[SOLVED] Laptop lags on charging

[Goku12]

Hello guys,

I have laptop with:

Core i7 7500U
16GB RAM
HD Graphics 620
R5 M330

I am trying to play Genshin Impact and my predicament is that when I am running it on battery the game runs fine CPU is 99-100% utilized and R5 M330 is also utilized 95-100%. But when I connect the charger the game starts lagging and R5 M330 usage drops to 25-40% and never goes beyond that. I have configured the power plan as performance and set everything in the advanced setting on maximum performance as well (Intel Graphics Power Plan, Processor Power Management (5% on minimum and 100% on maximum, system cooling as active), switchable dynamics graphics, AMD Graphics Power Settings ) but to no avail. Any help will be appreciated!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Welcome to the forum.

You might just go ahead and put in the high power plan directly, rather than changing another profile.

Just open PowerShell and paste this: powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Then change the plan and see if it helps.

 

[sizzling]

What is the cpu and gpu temperatures when gaming and plugged in?

 

[Goku12]

Hey there,

Welcome to the forum.

You might just go ahead and put in the high power plan directly, rather than changing another profile.

Just open PowerShell and paste this: powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

Then change the plan and see if it helps.

OMG Thank you so much!!! That actually worked, my cpu and gpu are now being 90-95% utilized! I tried everything from changing power plans to messing some settings in bios. Thank you so much for this!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

OMG Thank you so much!!! That actually worked, my cpu and gpu are now being 90-95% utilized! I tried everything from changing power plans to messing some settings in bios. Thank you so much for this!

Glad to help! Yes, those darn pesky power profiles can be a real pain in the butt. Better to install them directly (they are only really hidden) to take advantage of them.

There's also the Ultra profile : powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61.

But it's not meant for laptops really, and specially not on battery power.

Good luck and happy gaming