Alright, the dev build made it run at a semi-constant 30fps 
(though it very sporadically goes down to 23 for a little while ... It even went to 13 once :/)
I'm about to start using the program the laptop performance guide mentions and see if that makes it go full 30fps.
Thanks for the replies!

(though it very sporadically goes down to 23 for a little while ... It even went to 13 once :/)
I'm about to start using the program the laptop performance guide mentions and see if that makes it go full 30fps.
Thanks for the replies!