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Whats wrong with my graphics card?

• Hello, so my problem is with my Nvidia graphics cards. After about 5 minutes of playing on it the game gets laggy. For instince im playing Battlefield 3 and when i first start off i have great fps its super smooth, but then 5 mintues i have super amouts of lag, like my gun disappers. Now when i first got this game and first got my laptop about 6 months ago it never did it. Let me repeat myself I NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ON THIS LAPTOP. It just started happening, and at first i thought it was i downloaded to much **** so i completly reset my laptop to factory deleted everything. i reinstalled only two games and avast thats all but it still does it. i dont know if this has any effect but i do plug my laptop into my hdtv tv using a hdmi cord i dont know if that could has this. And i tried both playing the game on the tv and on my laptop but i get the same results. And i know its my nvidia graphics card only not my whole computer, how? because since its a laptop the Nvidia card will only turn on when i have a power source plugged in, so the other game i have will run on my intel graphics card and it runs ok when im running on it becasue im running off battary, and then when i plug my power cord in the fps jumps up and its sooo much smooth so i can tell its now running on the nvidia but after about 5 minutes its so laggy i can no longer play. so i know its not my internet which is 20. mb/s or my computer getting slow. my laptop is still fast. Also i know i cant run them at high im not trying to im trying at low to medium setting which i always have done and never had a problem. So please help thanks. Specs. windows 7 home premium intel core i7-2860 @ 2.50 GHz Ram: 8 GB 64 bit intel hd family graphics Nvidia GeForce GT 555m - dedicated video memory : 3071 MB DDR3 (i just updated my card too but same results)

• Answer:

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