WHY IS MY LAPTOP SO LAGGY

[AWOKEN]

Alrigth so i have this laptop with specs like this :
Processor : Intel(R) Core (TM) i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40 GHz
Ram : 8Gb
Graphics Driver : AMD Radeon 6600M and 6700M Series
Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
i know it isn't a decent laptop but i used to have a i3 with 2.40GHz,6 Gb of ram and Intel HD Graphics 3000 yet it can run Batman Arkham city just fine with no lag.
But with this laptop i barely can run Unturned. I MEAN COME ON. so is it because my laptop simply sucks or is there another reason?

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Could be one, or more reasons.
1. Overheating.
2. Drivers were not installed, or needed to be updated.
3. The game using the Intel iGPU, over your AMD GPU.
4. Problem with the video drivers which you want to DDU in safe mode wipe the AMD drivers, and download the drivers for your AMD GPU.

[AWOKEN]

Dr.Shadowds 🐉님이 먼저 게시:

Could be one, or more reasons.
1. Overheating.
2. Drivers were not installed, or needed to be updated.
3. The game using the Intel iGPU, over your AMD GPU.
4. Problem with the video drivers which you want to DDU in safe mode wipe the AMD drivers, and download the drivers for your AMD GPU.

Firstly, i already updated and installed the drivers
Secondly, how do you change wich GPU you are using for your laptop
Thirdly,How do you do number 4

[L e s n y]

After gaming on an Aspire 5739G for 4 years here are my two top tips to keep up the performance:

1. Get yourself a decent cooling pad (When I owned my 5739G I've also removed any protective covers that allowed better air flow).
2. Remember to replace your thermal paste found on your CPU.
3. Maximise Windows's performance by getting rid of unnecessary visuals and services (Upgrade your OS to its newest release if possible). I also wouldn't recommend using any "Game Boosting" software as they tend to use more resources than they manage to actually provide.
4. Obviously don't run any extra software during gaming.
5. Obviusly keep your drivers up to date.
5. I have once installed an update for my BIOS which gave my laptop a temporary performance kick boost.

I've also tried overclocking but I highly would recommend to stay away from it as my laptop has run into issues as a result.

It is possible, as Dr.Shadows already said that your laptop uses the integrated Intel graphics rather than your AMD GPU, you can disable integrated graphics through device manager by disabling or deleting an existing driver.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnjD80hSQWw
From the video go into your AMD settings, make sure power use maximum performance, and for apps add them, and make sure to set it to use maximum performance as well.

DDU use only the recommended options nothing else very simple. When you run it, it will ask what you want to do, change launch to boot into safemode, it will restart your PC, and pop up for you, make sure AMD is selected to wipe the AMD drivers, then click on the recommended button, then you're all done.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html


Download your driver manually, or use auto detect tool.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

[Omega]

Dr.Shadowds 🐉님이 먼저 게시:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnjD80hSQWw
From the video go into your AMD settings, make sure power use maximum performance, and for apps add them, and make sure to set it to use maximum performance as well.

DDU use only the recommended options nothing else very simple. When you run it, it will ask what you want to do, change launch to boot into safemode, it will restart your PC, and pop up for you, make sure AMD is selected to wipe the AMD drivers, then click on the recommended button, then you're all done.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html


Download your driver manually, or use auto detect tool.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

^that video is for the older Catalyst Control Center AMD dumped it a few years ago.

For Crimson: Right click desktop > AMD Radeon Settings > Preferences > Radeon Aditional Settings > Switchable graphics aplication settings > set the game to high performance.

Also set everything to high performance in the Powerplay tab.

[AWOKEN]

So i've figured it out
My laptop was extremely overheating
is there a cheap way to make it not overheat?

[Sabertoothproton]

ＡＷＯＫＥ님이 먼저 게시:

So i've figured it out
My laptop was extremely overheating
is there a cheap way to make it not overheat?

How high are your temps? One of the fans or the heat sink could be defective.
The cheapest thing would be getting a cooling pad and don't use it on soft surfaces it can sink into.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

most laptop settings are set to conserve power when on battery by using built-in gpu instead of dedicated (mobile) gpu.

you can try to manually set dedicated gpu as primary video card and/or plugin laptop at wall socket.

[AWOKEN]

chiefputsi✖✖✖ 上 没什么 老挝님이 먼저 게시:

most laptop settings are set to conserve power when on battery by using built-in gpu instead of dedicated (mobile) gpu.

you can try to manually set dedicated gpu as primary video card and/or plugin laptop at wall socket.

And how do you do that?

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

this is for hp pc but you will get the idea: http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-the-Onboard-Graphics-and-Install-a-New-Graphics-Card-in-Your-HP-Pavilion-6630

also: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/363014-33-enable-laptop-dedicated-graphics-card

[AWOKEN]

ok so basically i fixed it
Hooray for me