FPS keeps dropping due to clock speed

Question

Hey all, I have a very annoying problem that I would really enjoy getting some help with. Whenever I play a game (Fortnite, Overwatch, Rainbow, etc), my fps randomly drops from about 144 to below 20 for a couple seconds. This generally happens when my gpu usage spikes to 99% while my cpu usage is 33%. Initially, I thought it was a cooling problem so I got a cooling pad (I have a laptop FYI) and it worked for about 2 months. I tried to underfoot my laptop to -160 but it didn’t work to fix the problem. Recently, I have realized that when my GPU is above 95% usage(it is usually 70% to 90%), the clock speed drops below 500MHz. The GPU temp is generally around 77C and CPU is about 75-80 (sometimes spikes to 80-85). Any fix to this problem?

My specs:

CPU: Intel i7-8750H

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with Max-Q design

RAM: 8GB

MODEL:Dell G7 16

desertboi2 · Answer

I have an Asus GL504GM with similar specs. i have the same problems as you. i recently played Far Cry New Dawn. At start the gpu clock speed is good at ~1600Mhz. and suddenly there are random stuttering.it will go at 99% and clock speed of 150-400Mhz and then go back to normal. this also happened in PUGB. I thought it was my laptop as i had the same problem in the past. but it was fixed with a bios update. i got multiple revisions of the bios. i thought it was the new bios doing that. then i reverted to an old bios thinking it will fix the issue. But no. Then i tried googling and i found you with the exact problem. the problem arrises when i updated the Nvidia drivers. i think that i will DDU thee drivers and reinstall older drivers

Spiderman493 · Answer

Let me know if you find a solution

desertboi2 · Answer

No solution bruh. Still with the same stuttering issue. The only option left is to re-apply thermal paste and see what happen

HasanGenco · Answer

I'm having the same problem with gtx 1060 video card ... I hope you tell me if re-applying thermal paste worked for you ..

actually the same problem happened to me 2 months ago but was solved by updating the drivers and bios .. but this solution won't work for now

jimmy strife · Answer

Hi, I have the same problem I tried everything but nothing work I found one stable configuration for a while is changing my battery options for not use 100% of my cpu but not work every time, it is annoying, this behavior start 1 moth ago, do you find a solution?

andyid26 · Answer

i just bought a G7 7500: i7 10750M with RTX 2070 Max Q and in games, the GPU goes to 100% usage and CPU sits low at 30% and games goes from 120fps to 11fps and game is NOT playable.

Has anyone found a fix for this? i paid a good price for this laptop to have gaming mobile while im away from my desktop and my old Inspiron 7577 Gaming works better!!!

DELL can you see these messages and help us?

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FPS keeps dropping due to clock speed

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