Low FPS after new hard drive
As per the title, my FPS for ME2 is very low when I run the game (anywhere between 18-25 FPS usually). I've had the game for nearly a year, and every single time I've played it prior, it would run silky smooth at max setting (upwards of 80 FPS). I did get a new hard drive after my old one failed on me (I went from a 1TB HDD to a 500GB SSD), but literally everything else about my computer is the same as it has always been, no new hardware or software (other than the same games I owned, plus Skype, Steam + Origin). I've tried disabling Origin in-game, which did nothing. I also set my settings lower, which did nothing. I'm not a computer wizard, so I don't know the different steps I can take to fix the issue beyond the obvious.
For reference, my specs are (I play on a laptop, keep in mind):
Intel i7 dual core 4700MQ 2.4GHz
Windows 8 64-bit
Nvidia GeForce 770m w/ 3GB of RAM (8GB RAM installed memory)
Again, the only thing I've changed about my computer between now and the last time I played was my hard drive, but that wouldn't affect how smoothly my game runs, would it?
Okay, I managed to solve my problem by myself. If anyone else is having similar issues, this is what I did (Nvidia GPU):
1. Open up the Nvidia Control Panel (right-click on the shortcut of the game for faster access, then mouse over "run with graphics processor", click on "change default graphics processor"
2. in "Manage 3d Settings", click on "MassEffect2.exe" under where it says "Select a program to customize".
3. Click Add. It should open up your Libraries at this point. Go to your game folder (C:/Program Files (x86)/Origin Games/ Mass Effect 2/Binaries). Double click "ME2Game" to add that to the default launch.
4. Where it says "Select the preferred graphics processor for this program", click on the dropdown menu and select High-performance Nvidia processor. Click Apply to finalize changes and it should work.
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