Thermal compound for a "gaming" laptop

[Lazar_2]

I have bought a "gaming" laptop (G501JW) about a year ago, and i have experienced a lot of GPU throttling while gaming. I know its a thin laptop, but i payed a lot so i didn't expect such a bad performance. I have monitored my GPU clocks and as soon as the temps hit 79 °C (after 5 minutes of gaming) it starts throttling, sometimes from 1200 Mhz up to 405 Mhz. So i cleaned up the whole laptop from inside, disabled CPU boost, bought a cooling pad, and applied arctic mx-2 thermal compound. After a few tries, (i experimented with thinner and thicker layers of compound) i managed to get a bit better gaming performance. By playing not so demanding titles like World of Tanks, my GPU clock is stable at ~1000 Mhz. But with more demanding games like crysis 1,2 or 3, or GTA V, the GPU clock till goes as low as 750 Mhz. So i am kind of desperate because i can't buy a PC or another laptop, and i would like to know if there is some better thermal compound for better temps or are there any other solutions to cool my laptop down.

Laptop specs:
i7 4820HQ
GTX 960m
1000GB HDD + 128 GB SSD
8 GB RAM
(I know this laptop is too thin for gaming)

I have also noticed that if i lower the graphics quality of games and get more FPS, the throttling becomes even worse and my FPS fall down to the same number like at higher settings.

Sorry for my bad English and a long post.
Thanks in advance.

 

[Cdahl92]

Sounds to me since the machine isn't liquid cooled (assuming), and the fact that it is so thin, is causing heat issues to the PCI slot, and the CPU. The air flow just isn't there, no matter what you try to do. I personally do not recommend a gaming laptop to anyone for a multitude of reasons, heating issues being the main one.

Another issue you could be having is viruses or background tasks clogging up memory/cpu usage. Run a scan, and disable some background processes and see if that helps at all.

Playing in a cool room, with a fan running on the laptop could help lower some temps as well. However that being said, the GTX960 can withstand some pretty high temps but 79 isn't the best. My card runs at load around 50-60. BUT I also have a desktop with plenty of airflow.

Hope this helps

 

[Lazar_2]

Sounds to me since the machine isn't liquid cooled (assuming), and the fact that it is so thin, is causing heat issues to the PCI slot, and the CPU. The air flow just isn't there, no matter what you try to do. I personally do not recommend a gaming laptop to anyone for a multitude of reasons, heating issues being the main one.

Another issue you could be having is viruses or background tasks clogging up memory/cpu usage. Run a scan, and disable some background processes and see if that helps at all.

Playing in a cool room, with a fan running on the laptop could help lower some temps as well. However that being said, the GTX960 can withstand some pretty high temps but 79 isn't the best. My card runs at load around 50-60. BUT I also have a desktop with plenty of airflow.

Hope this helps

Well i also think that a laptop doesn't have enough horsepower for some serious gaming. I read about the airflow, and the g501jw uses its coolers to suck the air of the keyboard and pushes it through the only vents behind the monitor, yes its bad, but i think asus shouldn't have made the throttle point at 79 degrees. I'm sure it can take it up to 90°C.

As of background tasks, i have tried to disable all unnecessary tasks and it made no difference.

 

[Cdahl92]

I would also suggest downloading MSI Afterburner or a similiar program, that way you can set the curve for the fans in the video card, might also help with cooling and it throttling

 

[Lazar_2]

I would also suggest downloading MSI Afterburner or a similiar program, that way you can set the curve for the fans in the video card, might also help with cooling and it throttling

Nope, i have already tried that, the fans are locked in every single program. I have also tried the ThrottleStop to change the throttle point, this option was also locked. It's just lame that they make so many laptop options locked....