Frame stutter in most games.

[pickley]

Hey, so im having this issue with most games im playing on my laptop.

After about 10mins to and hour (depending on the game) my FPS starts to act erratically. Every 2 mins or so my FPS froms to between 0 and 5. This lasts for like 10 seconds. Im not sure why this is happening, but its happening on games i should be able to run without issue (Namely WoW)



Heres my info, if more is required let me know

CPU: AMD v160 2.40 GHz
RAM: 3.gb (2.74 usable)
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
OS: Windows 7 64bit

Its happened regardless of WoW settings, even on the lowest.

Again, not sure what info to supply. Let me know if im missing anything. Thanks

[chaud]

Check temperatures when it is happening, sounds like throttling.

[Deleted]

As Chaud said, sounds like a heating problem. In case of worn thermal paste the CPU heats up and as a result the fps starts to hiccup. GPU running hot has the same effect. To check the CPU temperature i'd suggest using a program such as Core Temp.

[Deleted]

I had the same issue, I had to re-apply thermal paste and it fixed it all up.

[Demoness]

As the others mentioned, temperature is the most likely culprit. If you do reapply paste and your problem is not solved, you should think about dropping $30 to put some more RAM in your machine, because 3GB is pushing minimum requirements for OS+games these days.