I was looking into ways to reduce cpu temps. Throttlestop seems a good app if you know what you are doing. If you don't you can seriously screw things up, so I'm hesitant to go that far into settings. The idea is to undervolt the cpu so it uses less power, thus less heat. It should still run fine, yet undervolt too much and things start crashing randomly. If you accidentally overvolt and/or disable auto throttling you can melt your cpu...
There is a much easier way. In Windows power & sleep settings -> additional power settings -> balanced -> change plan settings -> change advanced power settings -> processor power management -> maximum processor state. Set to 99% to disable boost to 3.9 ghz, keeping the gpu at max 2.2 ghz. (make sure minimum processor state is also set to 99% or below)
I ran the benchmark of FH4 again, yep CPU limited, this time it suggested to go with unlocked frame rate, average of 76fps yet it hit a minimum of 61 fps during the test. I locked it to 72 anyway with v-sync, dynamic balancing, preset high instead of ultra and no motion blur (hate that). The result, no more throttling during the game, cpu sits at 70c instead of bouncing off 100c, fans run at 4200 rpm instead of 5500 rpm, much less noise, and I don't even notice the 'downgrade' in graphical quality. The difference a minor tweak can make.
FH4 is a weird one though. It keeps the CPU and GPU fully utilized in the background, then crashes after a few minutes when I try to browse the internet (looking up barn find locations, me cheating) While input messes up completely when a DS4 is charging on the laptop. 3 decades of Windows, still no good at multi tasking.
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