So, when the GPU is also loaded on Razer 18” laptop, the CPU gets limited to a paltry 40 watts.

The thing is, this is not a thermal limitation, but an arbitrary one. As Jarrod’s Tech review shows, the cpu is only in the 70’s when 100% loaded at 40w whilst the GPU is also 100% loaded at ~170W.

Right now I have an MSI GT77 and I hate the lack of G-Sync and am thinking of returning it.

But the CPU does 185W on a CPU only load and 75 watts when the GPU is also loaded.

This is almost double the Razer.

When you are gaming in the Razer, on a GPU intensive game, you will see the P cores of the 13950HX at 2ghz, which is really, really low. On the flipside, on the GT77, it’s around 4ghz stable.

All Razer have to do is release a bios update and maybe allow around 65 W for the CPU which should still not put it into thermal throttle territory. 

Why won’t they do this? It’s the entire reason I did not buy this laptop.

Secondly, I see Razer added a “max fan speed” option for boost/OC CPU mode.

Better than nothing,

but YEARS later, and they still allow precise minimum fan speed control only in the balanced mode which is very low performance.

So for the high performance mode you get auto fan (slow ramp) or Max. Nothing in between.

How do Razer not  understand this is BACKWARDS and the high performance mode is the one where we want to set a minimum precise fan speed. Not everything requires 100% fan speed LOL.

It’s these things which drive me crazy and why after my 15 advanced broke down last year, I decided to quit Razer. But I really do like the 18” otherwise.. It has a huge superfast screen, and at 1600P the 4090 will be able to play anything maxed out, which I can’t do in 4K on the MSI screen.

I really hope razer consider these changes that they could fix overnight and would be useful for everyone, IMO.

Thoughts?