if there is a simple fix, don't hate me okay? The title says it all really. Everything was going fine than one day all of my Steam games suddenly start running super slow. Even on the lowest settings possible they are basically unplayable. Only games on steam though for some reason. The last time this happened it was because of a windowes10 update and all I had to do was uninstall the update. Tried that again but this time no such luck. So what should I do here? Can anybody help me out here?
Computer Information:
Manufacturer: Acer
Model: Aspire E5-576G
Form Factor: Laptop
No Touch Input Detected

Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8250U CPU @ 1.60GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x8e
CPU Stepping: 0xa
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 1800 Mhz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported

Operating System Version:
Windows 10 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0

Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620
DirectX Driver Name: d3d10warp.dll
Driver Version: 23.20.16.4901
DirectX Driver Version: 10.0.18362.356
Driver Date: 12 18 2017
OpenGL Version: 4.6
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
DirectX Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
VendorID: 0x1414
DeviceID: 0x8c
Revision Not Detected
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.00" x 11.26" (22.91" diag)
50.8cm x 28.6cm (58.2cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x

Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti

Memory:
RAM: 8069 Mb

Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: DVD
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 243056 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 161972 Mb
OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969
Game Controller: None detected
VR Headset: None detected

[Sharna Delagarde]

i've been having that same problem. it feels like my games are running so low and low fps issues.

[Zekiran]

What exactly are you attempting to RUN on something that slow with an onboard chipset for a graphics device? Also: that driver is woefully out of date, but that shouldn't surprise you since it's a pretty low end laptop at this point.

This is more than likely a windows 10 update issue. It's not a Steam change.

[elck92]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

What exactly are you attempting to RUN on something that slow with an onboard chipset for a graphics device? Also: that driver is woefully out of date, but that shouldn't surprise you since it's a pretty low end laptop at this point.

This is more than likely a windows 10 update issue. It's not a Steam change.

Mostly simulations like CIV IV, Jurassic world evolution ect. Yeah I know that I`m basically trying to use a rock here, it was a budget purchase and my best option at the time.

[Zekiran]

Have they run well before this time? I mean I can't imagine they would lol but if you reduce their settings quite a bit they ought. It's just that the processor is SUPER slow, usually games even 5 or 7 years ago required a higher-than 2.0 ghz speed.

[elck92]

Yes they were running fine even in the high settings believe it or not. Now I put everything as low as I can and there is no difference in performance.

[Kali (MM)]

It helped me to purchase an SSD & create symbolic links to it for all of my strategy games (Civ 5 & 6, CK2, EU4, etc).

I am curious about the following: "OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969" & "Driver Date: 12 18 2017" & the possible possible impact of it.

[Zekiran]

The OS is just an OEM thing. Driver date definitely bothers me lol. It means that the driver's 2 years out of date.

[Cathulhu]

DirectX Card: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Maybe you should install an actual video driver for that Intel videochip instead of that placeholder for pretty basic functionality.

Originally posted by Kali (MM):

I am curious about the following: "OS Install Date: Dec 31 1969" & "Driver Date: 12 18 2017" & the possible possible impact of it.

OS install date is irrelevant. Driver date is kinda relevant, but not really. The main reason is the "Basic Render Driver" which Windows uses if it can't find something else.