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what is bootlenecking HD videos in power save mode ?

Kris3456
By Kris3456
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specs: Win 10, AMD Phenom 4 965BE 4x3,4 Ghz, 8 GB RAM, GTX 970

 

I really don't understand why playback of HD videos (in youtube or external program) is choppy in power save mode of 4x0,8 Ghz when processor load is only 20% and all params (like: motherboard Bus clock, NB clock, HT clock, memory speed and GPU Mem&Video Clock) are the same in HWiNFO when switching to higher power plan mode. The only difference is of course processor load and  +20Watt more due to higher voltage on it, but in power save mode it has still plenty of free avaiable resources.

 

So what is going on ? This is some kind of hardware bottleneck or rather Windows problem ?

 

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There are some windows 10 settings for video playback on power saver mode check those out

SPEC LIST:

  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X w/ NZXT Kraken Z73 360mm Liquid Cooler
  • GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE
  • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) 5000MHz CL18
  • Motherboard: MSI MEG X570 Godlike
  • SSD: Samsung 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 1TB (x3)
  • PSU: Corsair AX1600i
  • Case: NZXT H710
  • Monitor: Alienware AW2521H 25inch 360Hz 1ms
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I already know the answer. A few minutes of testing, answered my question ...  Sry for trouble.

 

My task manager is not showing correct values of CPU usage. Probably due to some windows service turned off or becouse of Windows LTSC bug

 

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While HWiNF064 showed the truth:

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Why you put a desktop CPU in powersaving mode?

800mhz is a very low number, it will struggle to playing videos.

25% meaning the video is playing on a single core.

single core 800mhz is a pentium 3 level performance.

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13 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Why you put a desktop CPU in powersaving mode?

800mhz is a very low number, it will struggle to playing videos.

25% meaning the video is playing on a single core.

single core 800mhz is a pentium 3 level performance.

I am using computer in power save mode to save energy of course. When everything is working ok in 4x0,8 GHz, then I don't want to switch my CPU from low 25 Watt mode to >35 Watt while doing the same work, with the same computer behaviour.

 

As I stated in previous post, problem was wrong Task Manager CPU usage reported by Win 10 LTSC. In video playback it reported about 25% on all cores, while in reality it was close to 100%. Now I know, that i have to switch to ballanced power plan while watching HD videos.

 

And I found this article about bug in LTSC:

 

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