Game lags when plugged in? acer nitro 5

Piksul
Piksul Member Posts: 10

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edited December 2020 in Nitro Gaming
I have a acer nitro 5 Ryzen 5 bought 13 months ago I have faced an issue that game lags when I plug in my laptop and play but when I ran the same game on battery it ran fine.
Trying every possible fix from last 2 days
Both my settings are same for battery and AC still Game shutters when plugged in.
Please Help

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  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
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    The other thing i can think of is windows background services like search indexing and such kicking in when power is connected that could put load on system to pull down its performance. Try restarting laptop and see if that helps. Were there any updates that came in in the last 2 days that may have caused this issue?
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  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
    Is the power profile changing when you connect/disconnect power? Also click on battery icon and drag the slider to far right "best performance".
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  • Piksul
    Piksul Member Posts: 10

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    Its in best performance already and no power profile is not changing while connecting or disconnecting power.
  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
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    The other thing i can think of is windows background services like search indexing and such kicking in when power is connected that could put load on system to pull down its performance. Try restarting laptop and see if that helps. Were there any updates that came in in the last 2 days that may have caused this issue?
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  • Piksul
    Piksul Member Posts: 10

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    Restarted and problem is still there and this problem is not from last 2 days its from few months but i never knew that.
    (2 days back I disconnected Charging when I was playing game then i noticed boost in performance before that i was thinking that my specs aren't enough for the games)
  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
    @Piksul This definitely sounds weird - for it is supposed to be the opposite. One of the members here had posted windows 10 optimization tips - https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/612495/windows-10-optimization-guide-for-gaming/p1. Check this out and see if that helps in any way.

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  • Piksul
    Piksul Member Posts: 10

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    Do you think i might be a problem with my adapter? Is there any way i can check if my adapter is working Fine or not?
  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
    Piksul said:
    Do you think i might be a problem with my adapter? Is there any way i can check if my adapter is working Fine or not?
    I am thinking more on lines of windows doing somethings when on power than when without. Do this...
    Start Predator Sense/Nitrosense/whatever software you have... and check the idle CPU usage and CPU/GPU temperatures when:
    a. charger connected
    b. charger not connected

    Make sure to leave the system idle, without turning even screen off, for atleast 15-30 minutes and then we can have a look at the screenshots in both cases.
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  • Piksul
    Piksul Member Posts: 10

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    Battery

    Plugged in



  • sri369
    sri369 ACE Posts: 2,886 Pathfinder
    Those look great! I mean, really! Did you check your graphics card software for any options that may have been set accidentally. Example like below in nvidia...


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  • Piksul
    Piksul Member Posts: 10

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    I have AMD  and i can't find any option for power or to manage battery settings in radeon  software.
  • Gabbar
    Gabbar Member Posts: 1 New User

    Bro i am facing the same problem, did u find the solution ?

  • Philgoodcs
    Philgoodcs Member Posts: 24 Networker

    Been having this issue for years but didn’t fully fix it. My problem is that the game uses to many resources so starts draining the battery while pluged in even when fully charges and then starts laggin. Maybe a stronger charger might fix it. I haven’t tried it yet. If i use power saving on nitrosense settings and on my graphic card it takes longer to start lagging.

  • ItachiX
    ItachiX Member Posts: 1 New User

    If your Acer Nitro 5 Lagos when playing game or while plugged in. After going through all the recommended approaches and it doesn't work, then the issue is your GPU Fan. You have to open the laptop and remove the Build up Dust on your fan, if after that it still persist, then it means your GPU Fan need to be replaced. Thanks

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