Laptop - Acer Aspire V5-573G. brand new laptop, arrived 4 days ago.
Specs:
intel i5-4200U @ 1.6 GHz, up to 2.6 with turbo boost
Nvidia GeForce GT 750M with 4 GB of dedicated VRAM
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
I installed Skyrim Legendary edition on it. Settings automatically set to high. Bethesda HD texture packs enabled. Resolution @ 1920x1080. Beginning scene ran at a stable 30-40 fps. Indoors @ stable 50-60 fps. But after about half an hour, i started getting very annoying fluctuating fps. It would be 35 fps for like 10 seconds, then 5-10 fps for around 8 seconds, and so it went on and on. Tried making new character - now i had the same problem even in the beginning scene. changing battery setting to 'high performance' didn't help.
GPU temperature never went over 70 degrees celsius. CPU and RAM never reached 100% capacity.
Today, i played it with battery settings on 'high performance', and the charger plugged in. battery was at 100%, and i played Skyrim for over an hour and half without any problems. Tried putting it on ultra, and it ran at a stable 25 fps, but it was a bit too low, so i kept it on high. No problems.
So, do i really need to keep the charger plugged in all the time to be able to play without these lag spikes? Or what else do you think might have caused it?
Thanks in advance.
Specs:
intel i5-4200U @ 1.6 GHz, up to 2.6 with turbo boost
Nvidia GeForce GT 750M with 4 GB of dedicated VRAM
4 GB RAM
Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
I installed Skyrim Legendary edition on it. Settings automatically set to high. Bethesda HD texture packs enabled. Resolution @ 1920x1080. Beginning scene ran at a stable 30-40 fps. Indoors @ stable 50-60 fps. But after about half an hour, i started getting very annoying fluctuating fps. It would be 35 fps for like 10 seconds, then 5-10 fps for around 8 seconds, and so it went on and on. Tried making new character - now i had the same problem even in the beginning scene. changing battery setting to 'high performance' didn't help.
GPU temperature never went over 70 degrees celsius. CPU and RAM never reached 100% capacity.
Today, i played it with battery settings on 'high performance', and the charger plugged in. battery was at 100%, and i played Skyrim for over an hour and half without any problems. Tried putting it on ultra, and it ran at a stable 25 fps, but it was a bit too low, so i kept it on high. No problems.
So, do i really need to keep the charger plugged in all the time to be able to play without these lag spikes? Or what else do you think might have caused it?
Thanks in advance.