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    Question i7-7700hq throttling?

    Both laptop and nvidia control panel are set to maximize performance. It's a gaming laptop with good heat management - the temps rarely even hit 80 but again, the issue doesnt always happen and will go over without issue sometimes when functioning properly. There's a difference between not...
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    Question i7-7700hq throttling?

    It isn't the fans, i ran a scan on them and the way it's put together, they blow out of separate vents. I can feel the airflow from both the same as always, so it's not a fan issue. Plus, as i mentioned it doesn't always happen, and I can be gaming with temps ~80 without the issue occurring...
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    Question i7-7700hq throttling?

    I haven't, I'm a student and rely heavily on my computer so I'm concerned about taking the time/risk of reinstalling. Plus, if I reinstalled windows and that didn't fix it it would be far too frustrating. I'm trying to leave that as a last resort.
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    Question i7-7700hq throttling?

    not that i'm aware of, but it's by no means quiet, the fans still run at full speed and noise level lol.
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    Question i7-7700hq throttling?

    I have a Dell Inspiron 7567 (gaming) and I've been recently having issues with the CPU appearing to throttle while i try playing games. Though it says nothing in task manager, in XTU I can see that the package tdp will drop from ~20W to around 5W, the processor cache frequency dropps to around...