Probably speaking out of turn here, but from my experience and what I've read many times here the amount of 3d cloud coverage and AI you have set will be the thing that makes or breaks your cards performance. So If you have any stutter thats where to adjust to get it running good. Never ran FS on a laptop though performance may be different.
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