Around 8 months ago I replaced the hard drive on my Alienware M11x r3 and quadrupled the RAM from 4-16. At that point, it was the fastest the computer had ever run. However, in the last 3 months it has experienced a severe drop in performance. Minecraft used to run 260-320 fps now only runs 10-35. I checked that all my drivers are up to date, installed all computer updates, defragmented my hard drive, and checked for viruses with ESET antivirus. Even booting up video games and applications like Google Chrome can slow my computer severely. I'm looking for solutions to software, not just for minecraft itself.
Because I'm not on a stable internet connection I cannot handle moving this to the right section, but I've let others know to get you in the right place. That said, a full list of specs would be great, it sounds like some sort of serious conflict going on if you are getting that much of a slowdown. It could potentially be that the most recent drivers for something or another has some kind of bug or incompatibility so an older driver might work. But once this gets moved others will be able to help more. In the meantime dump all your specs, including OS, GPU, CPU, etc. in here so we have more info.
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Around 8 months ago I replaced the hard drive on my Alienware M11x r3 and quadrupled the RAM from 4-16. At that point, it was the fastest the computer had ever run. However, in the last 3 months it has experienced a severe drop in performance. Minecraft used to run 260-320 fps now only runs 10-35. I checked that all my drivers are up to date, installed all computer updates, defragmented my hard drive, and checked for viruses with ESET antivirus. Even booting up video games and applications like Google Chrome can slow my computer severely. I'm looking for solutions to software, not just for minecraft itself.
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
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ModeratorBecause I'm not on a stable internet connection I cannot handle moving this to the right section, but I've let others know to get you in the right place. That said, a full list of specs would be great, it sounds like some sort of serious conflict going on if you are getting that much of a slowdown. It could potentially be that the most recent drivers for something or another has some kind of bug or incompatibility so an older driver might work. But once this gets moved others will be able to help more. In the meantime dump all your specs, including OS, GPU, CPU, etc. in here so we have more info.
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