Random lag spikes when game used to work just fine?

  • Can anyone give me some tips to find out why my LAPTOP is slowing down with games such as SoT?? I used to be able to play SoT with the highest settings and 0 lag. But now it randomly lags when there's a lot of movement (Like, the video stutters/freezes for moments). REGARDLESS of video settings (Tested it with everything in mythical, and then everything in cursed, 30fps, no anti-aliasing) and it seems to have 0 effect on the random little slowdowns. Both settings work overall the same except for those random little stutters.

    • I just formatted the computer thinking it would fix it. It didnt. (Playing with barely anything else installed/running)
    • I cleaned vents, changed thermal paste of processor.

    Computer specs:
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.60 GHz
    16.0 GB RAM
    Game and windows installed in SSD.
    GeForce GTX 1060

    ...I cant even play fortnite without slowdowns.
    And as I said, I used to be able to play those and other games without slowdowns, but for a while now I get them in almost any game.

    I am suspecting maybe my SSD, one/both ram memory sticks, or the video card could be experimenting some issue. But I have no idea how to track/test which (if thats the issue at all). Since I do not like...have spare parts to just test X)

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  • the game in general just doesn't run that great for a lot of people

    I run my fans at max speed when I play (through a program where crank 'er up) and my laptop is propped up for good circulation.

    setting wise it's never made a huge improvement for me

    only thing that ever kept things running better for me was keeping up on all windows updates (for some reason I can feel it run worse when there are updates) and keeping up on the fans and air circulation

    also when it comes to cleaning ya gotta get all up in there,

    I move the fans and get all that build up out the area it blows air through and I use a blower to make sure I really clear the path.

    Laptops are small areas and things can really clog up in places that might not seem too obvious.

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