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[-] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

I always quit midgame, because in windows, whenever my laptop over heats, windows fails to smoothly throttle and the game starts running on less than 1 fps.
even the windows UI runs slow.

To fix the issue, I reset windows for the third time now, hopefully it fixes it self.

[-] mech@feddit.org 6 points 21 hours ago

This isn't a software issue.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 day ago

Tried cleaning fans and dust? Replacing thermal paste?

[-] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thanks for the suggestion, but its a windows problem because linux (I dualboot) doesnt suffer from this.

Tried playing the same game in both Operating systems. windows HEAVILY throttled after ~15 minutes, linux smoothly throttled (the game ran in ~25 fps after the overheating in linux, while in windows it ran ~1 fps)

Linux throttles early so I usually need to lower the graphics to enjoy a more consistent 60 fps.

[-] JustinTheGM@ttrpg.network 3 points 22 hours ago

I suppose the followup question is, why keep a Windows partition if your games play better on Linux anyways?

[-] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 3 points 20 hours ago

Some games I play are only on windows.

I also like separating serious stuff and gaming, in this case, windows for gaming, linux for anything else.

But thanks for asking, All the best!

this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2026
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