Is reducing Maximum Processor State safe?

RohanJacob
RohanJacob Member Posts: 7

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edited November 2023 in 2018 Archives
My laptop temperature was ~90 degrees while playing AC:Origins. I reduced my Maximum Processor State(from the Power Options) to 75% which reduced the temperatures to ~70-75. But the game crashes every now and then. I wanted to know if I'm damaging my laptop in any way by doing this? Is this a safe way to limit my CPU Temperature? Just a bit worried about it cause its a new laptop. 

i7 7th gen
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050ti 4gb

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  • MrGrudev
    MrGrudev Member Posts: 86 Fixer WiFi Icon
    Answer ✓
    Its perfectly safe. Dont have to worry about that, but there are better options to reduce the temperatures. You can try undervolting, which is also safe. There are some great tutorials for Throttlestop in the forum.
    Also you may use a fan cooler beneath the notebook, or at least increase the height of it by inch or two. It will help reducing the temperatures. I reduced it by about 20 degrees with undervolting (-140mV), using cooling pad and decreasing the performance a little bit by limiting the maximum turbo boost from 3.9 to 3.6.
    About the crashes, that game is acting weirdly... I was playing it without any issues for some time. Then I optimesed the settigns with Nvidia Experience and it started to crash on my notebook also...
    What about the other games? Do you have crashed or it is only on AC Origins?
  • Red-Sand
    Red-Sand ACE Posts: 1,892 Pathfinder
    edited September 2018 Answer ✓
    When you reduce processor state that much your essentially removing the "Turbo Boost" of your CPU.

    For example a i7-7700HQ has a base clock speed of 2.8ghz and 3.8ghz when boosted (3.4ghz when all cores are active at once).
    Setting CPU processor state to the value to specified will remove turbo boost (2.8ghz clock) and may even reduce it lower than the base clock. (<2.8ghz)

    There are a lot of games that require a minimum of 2.8ghz to operate properly so having clock speeds this low may hinder it from working properly.

    There is a pinned post on the main page of the forum I suggest you give a read-over.
    - Hotel Hero

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  • MrGrudev
    MrGrudev Member Posts: 86 Fixer WiFi Icon
    Answer ✓
    Its perfectly safe. Dont have to worry about that, but there are better options to reduce the temperatures. You can try undervolting, which is also safe. There are some great tutorials for Throttlestop in the forum.
    Also you may use a fan cooler beneath the notebook, or at least increase the height of it by inch or two. It will help reducing the temperatures. I reduced it by about 20 degrees with undervolting (-140mV), using cooling pad and decreasing the performance a little bit by limiting the maximum turbo boost from 3.9 to 3.6.
    About the crashes, that game is acting weirdly... I was playing it without any issues for some time. Then I optimesed the settigns with Nvidia Experience and it started to crash on my notebook also...
    What about the other games? Do you have crashed or it is only on AC Origins?
  • Red-Sand
    Red-Sand ACE Posts: 1,892 Pathfinder
    edited September 2018 Answer ✓
    When you reduce processor state that much your essentially removing the "Turbo Boost" of your CPU.

    For example a i7-7700HQ has a base clock speed of 2.8ghz and 3.8ghz when boosted (3.4ghz when all cores are active at once).
    Setting CPU processor state to the value to specified will remove turbo boost (2.8ghz clock) and may even reduce it lower than the base clock. (<2.8ghz)

    There are a lot of games that require a minimum of 2.8ghz to operate properly so having clock speeds this low may hinder it from working properly.

    There is a pinned post on the main page of the forum I suggest you give a read-over.
    - Hotel Hero
  • RohanJacob
    RohanJacob Member Posts: 7

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    MrGrudev said:
    Its perfectly safe. Dont have to worry about that, but there are better options to reduce the temperatures. You can try undervolting, which is also safe. There are some great tutorials for Throttlestop in the forum.
    Also you may use a fan cooler beneath the notebook, or at least increase the height of it by inch or two. It will help reducing the temperatures. I reduced it by about 20 degrees with undervolting (-140mV), using cooling pad and decreasing the performance a little bit by limiting the maximum turbo boost from 3.9 to 3.6.
    About the crashes, that game is acting weirdly... I was playing it without any issues for some time. Then I optimesed the settigns with Nvidia Experience and it started to crash on my notebook also...
    What about the other games? Do you have crashed or it is only on AC Origins?
    Thank you. Already using a cooling pad and I have actually undervolted using Intel Extreme Utility to -0.100V but it didn't make much difference. I'm kind of new to all this. I'll check out this Throttlestop. Thanks for the info!

    and yeah this has only happened with Origins so far after reducing my Processor state. Maybe it's the game, was just worried if it was affecting my laptop.

    Red-Sand said:
    When you reduce processor state that much your essentially removing the "Turbo Boost" of your CPU.

    For example a i7-7700HQ has a base clock speed of 2.8ghz and 3.8ghz when boosted (3.4ghz when all cores are active at once).
    Setting CPU processor state to the value to specified will remove turbo boost (2.8ghz clock) and may even reduce it lower than the base clock. (<2.8ghz)

    There are a lot of games that require a minimum of 2.8ghz to operate properly so having clock speeds this low may hinder it from working properly.

    There is a pinned post on the main page of the forum I suggest you give a read-over.
    I see I did not know. This explains a lot, thank you for this answer! I will go through that post right away. 
  • MrGrudev
    MrGrudev Member Posts: 86 Fixer WiFi Icon
    The case with the AC Origins is not the minimum requirements because before I undervolt my CPU I used my notebook with reduced maximum processor state to 90%, which basicly cuts the turbo boost. The game worked fine, without crashing. It started crashing after optimising it with Nvidia experience. Since then I tried playing it few more times and it crashed sometimes a few minutes after I start playing, sometimes longer.. 30 min or so.
  • Red-Sand
    Red-Sand ACE Posts: 1,892 Pathfinder
    edited September 2018
    MrGrudev said:
    The case with the AC Origins is not the minimum requirements because before I undervolt my CPU I used my notebook with reduced maximum processor state to 90%, which basicly cuts the turbo boost. The game worked fine, without crashing. It started crashing after optimising it with Nvidia experience. Since then I tried playing it few more times and it crashed sometimes a few minutes after I start playing, sometimes longer.. 30 min or so.

    He set it to 75%, not 90%.

    CPU requirements for AC Origins is 2.8ghz.
    Means he should only disable turbo and no more than that.
    - Hotel Hero
  • MrGrudev
    MrGrudev Member Posts: 86 Fixer WiFi Icon
    Yes but I have i7-8750H, which base clock speed is 2.2ghz. On 90% it runs at about 2ghz, and it was fine.
  • Red-Sand
    Red-Sand ACE Posts: 1,892 Pathfinder
    MrGrudev said:
    Yes but I have i7-8750H, which base clock speed is 2.2ghz. On 90% it runs at about 2ghz, and it was fine.

    Ah then you should also take into consideration that you have 12 threads and he has 8. 👍
    - Hotel Hero

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