Turbo Boost on intel processor not working while playing Rebellion

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SOASE: R was working fine on my system, until I took it off of my laptop for about a month and then reinstalled it a few days ago.

 

Since the reinstall, when I play SOASE, my computer no longer ramps up to the higher clock speed, but instead ramps down and remains at a lower clock speed than what my actual processor is clocked at.

 

So, here are my Laptop stats:

Intel Core i7 720QM 1.60 GHZ (with turbo boost to 2.8 GHZ).  Graphics:  ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650.  I am also using a wireless mouse, wireless keyboard, and a 24" monitor hooked up to the laptop.

 

When the games not running, the cpu runs around 2.4-2.8 when I am running applications, but after starting the game, it down shifts to 1.4 GHz.  It never did this before hand and its making the game unplayable even on the lowest graphics settings.  sometimes it even down shifts to 900 MHz.

 

As soon as I close out of the game, it ramps back up to 2K+ Ghz

 

I am using CPUZ to watch the core speed.

 

It's frustrating because I don't know how to fix this issue.  I have tried closing out of various system services as well to see if that would work.


I'm a loss to figure this out and I don't know where to go to read up on how to fix this problem as most of my various google search have not provided me anything of value.

 

Any help would be great.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

All I know about Sins and the processor is that its mostly a single core application. Perhaps your CPU management software doesn't know how to handle that situation.

I have also heard cases in other games where overclocking can sometimes lead to a decrease in performance, though actually lowering the total speed seems unusual.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

I feel sorry for you Eagle because you need to be a good techy to fix your problem. You basically have to overclock the CPU to 2.2ghz or 2.3ghz to be on the safe side of sins engine. 

 

 Do not try this without assistance and i cannot be responsible if you damage your CPU.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Sounds like a heat retention problem.

 

Turbo boost is self regulating based on temperature concerns.  Too much heat means no turbo, the video card kicking in for Sins would increase system heat and account for your problem.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Yes I figured it out...my laptop computer was full of dust.  I used a can of air on it and sprayed it all out and after that it worked fine.  I had no idea that dust could interfere so much.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

dust is the arch enemy of computers/technology ;)