FPS Occasionally Plunges on Gaming Machine

[Meathook]

Hello,

I just recently bought this machine: Asus G73SW-XR1 17.3" Gaming Notebook . And by recently I mean three days ago. Right now the two games I am playing are World of Warcraft and Mount&Blade Warband. I play both of them on settings that are between "good" and "high" (but not max/ultra) and it usually works quite well. However, ever five to seven minutes the FPS plunges to <10, such that it looks like the comp has frozen for about 2-3 seconds. After that, it works fine again for the next 5-7 minutes. This is not a huge problem, but the computer I have seems strong enough to not have hardware problems on such relatively graphics friendly games. Any help is appreciated, and please let me know if you need more info. Thanks!

 

[Druid]

Hmmm, I would think that laptop could max both with ease. Try updating your graphics drivers. Something with a patch could have caused it, but it is unlikely since it is both. Can you verify whether or not this is happening on any other games? It could be a virus, or it could be your connection.