i7 3610QM Throttling issue when Overclocking HD 7970m

Hello Everyone,

This is my first time on the Forum and I'd like to apologize if I am posting this in the incorrect place, I just really need some help, I also posted this on another thread, though I don't think I will get a response very quickly..
Here's my dilemma: I have a Clevo P150EM with an i7 3610QM and a 7970m. I just figured out today that HotKey caused a Turbo issue and I promptly removed it, all was well until I realized something rather odd. You see, when I overclock my 7970m (normally around 1000/1525) at stock voltages, the CPU is not Turbo boosting up to 3.1 GHz like it should, instead it appears to be throttled down to 2.2-2.3GHz. If I run the 7970m at stock speeds, or with a very mild overclock (the VRAM can overclock around 1500MHz, but I can't touch the core clock really or I get throttled) then the CPU boosts right up to 3.1-3.3GHz no problem.

I was wondering, is the stock Clevo AC adapter not strong enough to push the overclocked 7970m as well as the boosted 3610QM? If so, is there a different, more powerful one I could purchase that may remove this throttling issue? I only ask because I seem to get worse performance in BF3 when I overclock the GPU than when the CPU can boost and the GPU is left at stock speeds. I was also thinking that maybe I could undervolt the CPU or the RAM at maybe help compensate? I just don't really know how to do either of those things.

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

*A quick note, temperature is not an issue, I just repasted both the CPU and GPU and I have foil over the heatsinks, that combined with benchmarking over an A/C vent kept the GPU under 60 degrees when using Unigine Valley and 3DMark 11, the CPU was around the 30's at Idle, and around 50 ish under load.

 

Throttlestop and uncheck BD Prochot box. Might help.

 

Beat me to it xD