Yes, I've been monitoring with HwInfo64 and the GPU switch works as expected.
I've discovered that the processor never enters C6, C7 or C8 states... it's stuck in C2 >70% of the time (even when idle). Fresh Windows 10 install, with nothing running in the background, and all the drivers from...
@TheMash is your laptop very warm to the touch in the area just under the space bar? that's where the battery is and i don't really see why it's warming up so much when i just have the laptop sat on a table doing nothing.
balanced plan for me. link state management set to maximum power savings. usb selective suspend setting set to "enabled"
for the record, i'm a pretty advanced user and i wrestled intel cpus in the past.
i've tried everything in the book (inc limiting cpu turbo boost and power draw, setting...
As someone who's interested in buying this laptop, I think it's a bit of a joke to go through all of this pain when forking out around £2k for a device.
Is the GPU in here the RX 2070 desktop version or 2070 mobile? I'm just researching components after years of being out of the market and find that there's a massive difference between them.