Apparent GPU issues?

I have a Dell Inspiron N7110, and I'm getting some really odd issues that I think are down to the GPU. Any HD video playback is very choppy, audio and video; even in game videos (start up logos and crap like that) run choppy. Some video games occasionally just start having massive slowdown along with audio corruption (Tribes: Ascend, Mechwarrior Online, Skyrim) and the oddball one: Tribes: Ascend occasionally runs in slow motion... Basically the animations and my movement is like I'm in bullet time.

Now I was thinking that it might be down to overheating, but the deal is that I can run World of Tanks, WarThunder, Civilization 5, Company of Heroes, R.U.S.E., Fallout: New Vegas for hours without any issues, the laptop being really really hot already, while T:A, MO and Skyrim will usually start getting slowdowns after only a few minutes of playing (the laptop not being hot beforehand).

I tried updating the drivers and reinstalling, but nothing helps.

Anyone got any ideas? 

need more hardware info.  Googling your system lead me to believe you have an Intel HD Graphics 3000, which is terrible for most if not all games.

You have an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Card. You are NOT having any issues, what you are describing is the Graphics Card giving you 110% and still falling short, because it is not supposed to decode large HD video files or play games. It's just for casual video watching and very light gaming.gp19

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You have an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Card. You are NOT having any issues, what you are describing is the Graphics Card giving you 110% and still falling short, because it is not supposed to decode large HD video files or play games. It's just for casual video watching and very light gaming.gp19

Also YouTube 1080p videos work without issues. Hell, I've never heard of the slow motion animation thing in anything. Also in most cases the games run well, Tribes: Ascend runs at 40-50 fps, same for World of Tanks, Warthunder etc., it just occasionally goes nuts. And it's not due to overheating because like I said, it starts doing this weather its cool or hot. It can start doing it the second you load up the game, or it can run it for 2 hours and not do anything.

This isn't normal, but I guess nobody had this happen yet.

Also I just remembered that I watched a few 1080p and 720p videos on this laptop without troubles about half a year or so ago and the same videos are also choppy now.

 So this is totally new.

[QUOTE="gp19"]You have an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Card. You are NOT having any issues, what you are describing is the Graphics Card giving you 110% and still falling short, because it is not supposed to decode large HD video files or play games. It's just for casual video watching and very light gaming.chaplainDMK

Also YouTube 1080p videos work without issues. Hell, I've never heard of the slow motion animation thing in anything. Also in most cases the games run well, Tribes: Ascend runs at 40-50 fps, same for World of Tanks, Warthunder etc., it just occasionally goes nuts. And it's not due to overheating because like I said, it starts doing this weather its cool or hot. It can start doing it the second you load up the game, or it can run it for 2 hours and not do anything.

This isn't normal, but I guess nobody had this happen yet.

There is no way you got 40-50fps in World of Tanks at 1080p. Scroll down and take a look at the game benchmarks that the HD3000 can achieve. http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-3000.37948.0.htmlThe_Animator420

Did you even read the link you posted? It says 51-64 on low. Doesn't say what resolution.

[QUOTE="chaplainDMK"]

[QUOTE="gp19"]You have an Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics Card. You are NOT having any issues, what you are describing is the Graphics Card giving you 110% and still falling short, because it is not supposed to decode large HD video files or play games. It's just for casual video watching and very light gaming.The_Animator420

Also YouTube 1080p videos work without issues. Hell, I've never heard of the slow motion animation thing in anything. Also in most cases the games run well, Tribes: Ascend runs at 40-50 fps, same for World of Tanks, Warthunder etc., it just occasionally goes nuts. And it's not due to overheating because like I said, it starts doing this weather its cool or hot. It can start doing it the second you load up the game, or it can run it for 2 hours and not do anything.

This isn't normal, but I guess nobody had this happen yet.

Well one interesting thing I found out, this laptop actually has a discrete Nvidia 525m GPU that doesn't show up on DxDiag, but only apparently gets used when more power is needed. This also explains why the games run better than expected.

I'm going to update the drivers for it and see how it goes.

Okay, report:
I've installed the latest drivers for the GT 525m, and HD video performance has improved, while SD video is now getting a bit choppy. HD and SD video now has about equal perforamnce. Also World of Tanks now runs at 40-70 FPS, mostly at about 60. 

What the hell?  It seems something is wrong with the drivers or something. Maybe conflict between the HD3000 and the 525m? 

Update:

Now I'm installing the latest drivers for the HD3000. Will report of any improvements in video playback  

Fixed, all videos now play flawlessly. Thanks for pointing out that the HD3000 wouldn't be able to play the games so well, otherwise I probably wouldn't have went and checked out for the second GPU.