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dv6 6770M low performance after minutes

Discussion in 'HP' started by collegebum, Jun 8, 2013.

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Hi,

I have a dv6 with core i7-2630QM, 6GB RAM and 1GB 6770M GT GPU.

I've tried the following games:
-Dead Space 3
-Sniper Ghost Warrior 2
-Metro: Last Line

And the performance doesn't seem to be on-par with what I've seen online. I'm running Catalyst 13.6 drivers on Windows 8 64-bit. When I was on Windows 7, I was able to run Mass Effect 3 on high on 1920x1080p for hours without slow down.

However, recently it seems like my computer reduces performance significantly after about 30 minutes of play. Is this a drivers/OS issue or is because the GPU is deteriorating?

How can I fix the issue and restore the performance to what it was before?

Thank you!

collegebum, Jun 8, 2013

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What kind of temps are you running? CPU and GPU?

HWMonitor is a good program, there are many others also if you need more help.

If you processor or GPU is getting up to 100C (I think these are the throttling temps) it will automatically throttle so it doesn't melt. This is the most likely explanation for your symptoms.

If it is getting hot. Buy some canned air and clean our your vents. There are some threads in here somewhere about this sort of thing.

LTBonham, Jun 12, 2013

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