Acer Aspire V3-771G Display Freezes in Games

Bavers

So, I've had this laptop for a while now, I bought it a while back in order to both do College Work and play games, which is perfectly viable considering the laptops specs. However, when I play games, some games are fine but on some games for example Devil May Cry and World of Warcraft and even Walking Dead. I get brief screen freezes in game which is incredibly irritating and most of the time affects my gaming experience.

 

I know for a fact that it's not that the laptop can't handle the game, I have friends with lesser systems that can run the games perfectly fine. I usually try and play the games on the highest graphics possble as long as I get a decent frame rate but I've tried lowering graphics settings and I still get the freezes. I've tried lowering resolution also and that didn't solve the problem. I've also tried running the games on both my Intel HD 4000 and my Nvidia GT650M and I get the freezes using both, so I know it's probably not a problem the Graphic Adaptors, unless they both have the same problem.

 

I've contacted Acer Support and I've been told that I may need to send my laptop away to be repaired, due to the fact I use my laptop for my college work, I can't do this with ease. I was hoping the forums would have a few suggestions as to what could be the problem, maybe if you've had the problem before or just know a lot about this subject. Thanks forums!

Tom

bobbym

This may be because of CPU overheating.

When CPU temperature reaches 100celsius it will automaticly throttle to 1.2Ghz in order to coll down. Once the temperature lowers will go back to normal operation.

You can check your temperatures with HWMonitor.

If that is the problem you could try using ThrottleStop software or try getting a active cooling stand.

 

Note:

100celsius and 1.2Ghz is for i7-3630qm with TJmax of 105celsius, depending on your cpu TJMax it may trottle at lower temperature and different speed.

Bavers

Wow, thanks for such a quick reply, didn't expect that!  

I think that may be the problem, you're right, I've checked my temperatures and they do rise quite high during games, I think I will invest in a cooling stand at some point, in the mean time, is there any way I could lower my clock speed slightly because I have an Intel i7-3610QM at 2.3 ghz with Turbo to 3.3 ghz and I wouldn't need all of that for gaming would I? 

Thanks, Tom.