1.1 Introduction:
This article is for laptop owners. Personally, I have an HP Pavilion Dv7, because of this, all examples will be built on it. If your laptop is very hot, if you have a powerful video card, but in new games, it barely pulls at the minimum requirements, then this article is for you! So let's start with the problem of overheating.
1.2 Elimination of overheating:
A laptop is convenient, mobile, but because of this there are problems with overheating. I think everyone remembered this moment when you put a hot laptop on your lap.) Personally, my laptop started having problems with the cooler 9 months after purchase. The cooler just stopped spinning sometimes, because of this the motherboard and video card began to get very hot.
Here's our action plan:
If your cooler sometimes stops spinning, then dust has clogged in it. You can fix this yourself by disassembling the laptop. As shown in the video: (But do not damage the cables and install the RAM correctly!)
P.S. I am not responsible for your disassembled laptop, so if you did not "eat the dog" in this case, then it is much easier to take your "pet" to the nearest repair and pay for cleaning (prices should not bite too much, for that you can avoid unnecessary problems ).
Or you can turn it in for repair, although it is expensive, if you clean only the cooler, it will cost about 1500 rubles, clean the entire laptop - in the region of 3000 rubles, change the cooling system from 3000 rubles.
P.S. On a good note, the laptop should be cleaned of dust once a year in order to avoid further problems with the motherboard, since prolonged overheating is fraught with the formation of microcracks on it, which by itself is extremely undesirable for us)
If everything is fine with your cooler, but the laptop still heats up, then you need to buy a cooling pad. The best brands are "Cooler Master" and "Zalman". There are single-cooler, double-cooler and stands that work from an outlet. Choose considering other parameters such as fan diameter, rotation speed and material (preferably aluminum with mesh) and the angle of elevation of the laptop... If available, take a stand larger than a laptop.
Single cooler stand (from 800 rubles) - due to one cooler it cools in the middle, it may not reach the sides. (If your cooler on a laptop does not spin well, then the laptop will start to overheat, checked on me)
Two-cooler stand (from 1000 rubles) - according to the idea, at the expense of two coolers the "hot" cooler should cool. (I did not check it myself)
A stand powered by an outlet (from 3000 rubles) is expensive and angry, but it should cool everything by 5+! Usually, 2 coolers in them rotate at a speed of 3000 rpm (2 times faster), well, in general, a beast, however, mobility is lost ...
Better to buy in stores, because. in online stores they can bring a pig in a poke + you pay for delivery, but in online stores and in regular stores the prices are similar.
Let's remember the most important thing:
-Clean the laptop from dust once a year. (Micro cracks may appear on the motherboard from overheating!)
When buying a stand, look at the diameter of the cooler, rotation speed, material.
If available, take a bigger stand.
When disassembling a laptop at home, do not damage the cables and install the correct RAM, otherwise goodbye to the motherboard!
When the laptop overheats, FPS starts to drop significantly! (From 61 to 15)
1.3 Increase FPS on a laptop.
Laptops often have two video cards, one for gaming and the other for mobile. Personally, I have a Radeon HD 6770m (1Gb) and a video card with 512mb memory. Also, due to the battery, the laptop uses two types of power: an energy-saving GPU and a high-performance GPU. Switching occurs when the charging wire is connected to the laptop. You also need Catalyst to switch graphics, it switches graphics correctly. It often happens that the system or Catalyst is clogged with errors and starts to fail. This often happens with viruses, with a buggy system, it can also happen when installing any pirated programs, if they update firewood, etc. It becomes clear to the battle, tk. at the same time, with high-performance GPU graphics, programs and of course games start to fail. At the same time, in games, FPS may drop, the quality of textures may deteriorate, incomprehensible figures appear all over the map, and some of the effects disappear. If you have such problems, then this article is for you.
And so let's get started, if at some stage everything is corrected for you, then you can not go further.
You can also find on the Internet the main jambs of your video card. (If you have a Radeon HD 6770m, then visit this site)
First, check your files for viruses.
Update DirectX.
Update the driver for your video card.
Download Catalyst.
Check which video card is currently in use. (If you have two video cards) This is done by right-clicking on the Catalyst logo.
Switch your graphics to High Performance GPU and launch the game, if the glitches are gone, then everything is fixed.
Method one: (If you inserted the power cord into the laptop, and the plate came out)
Method two (If the plate does not come out)
Start Catalyst. (I have it in the C: \\ Program Files (x86) \\ ATI Technologies \\ ATI.ACE \\ Core-Static \\ CCC.exe folder)
Go court: Start \\ Power \\ Switchable Graphics Adapters \\ select the GPU \\ High performance GPU, click, and the plate comes out on top.
If this does not help, then you can create a new user. (P.S. I myself don't know why or how, but it works, I've tested it myself.)
If it did not help, then proceed to the highest measure: reinstalling the system. (It helped me)
That's all! Different sites should have information about FPS in different games for a given video card. From this
Stable FPS indicators are the key to a comfortable and successful game both on a stationary computer and on a laptop. And therefore, when these indicators decrease, even despite the rather powerful hardware inside, the question arises "how to increase the FPS in games on a laptop"?
In general, there are many options and ways of how to do this. This can be both trivial advice on cleaning the system disk, and the need to replace failed parts. It all depends on the situation.
In this material, several ways will be given on how to increase the FPS on a laptop in Minecraft and other games.
Cleaning the laptop
Perhaps this is the simplest and most popular way that comes to mind first. Often, the maximum benefit from it can be obtained if the computer's performance has decreased significantly compared to the earlier period.
To carry out successful cleaning, you must use one of the following programs:
- CCleaner. A wonderful set of tools. Allows you to delete folders that cannot be removed through a simple "Delete". Perfect for cleaning various rubbish on a laptop.
- Auslogics BoostSpeed \u200b\u200b10. The program is quite large in terms of the number of available functions. It is configured once and then works according to the set parameters.
How else to increase the FPS on a laptop in "CS GO" and other games?
Removing unnecessary programs
Very often disk space, as well as device memory, is occupied by programs that have not been used for a long time, but continue to run various processes in the background. To free up space, you can simply go through the list of applications in Windows settings. However, in order to delete all the files that programs left behind, you will need more. And another answer to the question of how to increase FPS on a weak laptop is the Revo Uninstaller program.
This uninstaller will allow you to scan any folder selected by the user and remove unnecessary files. This can be done as follows:
- In the menu that appears, select the "Junk File Cleaner" item.
- After switching to a new tab, select a folder from the list on the right and click "Scan folder".
- In the window that opens, select the required disk to be cleaned up.
- Click "Ok".
Disable auto-starting programs
Another problem that affects device performance and FPS level in games is automatic launch. Some programs can be disabled from running at the same time as the computer using the task manager. However, there are other applications that also start with the system, but work in the background and it is simply impossible to disable them without special software.
How can you increase the FPS on a laptop by disabling automatically starting programs? This is where the previously mentioned Revo Uninstaller comes in handy. To disable autorun, you need to do the following:
- After starting the program, click on the "Tools" button on the top panel.
- In the menu that appears, select the "Startup Manager" item.
- In the tab that opens, select the programs to disable by unchecking the box next to the required one.
It is worth doing this with various programs that automatically search for updates on a regular basis. This loads the system quite heavily.
How do I fix my laptop overheating?
Excessive heating of the device during operation is another problem that affects the FPS in games. Dust is one of the main reasons for higher operating temperatures. During the use of the computer, it gets clogged in the ventilation and settles on the parts. All this disrupts the cooling process.
If the dirt is too strong, the device will automatically turn off after a while. The only and most effective solution is to disassemble the computer. By removing dust from all parts, the cooling process will stabilize and the laptop will run faster.
How else to increase FPS in games?
Scatter files
It is also defragmentation. After installing, uninstalling or changing programs, files are scattered throughout the hard disk. As a result, the hard drive is loaded twice.
Here special programs - defragmenters - can help. Among them:
- built-in program for optimizing Windows drives;
- the previously mentioned Auslogics BoostSpeed \u200b\u200b10.
If it is not possible to download the latter, then you can perform the following operation in the built-in defragmenter:
- In the "My Computer" menu, right-click on the system drive.
- In the list that appears, select the "Properties" line (the lowest).
- After opening the window, go to the "Service" tab.
- Next - "Optimization".
- After the transition, select the disk to be optimized.
Updating drivers
Another simple option for how to increase the FPS on a laptop. This is done quite simply:
- using a special update program from the video card manufacturer;
- download from the manufacturer's official website.
Recently, however, this is not the best option. The latest generations of drivers on NVIDIA video cards have begun to heat up the part itself, leading to its accelerated wear. Therefore, it will not be superfluous to return to an older version of the driver, keeping its installer.
How else to increase the FPS on a laptop?
Additional reasons for the fall in FPS
Many users like to play computer games on their laptop, but often ask themselves the question: "How to increase FPS on a laptop?" After all, the values \u200b\u200bof this indicator should approach 60, but if the frames per second are less than 25, then you will not be able to play comfortably. This problem can happen even on a sufficiently powerful computer. In this article, I will go into detail about the causes of this problem and the different ways to solve them.
FPS stands for the number of frames per second that the screen shows. That is how many times per second the image on the monitor changes. FPS in games is very important. It should be stable and not fall below 25. The smoothness of the displayed image depends on this. It is worth remembering, however, that most screens have a refresh rate of 60 hertz. In other words, you will not see the difference between 180 and 60 fps, since the display simply will not have time to update the image.
Low fps reasons and how to solve them
There are many reasons why you may have a low frame rate, here are some of them:
- weak iron;
- clogging of the system;
- high graphics settings;
- overheat;
- viruses;
- programs interfere with each other;
- the antivirus is loading the computer.
Let's take a look at each situation.
Reason 1: weak iron
The most common reason. Your hardware just doesn't run the game you want to run. Because of this, a drop in FPS, lags, crashes and other signs of unstable work is possible. There is only one way to eliminate this cause - to update the components. However, it is not always necessary to change the entire device. For modern games, the most important thing in a computer is the video card, processor and RAM. It is necessary to identify the weakest link in this chain and purchase a better version. This will allow you to significantly improve the FPS on your laptop.
There is a method that will allow you to slightly increase the FPS on a weak PC. You need to go to the task manager. This can be done by simply entering the name into the Windows search bar. In the window that opens, find the game process, right-click on it and increase the priority to "Above Average" or "High". But Realnoe Vremya cannot be put on... This operation will allow the computer to use more resources to process the game.
Reason 2: clogged system
Many people have been using Windows 7 for years and never clean the computer of unnecessary files accumulated there. As a result, leftovers from deleted programs, unnecessary applications, programs running in the background load the computer heavily. Because of this, strong FPS drops appear. There are two ways to solve this problem: temporary and radical.
Method 1: cleaning your computer
It is necessary to remove unnecessary programs and files. You can use the special program Ccleaner. It will remove unnecessary temporary files and fix errors in the registry. After such a simple operation, the FPS can rise significantly, but this operation must be performed regularly. The disadvantage of this method is that Ccleaner cannot always delete absolutely all unnecessary files.
The official website of the program is http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner.
Method 2: reinstall Windows
This method is more radical, but also more effective, since the newly installed system is not clogged with anything unnecessary. To do this, you need to make a copy of your valuable data and install a fresh operating system (currently Windows 10). The most convenient way is to do it from a USB stick. Then you will need to install all the drivers. After all these actions, the FPS should rise.
Reason 3: high graphics settings
Another reason for FPS drops can be high graphics settings set in the game. It is necessary to reduce the detail, draw distance, texture quality. If you reduce the resolution, then you can improve the FPS quite well, even on a weak PC. Of course, the quality of the picture will suffer, but it will become smoother.
Reason 4: overheating
Due to overheating, the processor drops the frequency, as a result of which the FPS decreases. This problem can severely decrease the number of frames per second. In turn, overheating occurs due to dust, which clogs the radiator grilles and the heat transfer deteriorates. Another cause of overheating is a non-working fan or blocked ventilation openings.
It is necessary to clean the laptop from dust and replace the thermal paste in it. This can be done in a specialized service center. It is also necessary to check the performance of the fan and, if necessary, replace it.
It is worth remembering not to glue the vents and use the laptop on soft surfaces. All this can lead to overheating and a decrease in FPS.
Reason 5: viruses
Viruses can seriously load your computer. They are commonly referred to as "Miners". It is worth scanning your computer for malware. And for prevention, have an antivirus with real-time protection, this will protect you from unwanted programs in the future.
Reason 6: programs interfere with each other
Many users open 10 tabs in the browser, launch a torrent, watch a video and still want to play. If you run a demanding application on a weak PC, then all other programs must be closed, as they take computing resources and simply interfere with the normal operation of the game.
