Stuttering games and heat

So, recently while playing COD Ghosts, I found that the game was stuttering. It was running quite smooth for the first 6-7 mins but then the stuttering started. I have upgraded the GPU drivers to the latest one but there was no affect at all.
About the temp, the temp when the game was stuttering was 88-89 degree C. This could be the reason but then I have run games smoothly at 92-93 degree.
The problem was with Batman Arkham City too.

Any ideas? The laptop is no longer in warranty or I would have got it checked with the company.

 

Sounds like you need to clean out the vents and possibly repaste your GPU with some new thermal paste. If you list your laptop and it's specs, you may be able to get some more detailed instructions on how to clean it/repaste.

 

im guessing looking at your previous posts this is what youve got:
Laptop - HP DV6 / GPU - 6770m / Windows 7 Ultimate 64x

also glancing through your posts i notice youve mentioned you was going to a design a custom cooling pad, did you do this and did it make any difference or did it make things worse as you could be blowing hot air back in.

the bottom line as Ajfountains mentioned is you have to clean the vents and fans out on a regular basis with compressed air. every 3-6 months is the norm but if you have pets then even more so. this can knock upto 10c of the temps.
a repaste of cpu/gpu could also help.

 

Yup, that's the config.
I did made a DIY cooling pad but there was no visible affect in performance or temp.

 

Well considering the actual heat sink is likely clogged with dust cooling pad can only do so much as it cannot increase airflow where it is most vital. If you haven't got technical know how and/or tools to open it up properly and clean, get some compressed air and spray the dust out, it will help a bit depending on how bad it is, mind though you might jam the fan, if there's a huge dust bunny there.

I clean mine once a month at least, runs at 60-70 when gaming, gradually decreasing as dust bunny grows on the heatsink.

Put a pin to stop fan from spinning loosely as it might damage it.

Thermal paste does heaps too, well applied and high quality one will knock quite a few degrees off, got nearly 10down myself, as originally as it came from Dell it only had slabs if play doh with a lot of excess.

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cleaning / repasting using IC diamond helps a lot on stuttering games, heat cause the CPU to throttle

as for COD ghosts, the stuttering is not your laptop's problem. it's a part of the game's feature

 

Tell that to my M17x ... Had no lagg and was totally maxed out

 

COD:Ghosts is notorious for being optimised like poop on PC.

Yeah, great advice given here. It needs a nice thorough spring cleaning by the sounds of it!