HP Victus GPU Power Limit Issue

[Jaye1410]

So essentially, even when I set my Victus to standard mode (performance is too loud) the wattage for the GPU will hit 60 and the fans will spin up, but after about a minute or two it will immediately drop down to 29 watts and stay there. That's the wattage value for silent mode, which is leaving a lot of performance on the table. From eyeballing it with the Nvidia performance overlay and Omen gaming hub itself, the CPU hits a max of 85 and GPU a max of 71, and then of course after dropping wattage the temps come down as well.

So what is this weird error that is causing this automatic throttling down to 30 watts? My power settings were set to balanced, yes the notebook is plugged in, Omen gaming hub is on standard. But even if it were thermal throttling instead of dropping to like 45w or something (which is a nice middle ground) it goes all the way to the lowest TDP of 29. I updated the bios and nvidia drivers to the latest, all windows updates are installed as well.

[Treeko]

Hi @Jaye1410 

Welcome to HP Support Community. 

Thank you for posting your query, I will be glad to help you. 

I see that you are facing issues with Victus By HP 16.1 Inch Gaming Laptop PC 16-D1.

Please update the drivers using HP Support Assistant. Kindly refer to the steps on this link and let me know if that fixes the issue.

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Treeko

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[Jaye1410]

That did not solve the issue at all. The only updates that were available to me were the mediatek bluetooth and wireless adapters. I had already manually updated the bios previously, and my NVIDIA drivers are also up to date. I used the HP support assistant to run performance optimisation, operating system checks, as well as hardware diagnostics.

Placing Omen gaming hub into performance mode does maintain the GPU at around 70-74 watts but sees an accompanying heat and fan noise increase that is fairly significant. In standard mode, the GPU still throttles down to 29 watts after the GPU hits 71 degrees.

[Treeko]

Hi @Jaye1410 

I've sent you a private message with the instructions. In order to access your private messages, click the private message icon on the upper right corner of your HP Support Community profile, next to your profile Name or simply click on this link

I hope this helps.
Take care and have a good day.

Treeko
HP Support