cpu temperature averages 92c while playing games nitro 517-54

denny568

i bought an acer nitro 517-54 with an intel i7-11800h cpu and  an rtx 3060 laptop gpu and windows 11. while playing games like gta v, doom eternal and valorant (i tried lowering the graphics) and it averages 92c and i have checked my vents they are clean, i also tried limiting my cpu usage in power plan and it lowered the temp but i was getting 30 fps. what do i do to lower the temp. (p.s. its past the refund date)

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JackE

Try simply bridging the laptop between two books so that the center exhaust vent is at least an 1" above a hard surface. Should see  5*C-10*C drop.

denny568

i already propped it up  and it didnt change 

denny568

should i try undervolting and if so how should i do it?

JackE

Search Acer Nitro Sense in Windows start menu. Click Acer nitro sense app. Check for cooling options therein. There is a nitro sense app update at this link if the latest version isn't already installed.

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/8981?b=1

denny568

i already had nitrosense and it still 92c while gaming with max fan speed

denny568

i also have coolboost on

JackE

Did you check to see if you have the latest Win11 NitroSense installed at this link yet?

https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/support-product/8981?b=1

denny568

it says i must run setup exe but dont know how to do it

denny568

oh wait i installed it so what do i do now

JackE

Do what you did to start the old version of Nitro Sense. It should now be replaced with the new version. If you see the same temperature results, and you're not seeing any evidence of thermal throttling so far, then download a few of the top rated femp freeware monitors shown in this link to double-check what Nitro Sense is showing.

https://techguided.com/best-cpu-temperature-monitor-software-windows/

denny568

whats thermal throttling? (sorry im new to this)

JackE

Throttling means the frame rates start to drop noticeably. Or game videos stutter & aren't smooth anymore. The CPU/GPU automatically start to throttle noticeably as average (not peak) temperatures rise above about 94*C in order to cool down.

denny568

it doesnt seem to be throttling but what do i do after i download cpu monitor?

JackE

Well, what  temp app did you use to measure temps while playing games before? You want to compare those temperatures with the temperatures you measure with the downloaded temp app. You want to see if 92*C measured with the old temp app is the same 92*C measured with the downloaded temp app.  If they're  not the same, then the temperatures measured are not accurate.

denny568

i was using nitro sense before and i downloaded core temp here is what i got

JackE

(1) Do you have any 3rd party virus scanners running in the background?

(2) Are you using Chrome or Edge to play these games?

denny568

i have killer control center and killer ethernet performance driver suite uwd wich i dont know if i should be concerned about and i have windows virus and threat protection, windows security, windows defender firewall, 

i am not running the games on chrome or edge 

denny568

i just found something called antimalware service exicutable also

JackE

(1) What browser are you using?

(2) Please post a screenshot of TaskManager Startup tab.

denny568

im using chrome