Extremely Low FPS in games

[rowan00]

I have an Omnibook 7 Flip with these listed specs "Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 226V (up to 4.5 GHz, 8 MB L3 cache, 8 cores, 8 threads) + Intel® Arc™ 130V GPU (8GB) + 16 GB(onboard)". I understand that this isn't a laptop designed for gaming, but I'm getting around 20 fps max even in games that aren't super heavy, like Team Fortress 2. It'll usually start out around 20-30 and then stay a consistent 15 or so, and then Sea of Thieves, even on the lowest settings I can set it to, I stay at 3-4 fps. Like I said, I know it's not a gaming laptop, but it should be able to run at least a steady 20 fps on minimum graphics, right?? I've seen other benchmarks saying it can run something like CS2 at medium graphics at around 60 fps, but that's not the experience I'm having. Sometimes I can get it to play around 30-40 fps (in SoT, my main game, so it's what I test the most), but most of the time, that'll drop to under 5fps and just stay there

It's also even more confusing because task manager isn't showing any of my resources being maxed out. Memory is capping out at 85%, CPU I see at a max spike of 90%, and GPU is a max of around 50-60%.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on or how to fix this?

[Pallipurath]

Hi @rowan00,

Welcome to the HP Support Community.

Thank you for posting your query.

I am sorry to hear that your facing issues with the FPS. While the HP OmniBook 7 Flip is not primarily designed for gaming, there are several optimizations you can apply to potentially improve the FPS in games like Team Fortress 2 and Sea of Thieves:

Verify GPU Usage

• Open Task Manager → Performance → GPU.
• Check if the game is using the Intel Arc GPU (not just the integrated graphics).
• If it’s stuck on iGPU, force the game to use Arc:
• Go to Settings → System → Display → Graphics settings.
• Add your game → set it to High Performance

Update Drivers

• Install the latest Intel Arc GPU drivers from Intel’s official site (not just Windows Update).
• Update chipset and BIOS from HP’s support page for your model.
• Outdated drivers are a common cause of poor performance.

Adjust Windows Performance Settings:

• Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings.
• Under the Performance section, choose Adjust for best performance.

Battery Management:

• If on a laptop, keep your battery capacity above 90% to ensure optimal power supply.
• Utilize features such as Hybrid Power to enhance performance, preventing the Maximum Battery Drain algorithm from reducing power output.

Take care and have an amazing day!

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Regards

Pallipurath.