HP Envy 15 3040nr Low Framerates while Gaming

Hi,
I have an HP Envy 15 3040nr notebook with an AMD Radeon 7690M dedicated GPU with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. Although I acknowledge that the use of this GPU on my notebook was not intended primarily for gaming, I've read reviews online stating that this is a good GPU for playing most graphical games at a Medium or Medium-Low setting.
However, while playing games like Need for Speed Most Wanted 2012, Assassin's Creed 3, Crysis 3, and BeamNG.Drive, I get horrible framerates ranging from 15-25 FPS. I think the expected FPS lies somewhere in the 30-35 range for such games, and these aren't even the most recent of 3D games.
Also, I don't believe the problem is CPU related because this model is equipped with an Intel i7-2670QM Quad Core, which overclocks to around 3.0 GHz when I'm running games through Turbo Boost. I have yet to run graphical benchmarks, which I will do.
Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the prompt reply WeiH.
Sadly there doesn't seem to be an HP Service Center in my country (Sri Lanka). So now I'm really confused as to what my retailer's technicians meant by "we'll send it to the local HP Support Center and have your display panel replaced".
Whatever they did, the display panel has been replaced and I've been using it for less than a week so far with no issues. The touchpad hasn't really been heating up and has in fact been as warm as the rest of the notebook. Perhaps it's because I have now turned on the option of disabling the touchpad whenever an external cursor device is attached (since I primarily always use a mouse).
Needless to say, since we both have no clue as to how the touchpad overheated and damaged the screen (in the exact position and measurement as the touchpad) I feel like it's just a matter of time before it happens again.
Obviously I understand that there's little you can do on your side other than direct me to an HP Support Center. However I hope my worries are justified as I feel that as a consumer I shouldn't have to worry about my brand new product malfunctioning by no fault of my own.

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