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r/thinkpad • … • u/Heliaxx

Thinkpad T14 with MX330 weird GPU thermal throttling/limit

Hi, I am having a really weird and annoying issue that basically stops me from using the laptop in any way effectivelly.

When I launch any somewhat graphically demanding application or game, just after few seconds the performance drops basically to 0 and I found out it way due to a weirdly low GPU Thermal limit of just 57°C which is obviously hit almost instantly any time the GPUY gets some load.

I tried a bunch of fixes including trying older drivers, clean installing the new ones again with DDU, updating BIOS and even trying to set the limit manually in Asus GPU TweakII (this can actually override the default 57° for a while but after not too long it just gets automaticky resetted back without any input from me).

So I figured I would ask here if you wouldn't have any advice on what else to try, because it really seems like a such a bizzare issue to me. Thanks!

Some more info: CPU Intel Core i7-10610U, 24gb RAM, 500gb SSD, Win 11, bought refurbished. The 57°C is a concrete GPU thermal limit it shows in HWInfo and so on.

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