Predator Helios 300 G3-572 Started Stuttering and Crashing in-game

utterbutter

I used this laptop to play games for half a year with no issues, however I recently shifted this laptop onto a little used desk in the living room due to having bought a new monitor, and ever since then playing games on it has not been smooth. Playing Assassin's creed origins there is noticeable stutter every minute or so, playing less demanding games like Battle Chasers there will be a freeze for a second every now and then. Then a few times Assassin's creed and tomb raider just plain out crashed. I'm thinking this may have got to do with me being careless in not cleaning out the dusty desk before i put my laptop there. Could dust buildup in the laptop itself cause stuttering in game? My temperatures for cpu is below 90 but GPU temp was at 80 while gaming.

Red-Sand

It can if the dust buildup is causing irregular airflow which can confuse the thermal sensors.

Even if a laptop is operating under 90 C (thermal throttle) the lesser the temps the better it performs.

For example my Helios 500 runs at about 68 C with auto fans but setting max fans (64) increases benchmark performance by 4%.