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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon rolandguelle

Razer Synapse tool - CPU Frequency / Throttling improved in "Gaming mode"

Open dror-g opened this issue 2 years ago • 0 comments

It seems the Razer software tool Razer Synapse is able to extract additional performance when using "Game Mode".

I recently re-installed Windows 10 alongside Linux on my late-2019 Stealth (GTX1650). While experimenting with ThrottleStop, using its internal benchmarking/burn tool, I noticed that CPU Thermal Protection (TP) kicks in rather quickly at 60 degrees, and frequency is reduced to 1.5Ghz.

However, after installing Synapse and setting it to Game Mode, CPU TP kickes in later, and frequency is higher at 1.65-1.7GHz.

This performance control seems to be effective, and I'm wondering if we're missing out in Linux (assuming it's custom firmware instructions like fan control, which Synapse is able to adjust manually as well).

dror-g avatar Mar 22 '22 04:03 dror-g