Laptop sets base clock speeds once gaming is over for roughly 15 minutes
Laptop sets base clock speeds once gaming is over for roughly 15 minutes
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P1 equipped with an i7-8850h processor. Although it's not a gaming machine, it has a subtle GPU and I've moved away from my previous gaming setup. Using throttle stop helps limit performance and turns off BD Prochot. The issue is that during games the CPU frequently reaches 3.4–3.7 GHz while sitting around 80°C, but the fans don't increase much. After roughly 15 minutes it drops to about 2.7 GHz and the cooling slows down, causing noticeable performance drops. The fan controls are odd, and I attempted to set maximum fan speed via BIOS, but results were minimal. Any suggestions for fixing this? I won’t be able to upgrade my system soon.
Have you experimented with keeping it connected to power while using it?
It's an Intel CPU built into a laptop—most users face issues with that, including me. I own an Intel i5 1135g7 that often hits 100°C and then throttles under heavy use (reaches 100°C during load, stays around 75°C when lightly loaded).
Edited February 7, 2024 by Hellowpplz
yeah, especially older gen cpus suffer a lot lol. it hits 98 degrees when first being loaded up and then ramps down the boost clocks, keeps a steady 70-80 degrees though and its not surprising considering this is a pretty thin laptop. oh and by the way i always keep my laptop plugged in
Honestly just get a ryzen Never heard about any thermal throttling issues from ryzen users. The truth is that for a while now instead of really making the hardware that much better, intel has basically tried to brute force performance into their CPU's by upping the power draw and raising the thermal limit ever so slightly. My dell inspiron 3520 hits max of 105 C without shutting down which is atrocious. My ryzen version of the same laptop never goes above 85-90 C
Ryzen laptops are clearly superior, that's why I plan to purchase one later. Until they launched the eco versions, they were limited to four cores on the U processors even with i7s, while AMD offers eight on Ryzen 7s. Still, they have multicore options so it's 4 + 8 versus 8 + 16 for the H-series. For the high-end CPUs, the situation mirrors desktops (8 + 16 vs 16 + 32). They tend to be more efficient and use less power, which means longer battery life. Their GPUs are also better, especially with the Zen 4 Ryzen and 760/780 models. I don't think anyone is really interested in buying another laptop now since they're still using an 8th-gen machine, and desktops remain the best for performance and upgrades.
Disable thermal throttling instructions. @Guggenheim. https://www.techpowerup.com/download/tec...ottlestop/
@Guggenheim. A colleague at Lenovo believes turning off Intel Turbo Boost while the Nvidia GPU runs helps maintain laptop temperature. I own an older Lenovo Y510P with a 4th Gen Intel CPU that behaves similarly. Lenovo has implemented various throttling techniques over time. Please share some screenshots from the FIVR and TPL interfaces so I can review your configurations. Enable the Log File option on the main ThrottleStop screen and generate a log while gaming for at least 15 minutes. Include a log file and relevant screenshots in your next message. Did you see the initial post? He is already employing ThrottleStop. This tool offers many helpful options to stop various unnecessary throttling methods that manufacturers propose, though it doesn’t let users disable thermal protection. If a processor gets too hot, it’s reasonable for it to limit performance—disabling that safeguard wouldn’t be wise.