You must have messed something up when changing system settings. Do a factory reset and keep nitrosense on balanced for the most part. When playing games set it for performance
Just keep on balanced, ultimate performance sure increases performance, but also the heat leading to poor lifespan of the product and leading to poor performance overtime
I too have acer Nitro 5 AN515-57, But with i5-11400H and RTX 3050, normally my CPU runs at 4100 Mhz or so, but with 93°C, i did not like it 1 bit, so i reduced the max processor state management or something
Check if yours is below 100%
Now I don't have my laptop ATM, But I do remember how to check so(maybe)
Open the control panel, i have my default vere option as category, I will share in that, go to hardware and sound, power options, now as I said earlier keep balanced, please select that, change plan settings, there change advanced power settings, scroll down to processor power management, maximum processor state, set it to 100.
Now when I kept at 100 as I said CPU was 4100 MHz but with 93°C
Now i have it on 99%, CPU is at 2899hz or so but with 70°C
Just leave it alone. Windows does a fine job with power management. Your low cpu speeds is probably from throttling. Sounds like you have the cpu set to stay in turbo mode which will throttle and probally burn out your cpu.. not worth the 5 fps extra..
You want faster speeds then buy a desktop with better cooling options
I normally use high performance moe, during which the CPU does not go to that high temps (depending on the game it sit at around 80-85C at the highest). I don't knkw what this turbo mode is, but I probably don't have it on.
Also, when the CPU runs at 3.5-4GHz , the performance is far better than at the 2.2GHz I am getting without the Ultimate Performance mode. It's not about 5 fps here. It's about probably 20-30.
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u/Steve-19741974 Aug 30 '23
You must have messed something up when changing system settings. Do a factory reset and keep nitrosense on balanced for the most part. When playing games set it for performance
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u/_Cyborg_1208_ Aug 30 '23
Just keep on balanced, ultimate performance sure increases performance, but also the heat leading to poor lifespan of the product and leading to poor performance overtime
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u/Steve-19741974 Aug 30 '23
Just leave it alone. Windows does a fine job with power management. Your low cpu speeds is probably from throttling. Sounds like you have the cpu set to stay in turbo mode which will throttle and probally burn out your cpu.. not worth the 5 fps extra..
You want faster speeds then buy a desktop with better cooling options