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Nico 10 hours ago
FPS drop to 20 on all games and never go back up
I have an i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz that runs at 3,5Ghz while gaming, a 8Go VRAM GTX3070 and 32GB of RAM.

Never had a single problem on any game for the last 2 years but recently I've been having a massive issue while playing some games : my GPU just stop doing its job.

Playing Helldivers, I have constant 80 fps for an hour then suddenly it drops to 20 and never goes back up. CPU usage is capped at 33% and won't budge, no matter what I do. CPU is at 40%, RAM at 45%, nothing moves. All my drivers are updated, NVIDIA control panel is set to performance, battery is set to performance mode.

The problem seem to only appear on Steam since FFXIV runs at constant 90 fps and LoL at constant 144 fps.

Does someone have any idea what could be the cause?
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Illusion of Progress 9 hours ago 
There is one of a couple of causes for "performance is fine and then flatlines at a lower value".

Generally, it means either you are running low/out of VRAM, or the device is throttling (thermally or electrically). Given that this is a laptop, the latter two will be trickier to narrow down.

You can use ThrottleStop to see if it can give you a clue.

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-throttlestop/
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C1REX 9 hours ago 
Originally posted by Nico:
The problem seem to only appear on Steam since FFXIV runs at constant 90 fps and LoL at constant 144 fps.

Does someone have any idea what could be the cause?

I agree with Illusion about most likely reason but if it’s truly only happening in steam then it might be an option letting the app to download games and updates while playing. It’s surprisingly CPU heavy.
Check in steam settings if it’s on and switch it off.
But again - thermal or power limit is the most likely reason.
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GMC79 8 hours ago 
you say cpu at 33% which is fine, but then say CPU at 40%? do you mean GPU 40% in Helldivers?
If so that suggests a cpu bottleneck, but then again not sure it should be with an i7 11800.

You mention battery so it's a laptop so is there any settings set to do anything after an hour? is it always an hour on the dot?
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