Solved Random lag spikes after a while (GPU 2 usage goes up)

kakas123455

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Hello.First of all,excuse me for my bad English in some bits and you should know I am not an expert in this kind of stuff. So,recently,I am starting to get some random lag spikes after a while of playing games (specifically,League of Legends and CS GO). Whenever the lag spikes happen,I check MSI afterburner and I see the GPU 2 usage going up (from near 27 to 80-90something). I am not really sure but my second GPU is Intel HD family Graphics,I dont know if it helps. Also,I haven't experienced this before. Some things to note:
I have tried checking for malware and setting up a fan below my laptop to prevent overheating. Model is Dell Inspiron 3537. I would really appreciate some help as its starting to become exhausting. :cry: :( If you need any further information,feel free to ask me,I will try to inform with whatever you need.
 

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Welcome to the Forum.

Do you have a second monitor?
Does your Laptop have a discrete GPU or it uses the internal graphics?

Games makes the GPU to work hard. Do you have a hardware monitor to see if the max temperatures are below 85ºC?
 

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Hello again. Ok so: 1) I don't have a second monitor 2)I went to dxdiag and I saw that my Intel HD Family Graphics card is internal,as for the AMD Radeon HD 8670M I will have to guess that its discrete. I think it uses the internal one. 3)I have SpeedFan and MSI but MSI refuses to co-operate so I will watch the Speed Fan's measures to see the temperature.I will inform you about it as soon as I get a lag spike.
 

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Actually the problem seems to have been fixed.In power settings I set everything to High Performance and now its fine although it still has a bit of staggering.Thank you for trying to help.
 
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