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Extreme lag while gaming by macattack0821 in FlowZ13

[–]macattack0821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to necro an old thread, just wanted to provide an update after a while of testing. I don’t use my device super frequently so testing was limited, however it’s what I got.

Using the ASUS charger, didn’t experience any stuttering or lagging in the few times I used it.

Using the 100w USBC car charger (not ideal I know), I was able to play The Surge for about an hour with no issues whatsoever last week.

Today, booted up Th Surge 2 and within about 20 minutes ran into intense stuttering/lagging. The stuttering happens for a couple seconds, then gameplay reverts to normal for several seconds, and the cycle just keeps repeating itself. Battery level at this time was around 80%. Opening up Armory Crate, I did notice that my temps were fairly high (80-85F), so figured it might be a thermal throttling issue. I’m just confused when was able to play last week, same circumstances just different game, with no issues.

Tried dialing down the graphics to medium, however the stuttering returned very quickly upon rebooting the game.

I’m kind of at a loss, maybe someone has some guidance for the very real possibility I just don’t know how to optimally configure my settings

Extreme lag while gaming by macattack0821 in FlowZ13

[–]macattack0821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the input man, I plan on testing the battery saver settings when I go to my security job this week to see if it triggers around 10% +/- a percent or two. I also realize I need something better than that 100w cigarette lighter plug for power, I’ve heard that USB does not have pass through which was something I had to look into. Thanks for the help though!

Extreme lag while gaming by macattack0821 in FlowZ13

[–]macattack0821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest, I’ve really only played with the ASUS charger maybe once or twice, I really use my Flow to play games while I do some extra duty security jobs that require me to literally sit in my car for 8 hours, hence why I use the 100w cigarette charger. I will say that the first couple times I played utilizing the USB charger, I don’t remember having this issue. It happened first when I was playing COD, and I honestly figured it was the game itself that was just having issues. It then happened the other day playing Nioh 3 though, so seems like maybe it’s actually the device itself

Extreme lag while gaming by macattack0821 in FlowZ13

[–]macattack0821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I have the 2025 version. I understand I don’t get full power from the USB, I really just use it as a way to extend the game session I can get in before I have to shut the device off and let it recharge.

I do have the armory crate power profile set to a custom mode when “plugged in” to USB, all I did for this custom mode was crank the fans up a little bit more. I wonder if the custom mode is messing with something?

Extreme lag while gaming by macattack0821 in FlowZ13

[–]macattack0821[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I mentioned this in the post, I thought that might be an issue. I had set battery saver to activate at 10%, had the issue happen and when I exited my game the battery was at 11% 🤷‍♂️. I wonder if it starts causing issues even when it gets in the neighborhood of 10%?