I bought my laptop some months ago with some graphics ability (GeForce 520M), a medium-to-low end video card let's say.
Then here's the problem. No matter what game I play, from non-demanding games like NBA2K to really demanding ones like GTA4 or Mass Effect 3, the GPU temperature I have detected has almost always been capped at 70C, at which point the GPU basically stops functioning and works at like 10-20% capacity. The game drops to a horrifying 10 FPS or so. It lasts for about 3 seconds, with the temperature dropping 2-3C along with it.
Then it returns to normal, running at 100% capacity again, for another few seconds. AND THEN it all repeats again. And again. Up and down, going laggy and smooth and laggy.
If I tap out of the game for some time and let the GPU rest and return to an idle 45-50C, and when I get back in it will be all fine. Of course until it rises back to 70C or so. I understand it is meant to protect my card but 70C is a little too low for it to be even functional.
TLDR: Looks like there is an internal throttling that limits my GPU to 70C, which is, you know, ridiculously low. Basically I could run no game with that throttling.
Is there a way to raise some kind of throttling temperature for your GPU? In BIOS or something?
Thanks, really thanks, if anyone could enlighten me.
Then here's the problem. No matter what game I play, from non-demanding games like NBA2K to really demanding ones like GTA4 or Mass Effect 3, the GPU temperature I have detected has almost always been capped at 70C, at which point the GPU basically stops functioning and works at like 10-20% capacity. The game drops to a horrifying 10 FPS or so. It lasts for about 3 seconds, with the temperature dropping 2-3C along with it.
Then it returns to normal, running at 100% capacity again, for another few seconds. AND THEN it all repeats again. And again. Up and down, going laggy and smooth and laggy.
If I tap out of the game for some time and let the GPU rest and return to an idle 45-50C, and when I get back in it will be all fine. Of course until it rises back to 70C or so. I understand it is meant to protect my card but 70C is a little too low for it to be even functional.
TLDR: Looks like there is an internal throttling that limits my GPU to 70C, which is, you know, ridiculously low. Basically I could run no game with that throttling.
Is there a way to raise some kind of throttling temperature for your GPU? In BIOS or something?
Thanks, really thanks, if anyone could enlighten me.
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