Question HP Omen 15 gaming laptop - Thermal throttling at low temperatures?

Feb 22, 2023
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I have a gaming laptop HP Omen 15, model ek0022nl, bought in 2020. Here's the main specs: CPU Intel® Core™ i7-10750H , NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 , RAM 16 GB, SSD 1TB, Windows 10.

Last time I used it to play games was months ago, and I remember having the same problem that I am writing to you now.

Basically, today playing Atomic Heart (with High graphics and shadows set to Medium) I noticed that the fps keep dropping from 120-130 to 50-60 every few seconds, even in non-chaotic situations with few elements on screen. It happened also with Warzone months ago. Looking at Omen Command Center I found out that CPU speed and voltage are extremely discontinuous, they peak downwards cyclically.

I want to specify that the laptop is undervolted to -0,090v through Omen Command Center. Months ago I had the value set to -0,120v with no issues and relatively stable framerate. Then I updated to Windows 11 in August, this problem appeared and I switched back to Windows 10 and since then, the problem remained.

Someone told me that it's thermal throttling but it sounds strange: the CPU while playing Atomic Heart never goes above 75°C, and even when the laptop was new it always reached those temperatures, with no fps issues. It is well ventilated, I use a base with fans and when I play I put always the internal fans to maximum. I can't understand how I could resolve.
 
Why undervolt a gaming laptop ?I know it is used to control temps but it sounds like you are choking off the power call to the cpu. Restore it to regular values and see if it continues. You gave the cpu temps but what are the temps for the gpu while gaming?

I undervolted mainly because I wanted to control temps as you said, many people in various forums suggest to do that. But thank you for your advice, I'll take it into consideration, I try to restore to regular values

As for the GPU, playing Atomic Heart today with high graphics it never goes above 61°C - 62°C, it remains almost constant at 60°C for all the gaming session. When I played Warzone in September it reached a peak of 64°C, never above
 
I tried to put the Omen Command Center undervolting to Intelligent, which changed the voltage from -0,090v to -0,065v, and now the game is running way better. The framerate is stable between 110 and 144 fps. You were right, but i still don't understand why the undervolting give these problems