high cpu temp. Any tips?

[Woldren]

Rtx 3070 8gb
i7 12700H 4.7 ghz
16 gb ram
Fps capped at 60 to reduce temps, not working. Without cap 150 fps on "High"
Gaming Laptop
CPU temp 92 on medium settings

I am trying to lower the temps, but I can't really find which setting is causing this intensive cpu usage. Can anyone help me figure it out?

[Jamie]

Use task manager and find it out,

Game will use alot of your CPU regardless, you're playing cyberpunk.

You're on a laptop so you will struggle with temps.

[ChalopaG]

with those specs you shouldnt have a problem, but in laptop it may be an issue
If you havent done maintenance like cleaning fans or changed the thermal paste in a while

[Leon]

Stock laptop paste isnt as good, only few brands started using the best one in the market which is honeywell ptm7950 ( can be ordered online, but costs are high.

Another solution would be getting IETS GT500 cooling pad, a bit expensive, it is 5,000 rpm fan. When i have cp2077 on max graphics my cpu never goes above 80c and thats when the fan is at 50-75% of speed. Gpu is at mid 60s.

My laptop is msi gp66 leopard, i7 11800h, 3070 max p, 16gb ram incase info was needed. I use the cooling pad mentioned above, but waiting on the thermal pad till they are more available since shipping costs for me at 50$ which is way too high.

[Bogmore]

I always thought gaming laptop was an oxymoron.

[Atikin_Skywalker]

Originally posted by Bogmore:

I always thought gaming laptop was an oxymoron.

Yes! Idk how its still a thing and why people keep bying these laptops.

[envirovore]

Can try a frequency limit on your CPU if you're able to access and do so in BIOS.
Laptops typically tend to run on the warmer side, from my understanding 80's and into 90's isn't uncommon.

[Woldren]

Originally posted by Atikin_Skywalker:

Originally posted by Bogmore:

I always thought gaming laptop was an oxymoron.

Yes! Idk how its still a thing and why people keep bying these laptops.

because we travel a lot and we don't live in just one house.

Anyway, this is the only game with this temp problem. In every other game I just have to cap the framerate and the problem is solved. Shadow of tomb raider? Capped at 72 fps. Elden ring? Capped at 60 fps. Temps don't even reach 70C lol.

Guess I will not play Cyberpunk then... it's simple. I am lucky tho, I have been able to play this game via steam family, without even wasting money. Guess I'll simply play the other 150 games in my library then.. Thank you all for the replies

[Jack Greedy]

Use GPU scheduling in systems settings under display/graphics. And use windows 11.

[envirovore]

Originally posted by Woldren:

Originally posted by Atikin_Skywalker:

Yes! Idk how its still a thing and why people keep bying these laptops.

because we travel a lot and we don't live in just one house.

Anyway, this is the only game with this temp problem. In every other game I just have to cap the framerate and the problem is solved. Shadow of tomb raider? Capped at 72 fps. Elden ring? Capped at 60 fps. Temps don't even reach 70C lol.

Other games use different engines which may not utilize the CPU in the same way, not an accurate point of comparison.
Heck, even games using the same engine may not be accurate to compare against (for instance one UE4 game vs another UE4 game) as CPU load will depend on features either added, removed, or customized by the devs, game logic, optimizations (or lack thereof), utilized instruction sets...

So, the reason those other games run cooler is due to the CPU not needing to do as much work at your target frame cap to calculate both game logic and prepare a frame for the GPU.

[» Signar! «]

I can recommend to undervolt your CPU in the power options where you make your own customized power plan. There are a lot of YT videos that explain how it's done pretty easy and fast.

I did it a while back but if I remember correctly I think the main points are Minimum and Max processor state settings. Mine are sat at Min. 80% and Max. 90%.

[Leon]

Originally posted by » Signar! «:

I can recommend to undervolt your CPU in the power options where you make your own customized power plan. There are a lot of YT videos that explain how it's done pretty easy and fast.

I did it a while back but if I remember correctly I think the main points are Minimum and Max processor state settings. Mine are sat at Min. 80% and Max. 90%.

thats not how undervolting is, what you are suggesting will basically disabling the turbo boost, making the cpu run at its base clock speed at all time, which isn't ideal.

[envirovore]

Originally posted by » Signar! «:

I can recommend to undervolt your CPU in the power options where you make your own customized power plan. There are a lot of YT videos that explain how it's done pretty easy and fast.

I did it a while back but if I remember correctly I think the main points are Minimum and Max processor state settings. Mine are sat at Min. 80% and Max. 90%.

Limiting power state (or frequency, or restricting boost for further examples) is not the same as under-volting.

What Ryzen's Curve Optimizer does is under-volting (assuming you run it with a negative offset, positive is over-volting), limiting voltage based on a curved ratio at various frequency state intervals while still delivering full power (wattage) availability to reach full performance states, at the potential cost of instability if you push your voltage curve too low (which typically occurs in low CPU load use cases/idle state).