Graphics of Far Cry 3 not that good after unexpected shutdown

First of all, I know this is not a site about hardware problems. But I think if we are gamers, then we probably know something about the hardware. So here is the problem: I was playing Far Cry 3 on my laptop on ultra settings, and it was working smoothly. Now, the laptop's battery just died, and there was an unexpected shutdown. And when I charged it back up, the graphics in ultra settings are laggy, I mean that smoothness is not there now.

What is the problem? I know I would not get good replies, but please help me. Is my graphics card damaged or something? (By the way the laptop runs a NVIDIA GeForce 940m 2gb)

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Best Answer

No, your GPU is not damaged, it is performing as it should.
It is perfectly normal for a GeForce 940M to be unable to achieve smooth framerates on Far Cry 3 on Ultra settings:

The 940M is slower than a 650M and slightly faster than a 640M.

According to this Far Cry 3 benchmark, on Ultra settings at 1920x1080, the framerate with the 650M is only 9 FPS (frames per second), which is totally unplayable.
With the "High" preset at 1366x768, both the 640M and 650M get 28 FPS, which is barely playable with VSync off (and assuming the framerate doesn't fluctuate).

What is surprising however is that you remember getting a smooth framerate on ultra settings earlier. It could be because:

it wasn't actually on ultra settings, or
it was running at a very low resolution, or
it was a video cutscene

By the way what is the native resolution of your laptop?

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Can Far Cry 3 run without graphics card?

If you want to pass the minimum system requirements for Far Cry 3, you only need a 512 MB DirectX 9.0c capable video card that is as powerful as a GeForce GTX 8800 or Radeon HD 2900. Almost 90% of the Nvidia cards that are tested on CanYouRunIT would be over this mark.

How can I make Far Cry 3 run smoother?

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