Good laptop not performing like it should?

Question

Good laptop not performing like it should?

Answer 1

Here s what yer gonna do. Read this whole message first. Then, download, install and setup Malwarebytes anti malware. Make sure in the settings it scans for rootkits. Next, download and install Wise Care 365. Clean up what you don t need and be careful not to delete system files or your own personal ones that you want to keep. After you finish, go to Control Panel, System and security -> Advanced System Settings(should be on the right hand side). It should bring up your system properties. On the advanced tab, under the performance heading click setttings. YOu should see Performance Options. You can do the visual settings for performance thing if you want. Under the advanced tab make sure your virtual memory settings are equal to the amount of ram you have plus 300 - 400 Mb. Next - download and install Puran defrag. Let it do a boot time defrag. Without getting into registry tweaking - this is the easiest way I ve found to quickly ramp a system back up to speed.

You might also want to check the video settings that your friend is using against your own. If you are on "Extreme" and they are on "I can still see it ...kinda" that is where your problem is. This also assumes that you have completed all the Windows updates and your friend is using a virus scanner (some don't!).



Good luck!



And don't make me come over there!

Answer 2

It depends maybe its a performance problem within the system files... Try deleting system 32 it should help

Answer 3

You haven't given us very much information to determine what the problem is.



Do you hear any odd sounds coming from the laptop? What exactly is slow, is just FPS, or is it all disk activity. Are you running a recent version of windows that has all of it's updates and service packs installed?



Here's a checklist of what to go down



1) Download speedfan - check the tempature of your computer, a computer like that will probably run around 40C on an idle, and around 60-70C for heavy loads. If it goes above that, you have a heating problem.

2) Check for physical problems - are the fans clogged or not working? Are your BIOS settings optimal (try disabling hyper threading if it's on)

3) Check for software problems

-Do an Anti-virus scan

-Do a spyware scan

-Clean your registry with a program like CCcleaner

-Run off unessesary processes and services

-Update your drivers

-Update windows

-Adjust game settings to their optimal version

-Restore windows and reinstall everything.

Answer 4

Over time computers get slow no matter what you do to them, the HDD gets slow or the Video Card is getting laggy so no matter what you do it will get slow. The older it gets the slower it will run, I'm talking from my own experience that's why I don't buy anymore top of the line laptops because after 2 3 years its peak performance is done. I rather use my PS3 or PS4 way cheaper on the long run and hassle free. Is even cheaper just to replace a console than a gaming laptop or desktop unless you have the cash to keep up with the tech.

Answer 5

Quick answer:

1. Check settings. Resolution, Multi-Sampling, and Anti-Aliasing

2. Check CPU & memory use in task manager. Background processes can eat a lot of performance if you have stuff running.

3. Check CPU and GPU temperatures. A lot of modern designs will 'throttle' at higher temperatures, to prevent damage. This means they dynamically cap their performance to reduce heat generated.

2A. If you have high temperatures, you will probably need to open up your computer and dust it. If it is a popular design, you can probably find a tutorial on YouTube.





More info:

You don't have a "High-End Graphics Card." Technically, you don't even have a graphics card. You appear to have a GPU separate from the CPU, but with no dedicated VRAM. This means it's using the same memory as your CPU, which can be a limiting factor because RAM designed for CPU use has lower speed but higher capacity than dedicated VRAM (See GDDR5 vs DDR3).

Despite what a lot of people are saying, a dual-core CPU is not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of games are being designed with multi-core CPU's in mind, but for single processes, like playing a game with nothing in the background, dual-core CPU's are arguably still the better choice. It just means your computer will be able to run less things at once, but will probably run those things better than a quad- or six-core processor.

Answer 6

1) copy your friends game settings.

2) use your nvidia or ATI control panel and copy his settings from there too.

3) close all background applications.

4) control panel > administrative tools > services > stop and disable services you don't use or need, not including vital services(google disable windows services), and find a safe list.

5) open registry and clean out hkey_local_machine/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run - delete unnecessary startups. if it's related to hardware, e.g. toshiba, asus, dell, realtek, logictech, stuff like that you can leave it on. delete other entries to applications you don't need at startup.

6) repeat for hkey_current_user/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run and hkey_local_machine/software/wow6432Node/microsoft/windows/currentversion/run



7) empty this folder of anything you don't need at startup. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup this is the startup folder in your startmenu.



8) after you clean up all your startups and services of anything you're not using or not needed for the computer to function reboot



9) delete everything in c:\windows\temp

c:\users\\appdata\roaming\temp and all your temp directories. then use the diskcleanup utility by right clicking your c drive and going to properties. disk clean up WILL NOT delete everything your temp directories that's why you have to do it manually. it's supposed to, but it doesn't. you need to clean these folders out incase you got viruses or spyware / malware. they tend to nest in these locations.



9) now that you're not running a ton of garbage make sure your driver version matches his. UPDATING YOUR DRIVERS DOESN'T ALWAYS FIX SPEED ISSUES. that's a myth. sometimes you have to downgrade driver versions to get speed ups. this was the case in one of my previous repairs.



my friend had this exact same problem. him and his son had matching laptops. i had to downgrade his drivers to match his son's older drivers for the game to run as well on his laptop as it did on his sons.



these tweaks won't just speed up your games, they will speed up your entire computer, because you won't be wasting resources on running a bunch of programs. just because a program is "idle" doesn't mean it's not using resources or clock cycles. that is also myth.

Answer 7

your laptop may be thermal throttling make sure the vents arent covered up and can get a reliable amount of air. other than that u want real gaming performance build a budget pc

Answer 8

Install a clean windows.

then update your driver then see if it works fine without installing programs just drivers.

Now replacing your fan is major step seriously even if it is working slightly slower than new but you need to replace it...It will affect your system..

Answer 9

Check your CPU usage in control panel (not really sure where it is, google it :)) and it should tell you what is going on in the background. I know it's tough, but sometimes a clean install of Windows 7 or 8 is what you need. Maybe wait for Windows 10 at the end of July, and then you can upgrade for free, and do a clean install. Make sure you backup everything though. I know this sounds like a lot, but it'll fix all of your issues. Windows 10 has better performance overall than Windows 7 and 8, also which should help a lot.

Answer 10

Lots of answers telling you things like 'Laptops get slow over years' which is next to a pointless response. You noticed this already and I believe you want to know why and how to fix it......



9 Times out of ten its the fan........ The fan gets clogged, and so the CPU gets hot. Many motherboards, rather than let the CPU get too hot and break will start 'throttling' it.. i.e. slowing down the cycles per second, resulting in your reduced performance. This is also true of the GPU - on your video card.



To fix this is anywhere between easy and impossible - depending on the design of your machine.



If you can get at the fan assembly by removing the underside of your laptop, do it, and clean out the fan as well as you can .... do this for any fans you can find. Failing that use a toothbrush and clean the grill wehre the fan pushes out the air... and you may even want to buy one of those high pressure air bottles (used mainly for cleaning keyboards)and give the thing a squirt.



Needless to say, unplug and turn off the machine before doing this, and BE CAREFUL of some of the more fragile looking components

Answer 11

For playing games Desktop is best and ever best from Laptop but some of the manufacturer created some of the Laptops for specially playing games. Actually your Laptop have the Power option problem or if it is not stop maximum of the services which not in need for using computers and stop unnecessary startups apps. Make the High performance on your power options. Good luck

Answer 12

You didn't make things clear about what kind of problem your are facing?

is it getting slow or just acting like a normal computer even if you have the high configuration?



The possible solution is



1. remove all unnecessary apps

2. disable all auto starting apps and restart your pc

3. try a good antivirus which won't make your pc slow

4. never use free antivirus, it's just for show off

5. make sure your game is suitable for windows 7



even if the problem didn't solved.



1. make sure your have enough free space on hard disks

2. run a checking from windows boot menu , it'll show you if there any problem with the pc or not

Answer 13

Malwarebytes anti malware. Make sure in the settings it scans for rootkits. Next, download and install Wise Care 365. Clean up what you don t need and be careful not to delete system files or your own personal ones that you want to keep. After you finish, go to Control Panel, System and security -> Advanced System Settings(should be on the right hand side). It should bring up your system properties. On the advanced tab, under the performance heading click setttings. YOu should see Performance Options. You can do the visual settings for performance thing if you want. Under the advanced tab make sure your virtual memory settings are equal to the amount of ram you have plus 300 - 400 Mb. Next - download and install Puran defrag. Let it do a boot time defrag. Without getting into registry tweaking - this is the easiest way I ve found to quickly ramp a system back up to speed.

You might also want to check the video settings that your friend is using against your own. If you are on "Extreme" and they are on "I can still see it ...kinda" that is where your problem is. This also assumes that you have completed all the Windows updates and your friend is using a virus scanner (some don't!).

Answer 14

Understand all computers have two types of memory. The HARD DRIVE, and ROM. ROM is what you need to fix. Think of it this way long term memory is Hard drive. Short term memory is full and loaded full of junk. STEP 1, click on Start, ALL PROGRAMS and click on directory Accessories then click on System tools; STEP 2: DISK "CLEAN UP" Now you may have to do this many times until you see all "0" kind of a bran dump. Once done Step 3: Open Internet Explorer and look at the gear top right or click "INTERNET OPTIONS and DELETE "Browsing History" Click the Delete and un check the top box on Favorites. READ and review each then DELETE them which will clean them.

NOW Step 4: Return to Step 1: Now clean up the Hard Drive by clicking on DEFRAG. What this will do is take all of your programs and files which are mixed up Z,R,P, A and put them into 1 thru 9 and A thru Z. Making faster for the computer to find them. This should be ran once a Month at the very least. Everything else once a week. The more ROM more time to clean up. 3 to 4GB's is good, but surfing pictures, Facebook will slow it down fast. Good Luck and enjoy the operating system and empting the TRASH CAN.....lol we all have to from time to time. Buy NORTON 360 and let the pros do it for free. LOOKING over your system 8GB very good, but you have to be doing a lot of GAMING and Clean up is way over due.

Answer 15

Your laptop might have got a virus. First install a better antivirus program in your laptop and then check its performance. If it doesn't affect anymore, you have to format your laptop and install a new window in it. After that it will work faster.

Answer 16

First of all your video card is nothing near "high performance" and I would not expect it to run games very well at all. But to make the most of your laptop try cleaning out the fans of dust and also laptops are not good for gaming at all!

Answer 17

Your laptop might have got a virus. First install a better antivirus program in your laptop and then check its performance. If it doesn't affect anymore, you have to format your laptop and install a new window in it. After that it will work faster.

Answer 18

Step-by-step.

1. Right-click on desktop and click NVIDIA Control Panel

2. Select 'Manage 3D Settings' in the left pane

3. Select the "Program Settings" tab in the main window

4. Click 'Add'

5. Navigate to your java folder (C:/Program Files (x86)/Java/jre6/bin) and select javaw.exe and press 'open'(this step will probably depend on your operating system but should be pretty easy to find)

6. Where it says 'Select the preferred graphics processor for this program' click the drop-down and choose 'High Performance NVIDIA processor'

7. Click 'Apply' in the bottom right and you're good to go.



Kinda silly really but I'm not used to specifying a graphics card to use so hopefully this will help other people with this problem!

Answer 19

heres what you do.



1. Take Laptop

2.Throw Laptop unto nearest wood chipper

3. save a little money for a gaming pc

Answer 20

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Answer 21

Got to a professional that can do more in less time than you could as to subjects you may not be aware of. Guess and moving things and turning things off that you have no clue shall not work. Background programs, invisible virus or software, etc. all require an expert. Good luck.

Answer 22

Troubleshoots you may apply:



1. To find out if it's that fan that causes CPU or Graphic Car to be too hot? Try operating the laptop with the same multimedia or games your are playing in a much cooler place. Check and observe it its decrease performance when CPU temp increases.



2. To find out if its MALWARE, SPYWARE or VIRUSES, Try different scanners one at a time. Try checking your previous installed app in control panel, Check unknown running processes and services that might cause your PC to lag.



3. If you are playing Online Games, Try to check your Ping/Latency see if this causes your game to lag particularly.





Additionally:

Check for all external devices if they are working properly

You may restore/reformat your PC to check it is software issues

Answer 23

For gaming, I recommend an intel quad core i5 or i7 (depending on your budget.) You have an intel Dual Core i7 which is probably not handling the games as well.

You're laptop may or may not be infected. What scans are you using? Scans from free anti-viruses don't catch everything that's in your laptop.

At my local Office Depot, they do free PC scans where they scan the whole PC to see what's wrong with it. Their PC scanner is better than some of the free Anti-Virus scanners. You can take it to an Offiice Deopt near you to see if there is truly a virus in your PC or not.

Answer 24

Depends on what program it is using XP is out of date since 2014, now people are more often using Window 7, 8, 9, 10. It does get expensive to replace the desktop programs, there is Virus everywhere now.

Answer 25

Alright. I won't be one of those people who will recommend that you do stuff you already did.



When you compare the performance of yours to your friend's, are you talking about the same games?



Are you running unecessary programs at the same time? Same graphical settings?



Do you have a bunch of programs running like firefox at the time you play? What about your friend? I can't think of many things that could cause this.



Is the computer running hot?

Answer 26

Laptops get slow over years

Answer 27

You need some basic emergency maintenance: For starters, download and install CCleaner Free ( https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner ) close all of your programs. Start Ccleaner and run the cleaner on the "Analyze" tab. Clean the mess. Then go to the "Registry" tab, Scan and Fix the mess. Then go to the "Tools" tab, Startup section, and deactivate non-essentials from there, (this is revesable, in case you mess something up). Reboot, check the state of your machine. Don't believe the "Over time computers get slow no matter what you do to them" old adage. Computers are as fast as the first day, when their configuration is kept nice and neat as the first day. Hell, you can even keep them faster than similar fresh out-of the factory machines. Belive me, I make a living out of this.

Answer 28

I think every pc must scan every week with some windows program.



1. Chkdsk

2. control penel/administretor tools/memory diagnostic

3. Defragmenter

4.system/porformens informetion tools/re run assinment

5.solve all trabol shooting problem



You can use two tips.

1. RUN/msconfig/prosses/hide microsoft serves and STOP ALL proses or GO STARTUP and STOP all.

2.system/advense system seting/Advence/setting/Adjust for best performens/ok



You can use some softwere for remove junk file

1. cclenar

2. advanced system care

3. You can clean yser/name/appdata and program data or program file unwanted file without microsoft folder.



You must clean from RUN......

1. %temp%

2. temp

3. recent



I think this tips can help you.

Answer 29

Check if it runs some unwanted program or not. Check all game component install correctly or not such as: MS Redistributable 2012, 2013; DirectX, Java Run Time etc

Answer 30

May be your laptop got some viruses. You can avoid it by using quick heal antivirus other ways removed the temporary files from your laptop by using Window R and write "temp" on it.

Answer 31

Try to format the laptop (probably too much trash information such as temporary files or any viruses that you cant delete), probably your ram is being flooded by background programs that you dont know.

Answer 32

First go to the control paenl and empty out the temp folders. Download Eusing Registry cleaner. Clean the registry and then after that look at what your start up programs are, Clean that up. Then download Malwarebytes and run that. The machine should fly now.

Answer 33

Maybe confirm that your video graphics card is not using shared memory. If this is a true gaming laptop then the graphics card should have its own memory. like 2gb - 16 gb of dedicate dram. If it is shared memory then the operating system is sharing it and slowing down processing of your graphics card.

Answer 34

Just remember your laptop will never be compared to a desktop - you still have peopel still using desktops date since 2003 and able to play games.. some what..

Answer 35

Sometime good laptops create problem

Answer 36

Get a can of air duster. Worked wonders on my laptop.

Answer 37

xD thats your problem you have a duel core (2 cores) CPU. for gaming now a days a quad core (4 cores) is what you need and you have a gt 650m thats a little out of date if your running new games like gta 5 you need to upgrade.



but you say your friend has the same get gets better performance that could be because you pc could be getting hotter then his and thus thermal throttling making it not work to its fullest so it doesn't over heat

Answer 38

I had a laptop that played games well but overtime games started lagging i opened my computer and cleaned all dust my games didnt lag anymore

Answer 39

Yes

Answer 40

hardware will slow down to prevent overheating: clean fan and grill assembly or upgrade fans.



oversize and/or stuffed SATA/SSD: removing files and programs you don't need will speed up how fast it takes to pull stuff off your SATA/SSD. and having larger memory will also slow you down because of the time it takes for your SATA/SSD to find things.



oversize and/or stuffed SATA/SSD part 2: cleaning your 'prefetch' and your '%temp%' will speed you up quite a bit: do so by typing 'prefetch' and '%temp%' into 'Run'(windows key + R) and deleting all of those files. dont worry about deleting anything important, your computer wont let you.



(you cant remove all the clutter off of your computer. moste of it is unseen)



Fragmented SATA/SSD: run disk defragmenter.



Malicious software: even the best anti-virus cant save you. for most antiviruses only catch about 70% of them. i recommend downloading the Norton Free trial and clean up your computer that way. (Norton is one of the best. better the malware bytes. because Norton is so proactive it might slow down your computer a little bit when running)





for the best performance: wipe your hard drive and re-install windows. (download windows 10 on a cd/usb for free then wipe your pc clean and install windows 10 (will need your product key))

Answer 41

You two might have the same processor but he has more cores, a dual core processor is not built at all for gaming unless it is a really good one, depending on the type of games you play you should look for one with more cores

Answer 42

format the os and install a new window. this will solve any software issue that may make your pc slow. If you did not find any difference, then it is hardware problem, increase the ram, and check the heat of the cpu and gpu, use softwares to monitor the heat during the gaming like GPUZ and CPUZ. if you find that the heats reach the threshold, tray to cool your cpu and gpu using exterior cooler.

Answer 43

Your Windows 7 install may be riddled with malware. Try reinstalling Windows 7 and see if it improves it

Answer 44

your laptop is get slow because of dust. you can use the laptop cooling pad to more performance.

Answer 45

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Answer 46

I think your Games files may b corrupt of whether you are paying game with more pixel as you have in your laptop

Answer 47

Go to Power options and change power plan to "High Performance"

Answer 48

Have you got the same setting as your friend? is your system running the very same programs and OS config as the friends one, Do you have the same amount of RAM and if internet based game do you have the same ISP and the same speed rating for the connection You say that he is the same but the router the connection the OS the programs running in the background the amount of RAM (& type) all have effect on the end product

Answer 49

dual cores are not that great for gaming but, it will run really smooth on high fps. have you downloaded multiple games at once? that's one cause or, your fans are burning out or the color scheme ended up being to advanced for your desktop which causes your graphics card to slow down.

Answer 50

I would change the graphics card to a solid state. If that doesn't work it's because of your GPU but if that is the case you are **** out of luck.

Answer 51

You don't have a high end card bro and you should try lower all the detail setting and resolution on your game

Answer 52

Try updating your graphics drivers. Also, what are you trying to run?

Open task manager and see what is running.

Check for viruses.

Maybe it's your internet connection speed

Answer 53

I suggest to do formatting of your PC once. This will improve the performance.

Answer 54

Bad brand

Answer 55

Try defragmenting your hard drive in Disk Defragmenter.

Answer 56

Check your directX model and, if possible, increase the speed of your fan. There are some tutorials on youtube...good luck!!

Answer 57

computers get slow over time due to HDD and electronics part in them, some times viruses and background programs in Firefox and chrome make computer very slow.

try to clean your computer and reinstall Firefox and chrome .

Answer 58

try a different sound setting for the hardware,or just try running it through some good speakers and see if that makes a difference

Answer 59

Defragment, disk cleanup, clean physically

Answer 60

Update your Graphic drivers(not hardware).This might increase your performance

Answer 61

Complain Your distributer.

Answer 62

you should contact to your service provider only they can suggest you better what happened with your laptop exactly...

Answer 63

Defect.

Answer 64

bad laptop!

Answer 65

Set your power options to: always on that should make your cpu run better

Answer 66

the same mean you can test the hardware with your friends hard drive.plug your drive to friend's computer and test perfomence and plug your friend's hdd to your computer or clone and test.

you can decide what is the problem, hardware or software

Answer 67

Scan for viruses, reinstall windows?

Answer 68

first things first, install avg pc tune up.

which will tell you what you need to improve performance.

Answer 69

take your laptop in for repairs.

Answer 70

**** laptops get a computer your better off

Answer 71

Go to your service center.

Answer 72

Yeah I hate that. i just clean it and it gets better for a while, then i'll clean it again.

Answer 73

You just search yahoo search engine

Answer 74

open task manager and make sure there aren't any unnecessary programs running

Answer 75

Try advanced system care

Answer 76

May be your laptop is affected by virus. You please install an antivirus, update it and run full scan.

Answer 77

When it gets to full and also the heat, if it heats up to much, it will slow.

Answer 78

If it is under warrantee you can go to your service provider and tell him the problem you are facing.

Answer 79

Have you checked your computer for malware and Trojans? They can wreak havoc on your computers speed.

Answer 80

Try CCleaner it help clean up your computer.

Answer 81

Pc sucks, use mac.

Answer 82

what is you windows experience index i have i3 you first. .when was the last time you tune up your pc

Answer 83

try to instal antivirus

Answer 84

maybe some hardware or software problem

Answer 85

plz try to start one aap c clener and check it ok

Answer 86

take it to a repair shop.

Answer 87

get a mac

Answer 88

cool

Answer 89

may be a virus

Answer 90

take it to get repaired

Answer 91

maybe you got virus

Answer 92

Answer this one first, then yours will be answered.

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Answer 93

get a new one

lol

Answer 94

because it runs windows.

Answer 95

man that sucks

Answer 96

minimize your shortcuts on the desktop

Answer 97

virus

Answer 98

eh probably the fan

Answer 99

no

Answer 100

ok

Answer 101

k

Answer 102

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