Why does my laptop get so hot while playing this game?

[CallMeLeonidas]

First of all, while my laptop seems weak at first glance (i7-10750H, GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD), it can still run Cyberpunk 2077 on medium to high settings with good FPS (50-60) at 1080p with FSR 2.1 on Quality, and over 100 FPS with FSR 3 mod.

However, I'm concerned that my laptop gets so hot while playing (91C on the GPU, which is where my laptop starts throttling massively), whereas in other games it's around 86-87C. I cleaned my laptop thoroughly in late November 2023, and the temperature has stayed that way ever since even though my room gets dusty every few days. I have to enable Turbo fans in order to keep the temperature at 86C.

What should I do? Is it because of FSR 3? I'll try playing without it and see if that'll fix it. Thanks in advance.

Update: it also started happening in other games, but it was fine yesterday. Why is it happening?

Update 2: the restart seems to have helped, I'll keep playing to observe the temps.

[Verios44]

Couple general laptop tips

1. Try to place it on a raised surface with access to fresh air. MOST laptops breathe and exhaust from the sides or bottom of the chassis.

2. Try to limit other applications while gaming.

3. Update drivers and BIOS if you can. Your laptop manufacturer should have a update tool on their website you can use. Or, if not find out the best way to update your drivers. For example I work with Dell laptops for work and we use their dell command update tool to get all bios/driver updates.

As said different manufacturers do this differently.

4. As always, keep Windows itself updated :)

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by Verios44:

Couple general laptop tips

1. Try to place it on a raised surface with access to fresh air. MOST laptops breathe and exhaust from the sides or bottom of the chassis.

2. Try to limit other applications while gaming.

3. Update drivers and BIOS if you can. Your laptop manufacturer should have a update tool on their website you can use. Or, if not find out the best way to update your drivers. For example I work with Dell laptops for work and we use their dell command update tool to get all bios/driver updates.

As said different manufacturers do this differently.

4. As always, keep Windows itself updated :)

1. I placed my laptop on top of a very old cooling pad, and it was useless. Not only that, but the cooling pad's surface was pretty dirty, so it didn't make much of a difference. Same with the "new" one.

2. There's only Steam and Discord running alongside the game, and they don't use my CPU much.

3. The last BIOS update[www.acer.com] for my model was released in Februray 2021, and its only changelog is "1. Update brightness table.". I updated my NVIDIA driver on January 26, 2024, and the temperature before that was also around 86-87C.

4. Due to the circumstances in my country regarding the conflict, Microsoft has stopped pushing feature updates in the country. I haven't been bothered to install new updates, but now that you said it I'll try to find a way to do it.

Ugh, this is so annoying, I would rather play games with worse graphics and FPS on an Xbox Series S, at least it's quiet and comfortable.

[DevilSmile's]

dude try undervolt u laptop. msi afterburner for undvolt gpu> and in bios undervolt cpu (if bios allow u do that) for laptop undervolting very useful for cool work

[DevilSmile's]

find guides on youtune

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by NeonVibe's:

dude try undervolt u laptop. msi afterburner for undvolt gpu> and in bios undervolt cpu (if bios allow u do that) for laptop undervolting very useful for cool work

My laptop CPU is already undervolted via ThrottleStop, and I even disabled Turbo boost. As for the GPU side, it doesn't help.

[Mhill]

These responses are ridiculous, all you need to is setup a FPS cap to 60FPS. Then your temperatures will be more respectable.

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by Mhill:

These responses are ridiculous, all you need to is setup a FPS cap to 60FPS. Then your temperatures will be more respectable.

It still gets hot when the GPU usage gets closer to 100%, so it's not a viable solution.

I removed the FSR 3 mod because it was causing crashes, so now I'm back to 50-60s.

[Mhill]

Originally posted by Leonidas:

Originally posted by Mhill:

These responses are ridiculous, all you need to is setup a FPS cap to 60FPS. Then your temperatures will be more respectable.

It still gets hot when the GPU usage gets closer to 100%, so it's not a viable solution.

I removed the FSR 3 mod because it was causing crashes, so now I'm back to 50-60s.

Your kinda limited with what you can do in a compact environment such as a laptop. You could try re-timming the GPU, but whether or not your willing to tear your laptop apart is the question. Tim does degrade over long periods of time....especially if it's many years old and always running very hot.

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by Mhill:

Originally posted by Leonidas:

It still gets hot when the GPU usage gets closer to 100%, so it's not a viable solution.

I removed the FSR 3 mod because it was causing crashes, so now I'm back to 50-60s.

Your kinda limited with what you can do in a compact environment such as a laptop. You could try re-timming the GPU, but whether or not your willing to tear your laptop apart is the question. Tim does degrade over long periods of time....

You mean repasting? I already did that four months ago. I don't know what "timming" is.

[Mhill]

Originally posted by Leonidas:

Originally posted by Mhill:

Your kinda limited with what you can do in a compact environment such as a laptop. You could try re-timming the GPU, but whether or not your willing to tear your laptop apart is the question. Tim does degrade over long periods of time....

You mean repasting? I already did that four months ago. I don't know what "timming" is.

Yeah same thing. Well if you've done it recently then we can rule that out. Has your GPU always operated hot? You've not mentioned your CPU temps.

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by Mhill:

Originally posted by Leonidas:

You mean repasting? I already did that four months ago. I don't know what "timming" is.

Yeah same thing. Well if you've done it recently then we can rule that out. Has your GPU always operated hot? You've not mentioned your CPU temps.

Yeah, it's always been hot, yet I've seen videos benchmarking the same laptop GPU and they get WAY lower temperatures. As for my CPU, it's usually in the mid 80s when gaming and around 50s when idle.

[Verios44]

Originally posted by Leonidas:

Originally posted by Mhill:

Yeah same thing. Well if you've done it recently then we can rule that out. Has your GPU always operated hot? You've not mentioned your CPU temps.

Yeah, it's always been hot, yet I've seen videos benchmarking the same laptop GPU and they get WAY lower temperatures. As for my CPU, it's usually in the mid 80s when gaming and around 50s when idle.

You cant really rely on benchmarks for temps really. Unless its specified they used the same exact laptop model as yours in the test. Also software conditions play a big role. Most benchmarks are ran on fresh Windows installs for example.

[Mhill]

Originally posted by Verios44:

Originally posted by Leonidas:

Yeah, it's always been hot, yet I've seen videos benchmarking the same laptop GPU and they get WAY lower temperatures. As for my CPU, it's usually in the mid 80s when gaming and around 50s when idle.

You cant really rely on benchmarks for temps really. Unless its specified they used the same exact laptop model as yours in the test. Also software conditions play a big role. Most benchmarks are ran on fresh Windows installs for example.

This is very true for Laptop bench marking, since software is the major drawback for performance. The amount of bloatware on laptops is ridiculous.

@OP Are you running any gaming profiles in the Bios? Sometimes these can be over aggressive to say the least.

[CallMeLeonidas]

Originally posted by Mhill:

Originally posted by Verios44:

You cant really rely on benchmarks for temps really. Unless its specified they used the same exact laptop model as yours in the test. Also software conditions play a big role. Most benchmarks are ran on fresh Windows installs for example.

This is very true for Laptop bench marking, since software is the major drawback for performance. The amount of bloatware on laptops is ridiculous.

@OP Are you running any gaming profiles in the Bios? Sometimes these can be over aggressive to say the least.

Should I uninstall PredatorSense too? I'm worried since if I delete that I won't be able to turn on Turbo fans to save my laptop from throttling.

[Mhill]

Originally posted by Leonidas:

Originally posted by Mhill:

This is very true for Laptop bench marking, since software is the major drawback for performance. The amount of bloatware on laptops is ridiculous.

@OP Are you running any gaming profiles in the Bios? Sometimes these can be over aggressive to say the least.

Should I uninstall PredatorSense too? I'm worried since if I delete that I won't be able to turn on Turbo fans to save my laptop from throttling.

No, but i'd check if it's overclocking section is set to extreme. If it is, experiment to see if you can get better temps by dropping to normal. I would also check what the fans profiles are doing whilst your in there.