

The Disable and Lock feature takes care of the secondary set of turbo power limits. There are multiple sets of turbo power limits. It is a feature for older CPUs that are not using Speed Shift. When this is enabled, the Set Multiplier function no longer works. The SST on the main screen of ThrottleStop confirms that Speed Shift is enabled. This all depends on your heatsink and fan capability. In a laptop with an 8750H or 9750H, after about 8 seconds is usually a good time to switch to the lower long power limit so it avoids overheating. The purpose of this time setting is that you can run your CPU at a higher power limit for a short amount of time. I can understand if a person needed to set this to less than 28 seconds but rarely more and never does this need to be set to 3670016 seconds. The turbo time limit controls how long the CPU will use the short power limit before it switches to the long power limit. It sounds like your Dell does not so lower your power limits to what your laptop can handle.Īny guide that suggests moving the turbo time limit all the way to the right is written by someone that has no idea what that setting does. Maybe the turbo long power limit should be set to 60W or 50W to keep your laptop from overheating during a long gaming session. If your laptop cannot handle your CPU when it is set to 70 Watts then lower this value to what your cooling solution can handle.


It just seems wrong to spend money on a performance CPU and then have to run it at just over half of its rated speed.Īn even better idea would be to leave the turbo ratios at their default values. This way you can still have some turbo boost without having to get rid of it all. Why is Disable Turbo checked? Are you telling me that your Dell XPS has such terrible cooling that you have to run the CPU at 2.2 GHz instead of 3.9 GHz? Instead of using Disable Turbo, you could try adjusting the Turbo Ratio Limits lower. It can lead to instability so why bother? That means there is very little to be gained by under volting the Intel GPU. When gaming, you are running on the Nvidia GPU so the Intel GPU is not being used. When adjusting the Intel GPU voltage, you need to adjust the Intel GPU and iGPU Unslice voltages equally.
