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March 25th, 2025 21:49
Dell Inspiron 15 Gaming 7577 – Severe Core Clock Drops Below 300MHz
I know my laptop is old, but it struggles to run even older games. In Red Dead Redemption 2, which recommends a GTX 1060 3GB, my GTX 1060 6GB still fluctuates between 5 to 45 FPS. The core clock drops to 170MHZ, and GPU temps hit 85°C within 4-5 minutes of gameplay. Buying this laptop was my worst decision, I feel like I wasted $300 on it.
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Chino de Oro
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March 25th, 2025 22:59
The gaming performance lag was due to CPU throttled. Check and verify if it was caused by thermal (overheating) or the power adapter not being recognized.
ejn63
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March 25th, 2025 23:54
The system is about seven years old and if it has not had internal maintenance (thorough cleaning and replacement thermal pads) that's long overdue and should help significantly.
ItsAmmar
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April 7th, 2025 05:36
@ejn63
Will this solution work?
The problem with my laptop is that when the GPU temperature reaches 85°C, the GPU core clock speed drops from around 1500 MHz to just 150 MHz to reduce the heat.
Because of this, the FPS in games goes from 50+ to below 10, and this keeps happening in a loop — a few minutes of smooth gameplay, followed by sudden FPS drops for a few seconds, again and again.
This happens in every game that puts even a little bit of load on the GPU.
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ItsAmmar
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April 7th, 2025 05:48
@Chino de Oro
The problem is with my GPU, not the CPU.
My CPU gives stable performance, but the GPU starts throttling when it reaches 85°C.
Once that happens, the GPU clock speed drops heavily, which causes a sudden drop in FPS.
For example, the game runs smoothly for a few minutes (like 50+ FPS), then suddenly drops to below 10 FPS for a few seconds.
This keeps happening in a loop, again and again.
When the GPU overheats like this, it performs so badly that even a Pentium PC might run the game better at that moment.