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▲ 1 r/techsupport

I'm positive this is a software issue because I opened the case earlier and the interior was perfectly clean. Either it's the software, or I have a much bigger problem.

Context: I use the website Heroforge to design characters, either for DnD or more often for personal use in creative writing/thinking. I access this site through Chrome, and in theory it should be fairly light on a computer like mine.

I have an Alienware laptop. The specifics are beyond me but the graphics card is a GeForce RTX 6GB 3060. This, I assume, is perfectly serviceable for how intensive a site like Heroforge would be on a laptop's processing (which is to say, not very.)

The issue began today. I was working on a new design on the aforementioned site, left to do some dishes, and returned to find that Heroforge was now insisting that my device is not powerful enough to run it with the highest quality settings. This was confusing, because I had been able to before I'd left, and I had been doing so for years prior using the side on this very computer. I cannot stress enough how nothing happened during this period, at least that I am aware of, to make this change. I've been troubleshooting for roughly 5 hours now with zero success anywhere. Setting my laptop to run the 3060 in the chrome browser makes it run at an ungodly slow pace. The same goes for Microsoft edge, which I suspect is virtually the same program (chromium)

Firefox fixed the issue slightly, but it runs incredibly slowly, as do other apps that take any processing power (such as GeForce Experience itself.)

I'm at my wits end with this issue. Every suggestion Heroforge themselves have given, I've either already tried, or proceeded to try and it didn't work. Every other solution I find is either something I've tried, or something I try which proceeds to not work.

I'm beginning to consider that my laptop is simply old and being fazed out of use remotely somehow because again, I changed nothing.

More information. My computer has a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H processor and 16 GB of RAM.

Storage is only 130GB out of 477GB

It may be called an Alienware M15, according to the name of it.

I am on Windows 11

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u/KABOOM3EP — 6 days ago
▲ 14 r/OriginalCharacter_RP

Additional context:

This club is located in a basement, with an entrance leading directly outside to the dark evening. This is in Baton Rouge, Lousiana and this world is a mix of modern earth and high fantasy races/classes like DnD. As a result, fantasy races aren't unusual here, nor are modern technologies like cellphones and televisions, or cars.

Furthermore, the focus character of this roleplay is a trans woman who primarily likes other women, with some male exception, so take that into account when replying.

Now for the RP itself.

A band seems to have set up on the stage, each with a distinctively 'grunge' aesthetic straight out of the 90s. Their instruments match this, including a full drum set and backup guitarist.

The main guitarist, however, is who catches your attention. A thin woman, tall, with hair that's either blonde with dyed brunette stripes or brown with dyed blond stripes. At a distance, her most striking feature are a pair of white, slightly ratty wings upon her back. Your OC may or may not identify her as an Aasimar (half angel)

You're given plenty of time to admire her as the band begins their set, starting to play 'Smells like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana.

u/KABOOM3EP — 11 days ago