My laptop has been lagging in games and i dont know why

Theyesman420

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every single game i play, there is a reoccurring short period in which they drop from 30-60 fps to 5-10 fps. its getting to the point where some of my games wont even launch or just crash because of it. i have attached a video on youtube. any help is appreciated.

Lenovo W541
CPU: i7-4710MQ 2.50GHz
GPU: NVIDIA QUADRO K1100M
RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows 11
 

lakedude

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That laptop has been sucking in dust for the better part of a decade, has it been cleaned lately?
 

fralexandr

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Try running a temperature monitoring program like hwmonitor.
Less likely, but it could also be a loading issue. What drive is the game on? Is the drive almost full?