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Why performance on performance mode sucks?

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Performance mode does not increase performance, it simply means your CPU is never allowed to drop down to idle, increasing its temps. If it's one thing a laptop doesn't have, it's ample cooling capacity. So more likely to thermally throttle in that mode, since it never has time to cool down when the CPU wouldn't actually need to run at high clocks.

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Well as i got my laptop i cant stop testing it and making sure that i squeeze every last bit of performance out of it, but why does fps suck in performance mode? Fps drops, its unstable, in cs2 in perf mode i get like 90fps its insane, in entertainment mode its running fine, this gigabyte g5 kf comes with a 75w rtx 4060 but how can i uncap it to use all 75w instead of 60w?

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Performance mode does not increase performance, it simply means your CPU is never allowed to drop down to idle, increasing its temps. If it's one thing a laptop doesn't have, it's ample cooling capacity. So more likely to thermally throttle in that mode, since it never has time to cool down when the CPU wouldn't actually need to run at high clocks.

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Specs? Game settings?

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32 minutes ago, Eigenvektor said:

Performance mode does not increase performance, it simply means your CPU is never allowed to drop down to idle, increasing its temps. If it's one thing a laptop doesn't have, it's ample cooling capacity. So more likely to thermally throttle in that mode, since it never has time to cool down when the CPU wouldn't actually need to run at high clocks.

Gotcha, but why is my gpu not going over 60w?

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3 minutes ago, Rujdaga said:

Gotcha, but why is my gpu not going over 60w?

Afaik performance mode is what limits it to 60W, try using the other modes or customize one if possible

 

4 minutes ago, Rujdaga said:

16gb ram, i5 12500h and rtx 4060

Okay, what about game settings?

Ryzen 7 5700X3D (CO -30) - AX370-Gaming 5 - 2x16GB @3600C18 - EVGA RTX 3070 8G XC3

[PBO2] CO -25/-25/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30/-30

[BIOS] Vsoc 1.1 / DRAM XMP

 

i5-6400 4.38GHz @1.36v (162.2 BCLK) - Z170M-Plus - 2x8GB @3244C16- Biostar RX 570 8G w/ MSI Armor cooler

[BIOS] BCLK: 162.2 (x27) / Vcore 1.35 / DRAM 3244 (XMP timings) / FCLK 1GHz (1622) / RebarUEFI patched

 

ROG G531GT : i7-9750H (uv) - GTX 1650 +700mem - 16+8GB @2666 - 1920x1080@145Hz (up to 172Hz) IPS panel

[Throttlestop] FIVR - Vcore -160 / Vcache -105 / iGPU+unslice -125 (IccMax 255)

 

i5-4690K + Z97-AR + Panram Blue DDR3 2800 2x4GB Lightsaber Blue

iMac 21.5" (late 2011) : i5-2400S - Samsung 4x4GB PC3-1333 - HD 6750M 512MB - cheap Winten SSD (MacOS High Sierra) - 1920x1080@60 LCD

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22 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

Afaik performance mode is what limits it to 60W, try using the other modes or customize one if possible

 

Okay, what about game settings?

Its on entertainment mode

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1 hour ago, Rujdaga said:

Gotcha, but why is my gpu not going over 60w?

75w probably only in boost mode.
Which means only achieved when the situation really allows, thermals etc.

 

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7 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

75w probably only in boost mode.
Which means only achieved when the situation really allows, thermals etc.

 

But how will i undervolt it then? It never reaches 2500mhz but somewhere on yt i saw a guy undervolt it to 2500mhz/900mv

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2 hours ago, Rujdaga said:

But how will i undervolt it then? It never reaches 2500mhz but somewhere on yt i saw a guy undervolt it to 2500mhz/900mv

 

Which video?

Are they even using the same laptop as yours ?

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