RTX 2060 Max-P Mobile Refresh Power Draw (Early 2020 Razer Blade 15 Base)
I bought this laptop thinking it would be configure with the refresh version of the RTX 2060 that is now capable of drawing 115W.
I cross checked the device ID to see if it was the refreshed 2060 and it appears that it is, the device ID starts with: 10DE 1F15
The model of my 15 inch base is: RZ09-0328X where X is 6
The BIOS is now version: 1.06
Synapse version: 3.5.1130.111812
The GPU Chip Power Draw that I see however never exceed 90W and the PerfCap Reason listed in GPU-Z says Pwr which means the GPU is receiving limited power. Synapse performance mode was set to Gaming when I checked these values.
Aren't we leaving performance on the table by not letting the GPU get the full 115W it can now do? Can I set this up to 115W somewhere?
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The power draw takes into consideration the Thermal Limits of the Heatsink and Power available on the Voltage Regulator, shared by both the GPU and CPU.
But like the CPU boosts with 60W and then 45W after that, the GPU never exceeds 90W no matter what, I know that Razer fine-tuned these things but I am surprised that we aren't taking advantage of the full 115W
hugobast115 watt boost GPUs is nvidia refresh version in mid 2020, I think your model had different chip so it can’t boost to 115 watt on original bios. Nvidia is moving to new low voltage GDDR6 memory across the line-up, which drops the memory clock rate and this reduces memory bandwidth, it allows Nvidia to allocate more power to the GPU, which is a good solution for the 2060 that tends not to be memory limited. As other mentioned you can try bios cross flash from 115 watt model but It’s not recommended since I’m not sure vrm can handle the extra wattage for having higher voltage ram. However 90 watt was top tdp before nvidia mobile refresh out, some other thin light categories manufacturers like MSI used 80 watt for giving more room temperature to CPU.
But like the CPU boosts with 60W and then 45W after that, the GPU never exceeds 90W no matter what, I know that Razer fine-tuned these things but I am surprised that we aren't taking advantage of the full 115W
> 115 watt boost GPUs is nvidia refresh version in mid 2020, I think your model had different chip so it can’t boost to 115 watt on original bios.
Well either I don't have that model because Razer doesn't have in any of the current laptop but I can't not have it if it's in the current 15 inch base, I have the model currently sold on Razer.com.
I'm not gonna invest in custom BIOS for this I'm more inclined after a few weeks of use to tune the computer down to avoid the high fan speeds lol.
I have 2 more weeks to decide if I keep this laptop or return it, it is really loud and the batterie is really poor on it -- I should have heeded the reviews. JFC I'm only getting about 2h of web browsing on this thing.
I think I might cross-flash it in the end with information picked up from http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/rtx-2060-crossflash.831798/
Will report back if I do it.
I didn't really drive that point across in my opening post, Synapse setting CPU performance the CPU TDP moves from 35W to 45W. For GPU performance setting it does nothing as far as I can see, TDP stays at 90W that's what I was mainly curious about. Is this a bug? I expected that maybe the TDP would go up from 90W to 115W since I do have the mobile refresh, I checked my model is 1F15.
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