Advanced Optimus - Regular micro stutters after exiting game
Hi everyone,
I have a Lenovo Legion 5 and I'm on Advanced Optimus. Since I bought this laptop, I noticed that every time I quit a game, I start getting regular micro stutters about every 5-10 seconds.
The stutters affect the entire system, not just one specific application. After some testing, the only thing that stays smooth is the mouse cursor.
The only workaround I've found is to manually switch between NVDIA GPU only and Optimus several times or to restart the laptop. Eventually, after a few switches, the stutters randomly disappear. But it's not working 100% of the time.
I've had this issue since I bought the laptop.
What I've already tried:
- Clean reinstall of both Intel and NVIDIA graphics drivers using DDU.
- Installing the latest NVIDIA and Intel drivers.
- Using the graphics drivers provided by Lenovo.
- Updating all drivers and BIOS.
- Factory resetting Windows three times.
- Defragmenting the drive.
None of these solved the issue.
I even had my motherboard replaced because of a hardware failure (so both the NVIDIA GPU and Intel iGPU were replaced), but the problem is still exactly the same.
I've also uploaded a video that clearly shows the stuttering.
Specs:
- Windows 11
- NVIDIA RTX 4060
- Intel Core i7-14650HX
Any idea on how to fix this ?? Any help is gladly welcomed.