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    Looking to undervolt GS75

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Venom57, Mar 16, 2019.

  1. Venom57

    Venom57 Newbie

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    Ive done some reading, but am looking for a clear, concise guide to undervolting my GS75 CPU and GPU 2080 max Q (if the GPU would make sense to do). From what I've read, Throttlestop seems to be the software of choice, so ill go that route. There are a TON of settings, but my understanding is you dont mess with most of them.

    Which (free) benchmarking software would you use to stress test the CPU and GPU?
     
    Venom57, Mar 16, 2019
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    Was able to undervolt my CPU by -160mv. Will work on figuring out the GPU soon.
     
    Venom57, Mar 17, 2019
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    GrandesBollas Notebook Evangelist

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    The GPU is really easy to undervolt/underclock with MSI Afterburner. With these thin and light laptops, the GPU heat will quickly saturate the common CPU/GPU heat sink leading to CPU thermal throttling.

    Here is a very good video by @B0B :

     
    GrandesBollas, Mar 17, 2019
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    That's an interesting video. I thought I noticed a pretty significant fps drop in his bf5 footage comparison, although the Firestrike scores he posted in the comments barely dipped at all, so maybe some of that was just differences in scenery. I'll have to run some tests myself when I get my gs75.
     
    Kadaki, Mar 19, 2019
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