Very laggy when gaming even though the laptop meets specifications

[Strider0169]

Hello all,

I was hoping for some assistance with my HP pavilion laptop. I'm having great difficulty recently running almost all games, even though the hardware specifications meet the recommended for each game.

I have a Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050 2GB graphics card, 8GB RAM, a quad core processor...

The lag only started in the last few months, and nothing in particular has been downloaded to the computer.

Antivirus checks are performed regularly, including Windows updates and graphics driver updates.

Could this potentially be hardware related? The laptop is less than 1 year old, and the warranty will expire shortly so I'd like to act quickly if it needs to go in for repair.

Performance monitoring during games shows CPU, RAM and Disc usuage low.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

kind regards,

Haydn

[REO51ST]

Welcome to the HP Support Community @Strider0169

First thing, have you updated your BIOS???

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/hp-pavilion-17-ab300-notebook-pc/18149533...

REO

[Strider0169]

 Hello, thankyou so much for your reply @REO51ST

I've updated the BIOS using the link provided, anand the issue remains.

I'm currently trying the ''reset Windows' option, I'll be sure to let you know if that resolves my issue.

Many thanks,

Haydn

[REO51ST]

@Strider0169

Then lets try this:

First thing would be to do a Disk Cleanup.

 

Check everything except Delivery Optimization Files

Then do a Disk Defrag. “OPTIMIZE”

 

Then go to Advanced System Settings.

 

In the Performance box click on SETTINGS.

 

Click on Adjust for Best Performance.

 

Click on APPLY. 

Then click on the ADVANCED tab.

In the Virtual Memory box click on CHANGE.

 

Uncheck everything except Custom Size:

 

Set Initial Size (MB): to a number higher than Recommended:

Then set Maximum Size (MB): To a number higher than the Initial Size (MB)

Click SET,  OK and reboot.

REO