i have a 2670QM with a 570m.... so i'm quite close to OP
how come my perfcap is always grey with the text 'util'? i have hit 97 or 98 degrees on the gpu without any throttling while the cpu was at 93 or 94 during that time
my guess is that the game being run isnt very demanding & the driver flips to idle speeds since that is the default power setting in nvcp (adaptive)
i am set to 'prefer maximum performance', then putting chrome.exe to adaptive so that it doesnt stay in 3d clocks with the gpu accelerated browser running
also, what's with all the running bluestacks processes, razer game booster, HTC, public wifi, alienware, roxio, blah blah GARBAGE?