Thermal issue Acer Nitro 5 AN515-54

CRad

model: AN515-54

gtx 1650

cpu: I5 - 9300H

So I was playing the Battlefield 2042 open beta and it was having severe performance issues. Immediately I turned down the graphics to low but nothing changed. I searched up the requirements for the game and it said I was good to play. I then checked my thermals with Nitrosense. Cpu load was 100% but the thermal was around 64C. Usually, when I play games my thermals are really high in the 80s and 90s. I tried playing warzone where I usually hit around 60 FPS but now I only hit around 20 with low graphics. My theory is that something is either wrong with the thermal paste in my laptop. But I have no clue. I don't know what to do from here.

Jeyam

Hi @ CRad 
The laptop overheating because of the cooling design it's mainly targeting the GPU not the CPU, So you have to do is lower the CPU performance by 20-40%
according to the temp that you maintain. basically you need the temp around 70 below. So follow the instructions below to lower the temp.
1. Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> advanced settings 
2. the select processor power management -> maximum processor state -> plugged in -> change 100 to 80-60.