CPU (i7) clock idles at 44% during multiplayer. In menu its at 100%.

[Lukeme9X]

Yep, during the game it drops from 3.6 ghz to 1.2, but as soon as I quit to menu it jumps back up to between 3.6 and 2.7. Please tell me theres a fix, becasue I'm getting REALLY pissed. Similar behaviour is happening in TF2 and GMod, but its a bit less of a problem.

i7 3820QM @ 2.7GHz.

When the thermal CPU throttling is active goes down to 1.2 ghz, but this problem still happens even when its not throttled, I had Intel XTU open to confirm! But turns out its throttling as I write this, so I cant check any fixes immediatly. Is it possible to disable the throttling?

:( I just want to play some CSGO

Edit: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/my5axSS.png[/IMG]

EDit 2: Is also happening for DayZ.

[darrn]

Go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options and choose high performance. Then hit "Change plan settings" for high performance, and choose "Change advanced power settings". Find Processor power management and select minimum processor state. Change that value to 80 or 100.

[BiN4RY]

Disable Intel SpeedStep and Turbo Boost in BIOS

[Lukeme9X]

[QUOTE=darrn;45616821]Go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options and choose high performance. Then hit "Change plan settings" for high performance, and choose "Change advanced power settings". Find Processor power management and select minimum processor state. Change that value to 80 or 100.[/QUOTE]

Already did, Min andMax are both at 100...

[QUOTE=B!N4RY;45617373]Disable Intel SpeedStep and Turbo Boost in BIOS[/QUOTE]

Ooops, forget to say that I'm running Win 7 on a MacBook Pro. It doenst have a BIOS, its got an EFI, but that has exclusive functions for OSX + even if it could do windows stuff, the BIOS would be locked down, because Apple hate you messing with settings... I tried disabling Turbo Boost in Intel XTU but then that just meant the max was 2.7 instead of 3.6...

Wow, now I'm idling at 70C and I just turned my laptop on 5 minutes ago. I only have some chrome tabs open!

Edit: WTF? ITS OVER 100C NOW! HOLY SHIT!

[Del91]

Sounds like you need to clean the fans or replace the TIM

[Lukeme9X]

[QUOTE=Del91;45617556]Sounds like you need to clean the fans or replace the TIM[/QUOTE]

How do you do that for a MacBook Pro 15" Non Retina?

[Digimutant]

[QUOTE=Lukeme9X;45617809]How do you do that for a MacBook Pro 15" Non Retina?[/QUOTE]

Pentalobe screwdrivers. They're cheap to buy in kits on Amazon.co.uk.

[Lukeme9X]

[QUOTE=digigamer17;45618981]Pentalobe screwdrivers. They're cheap to buy in kits on Amazon.co.uk.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, my MacBook is due a good clean, but... this still happens even when the thermal throttling is not happening, it says thermal throttle at 0% CPU at 1.20 ghz. Unless thats just Intel XTU wrongly reporting the throttling value...

[Digimutant]

[QUOTE=Lukeme9X;45618997]Thanks, my MacBook is due a good clean, but... this still happens even when the thermal throttling is not happening, it says thermal throttle at 0% CPU at 1.20 ghz. Unless thats just Intel XTU wrongly reporting the throttling value...[/QUOTE]

You're always plugged in, right? Are you able to boot into OSX and see if it happens there too?

[Lukeme9X]

[QUOTE=digigamer17;45619034]You're always plugged in, right? Are you able to boot into OSX and see if it happens there too?[/QUOTE]

Yep always plugged (why didnt I just by a PC?). I could try, but I wont be able to monitor thermal throttling, just the clock. I cant do it now, but I will a bit latter on.