Question Severely power limited gpu!!

[itzahmedok]

My laptop is HP EliteBook 840 G6 (i5-8365U, 16GB RAM, Radeon RX 550X).
According to chat gpt when i shared a ss of my gpu from sensor tab im severely power limited. Can anyone confirm and help me out.
Thx a lot

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[Lutfij]

I sometimes laugh at the thought of people using ChatGPT to tell them if something is wrong or right.

First off, are you on on the latest BIOS version for your laptop? Second, you have an 8th Gen Intel platform, you should be able to undervolt both the CPU, the iGPU and the discrete GPU using ThrottleStop and see if that helps with your thermals.

Third, what are you taxing the laptop with? Fourth, is that screenshot off of HWInfo or HWMonitor?

Fifth, this might be worth a read;
https://github.com/erpalma/throttled/issues/120

 

[USAFRet]

According to chat gpt...

Don't do that.

Ignoring whatever the Accidentally Insane thing says, what actual problems are you seeing with your laptop?

 

[itzahmedok]

Don't do that.

Ignoring whatever the Accidentally Insane thing says, what actual problems are you seeing with your laptop?

Slower performance on my gpu as compared to other older and worse gpu's. Temperatures not even reaching 70C at times

 

[itzahmedok]

I sometimes laugh at the thought of people using ChatGPT to tell them if something is wrong or right.

First off, are you on on the latest BIOS version for your laptop? Second, you have an 8th Gen Intel platform, you should be able to undervolt both the CPU, the iGPU and the discrete GPU using ThrottleStop and see if that helps with your thermals.

Third, what are you taxing the laptop with? Fourth, is that screenshot off of HWInfo or HWMonitor?

Fifth, this might be worth a read;
https://github.com/erpalma/throttled/issues/120

Hi so uh yes it is on the latest bios. I have tried everything is grayed out on throttlestop, if you can help regarding that, it would be amazing cause i have been trying for year. I tried many games like days gone, resident evil 7, resident evil 2 and 3 remastered, gta5. The thing is my temps dont even go higher then 70 or 75. I said ok yea its a good thing but maybe its an issue? Drawing less power? Last thing yes its hwinfo. Lemme take a look at what you said!

 

[USAFRet]

Slower performance on my gpu as compared to other older and worse gpu's. Temperatures not even reaching 70C at times

"older and worse gpu's"....in different laptops, right?

I'm thinking this is either:
1. A software issue.

2. Unreal expectations issue.


"Slower performance" in what, exactly?

 

[itzahmedok]

"older and worse gpu's"....in different laptops, right?

I'm thinking this is either:
1. A software issue.

2. Unreal expectations issue.


"Slower performance" in what, exactly?

Yes in different laptops. The expected performance i should be getting is +20-30fps in certain games but im not. And idk maybe its smth related to software and my expectations are not that high.... In gta5 i get around 30- 40 fps with optimized settings on 720p. But with my gpu and cpu at 720p it should be 60+. Yes ik my gpu sucks but it doesnt suck that bad.. And maybe the temperature is an issue here? Like power limited gpu or whatever.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes in different laptops. The expected performance i should be getting is +20-30fps in certain games but im not. And idk maybe its smth related to software and my expectations are not that high.... In gta5 i get around 30- 40 fps with optimized settings on 720p. But with my gpu and cpu at 720p it should be 60+. Yes ik my gpu sucks but it doesnt suck that bad.. And maybe the temperature is an issue here? Like power limited gpu or whatever.

Its a laptop.

There is not a lot you can do about the available "power".

 

[USAFRet]

Other potential issues:

Malware.
Full SSD.

 

[itzahmedok]

Other potential issues:

Malware.
Full SSD.

I have SSD space and no malware and second i just took an ss of my temps and showed it to gpt and said gpu and cpu both are being severly power throttled, not getting enough power. Is there a fix to that?

 

[USAFRet]

I have SSD space and no malware and second i just took an ss of my temps and showed it to gpt and said gpu and cpu both are being severly power throttled, not getting enough power. Is there a fix to that?

The 'fix' is to not rely on what the hallucinating AI says.

Where do you hope extra "power" might come from?

 

[itzahmedok]

The 'fix' is to not rely on what the hallucinating AI says.

Where do you hope extra "power" might come from?

My "theory" is that my cpu is power throttled. Its getting enough power by the supply but my bios is only allowing some part of it to go through. And the part going through is lower than what is required

 

[USAFRet]

My "theory" is that my cpu is power throttled. Its getting enough power by the supply but my bios is only allowing some part of it to go through. And the part going through is lower than what is required

So find the section in the BIOS that does this.




(likely that does not exist)

 

[Phaaze88]

i5-8365U

This is a U-series CPU, for light tasks(browsing/office/etc). While games can be played with them, they're not really designed for it, running into their low power limits very easily in games.
This is probably why the gpu appears 'power limited', when really, it's spending a lot of time waiting on the cpu.