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My Gaming Laptop Lost A Big Chunk Of Performance In An MMO Overnight

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Accepted solution by Zane — After a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which cuases stutter for the first sessions. Give it a couple of runs, or…
  1. Vera B.
    @verab560

    guys pls help i play an MMO every evening on my gaming laptop and know exactly how it should feel. after installing Gigabyte GA-8VM800M-775 MB VIA HyperionPro Driver 5.00, its noticeably choppier, frame times are all over teh place, and tonight it even crashed once:

    Fatal error

    Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.

    I havent changed any in-game settings. Temps look normal. Is it possible a driver update makes things this much worse, or am I imagining it? pls help 🙏

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  2. Noah N.
    @nnolan_10

    oof if measurement confirms a regression, roll back with DDU to the previous driver, and report it to Gigabyte with your GPU, game and settigns. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  3. Nadia
    @pixelbuilder
    in reply to @nnolan_10

    check Power Options: a Windows update or driver installer can switch to Balanced or a battery saver profile... on laptops, also check the manufacturer's performance mode app. hope that helps :)

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  5. Cyrus Nakamura
    @stackwrangler-2p8

    ahh classic pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo performance from scratch. same issue here on my gaming rig. glad im not teh only one

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  6. Noah N.
    @nnolan_10

    to measure properly, use a repeatable in-game benchmark or teh same route, log frame times with a tool like PresentMon or CapFrameX, and compare average and 1% lows on both drivers. one run each isn't enough. lmk how it goes

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  7. Zane
    @cronrider
    in reply to @nnolan_10 Accepted solution

    After a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which cuases stutter for the first sessions. Give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver shader cache manually in teh control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it rebuild once. fingers crossed 🤞

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  8. Zane
    @cronrider

    omg finally finally got it working, thanks everyone

    thumbsup

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  9. Zane
    @cronrider

    mods can we pin this thread :)

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  10. Noah N.
    @nnolan_10

    been there man pro tip: write down what u change. i didnt and had to redo windows from scratch

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  11. Nadia
    @pixelbuilder

    oof this... sooo much this hope that helps :)

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  12. Vik Olsen
    @tinymonk-2gy

    shader cache rebuilds explain a lot of "driver made it slower" posts... id play three or four sessions before rolling back. but hey ymmv

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  13. Vera B.
    @verab560
    in reply to @cronrider

    @cronrider power plan back to High performance and two sessions to rebuild shaders, stutter is gone on GA-8VM800M-775 MB VIA HyperionPro Driver 5.00. owe u a beer 🍺

    have u tried turning it off and on again (im only half joking)

    mindblown

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