Mass Effect 2 turbo boosts my CPU all the way. Anyone else?

I wouldn't of even noticed if the turbo widget wasn't installed. Whenever I start the game it automatically turbo boosts the CPU all the way and stays that way until the game is turned off (checked with CTRL-ALT back to the desktop). Saw the CPU was getting pretty hot and used power options to cut the CPU back. Not a big difference in FPS if at all and now temps are all good

Anybody else have this happen when they're playing ME2?

 

This what is supposed to happen. It dynamically scales the clock speed based on how many cores you're using. What temps were you getting that made you nervous? Turbo was designed to throttle itself if temps go too high, you don't need to do it.

Secondly, the Intel gadget is buggy. I recommend Throttlestop if you want to monitor speed and temps.

 

I meant that there's no difference in FPS between the CPU running fully turboboosted (110% or however you want to look at it) as opposed to the CPU at 75% or even lower power. I'm not saying there should be a difference in FPS as the GPU is doing 90% of the work. Also, this is the only game I noticed to automatically keep the CPU turboboosted the entire time even when getting into high temps.

Temps of 80c+ in the CPU. Though the room temps here are already at around 35c.

I monitor temps with HWmonitor. The turbo gadget I use doesn't show temps.

 

OK, I get what you're saying.

But, if it's getting into the 80's, it's going to throttle back down on it's own. The intel boost monitor is inaccurate, that's why they took the download offline. It might say it's not boosting when it is, Throttlestop is much more accurate in telling you what the CPU is doing.

In the end, I think you're just making extra work for yourself. But that's just my opinion.

 

Ok, well regardless of the turboboost, it was still up in the 80's and staying there. The only way I got it to cool down was by going into power settings and just setting the CPU lower....It wasn't a lot of work and it cooled it down substantially without any real loss of game performance. That being said, I think a big part of it is being in 35c temps. Doesn't help.

I'll take a look at the Throttlestop though... Sounds like it might be worth it.

 

The 80s are normal, no need to worry.

 

No need to worry until it gets mid 90's. 80's is normal.

 

Excellent, thank you. I originally thought it was okay, then when it got to 88 I decided to double check. It seems there's a common misconception that even 70 is too high...Good to know that's not the case. Thanks much.

 

A lot of the misconception comes from the fact that some desktop CPUs have a much lower safety range than mobile variants. Intel lists a lot of desktop i7s at ~70C, while the mobile i7s are listed at 100C.

Mobile CPUs are engineered to run in much tighter environments, under more stressful temperatures.