7735HS Absurd Power Draw In Bazzite
I have a 2023 Asus A16 with the following specs.
Cpu: 7735hs
Gpu: 7700s
Ram: 32gb
Bazzite installation: bazzite-ally
I believe my CPU is using too much power.
The 7700s will be at sitting at a cool 60-70 degrees when in game mode. But the 7735hs will be using around 120watts and peaking at 95 degrees in most demanding games even when barely at 50% utilization. Is there a way to limit the power usage on bazzite? Something like simple decky tdp but not capped at 40w? This behavior seems to be related to Game Mode. When playing a game in the desktop, the temps seems to be fairly around the same as windows. I guess what I would like to find out is if its gamemode causing a crazy power draw or if it is reporting my temps and power usage wrong.
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Windows vs bazzite temps both capped at 60 fps, same settings. Both difficulty 8, and after 30-45 mins of playing in Hell Divers 2. Any information or advice is appreciated.
So i watched videos on the 7735hs. Its supposed to max out at 54 watts. What the heck.
Seems like you're using a performance governor
No
in desktop mode, it always sets itself to balance
i can switch it to performance in the asus rog app but it will go back to balance after a few seconds
dont use performance
i cant use performance. It sets itself back to balanced
but it maintains the high power usage and high temps
would installing asusctl and supergfxctl do anything?
no, uninstalling might help
ie not using an asus image
perhaps
i can rebase right?
or the CPU power is wrong
yes
still running hot, and i dont know if its reporting wrong. I noticed it is now having the high temperatures in desktop mode too. I can audibly hear the fans going louder when running bazzite. I can straight up limit power usage in windows so it doesnt do this. But I also dont wanna use windows lmao
wait
it does it in windows too?
no, just bazzite
i just dont wanna use windows
but you said you limit the power usage
In windows
using g-helper
in bazzite, i cant control the power usage at all so it cranks up the cpu and lets it use 120w
even though on the amd website, the 7735hs should max out at 54w
bro
does it overheat on windows stock or not
no
only bazzite
ok
the screenshots at the beginning show the temps and power usage in bazzitte vs windows
watch -n 0.1 sensors
use this to monitor consumption
mangohud is wrong some times
look at PPT
it jumped to 95 as soon as i opened hell divers lmao
fullscreen it
is it rated for 120?
On the asus website for this laptop, it says the 7700s can go to 120
but not the cpu
theres a chance it is confusing the cpu with the gpu
they look the same
i really hope so lmao
that would actually make more sense tbh
use the command
sensors
yes very likely it shows the CPU as the GPU and the GPU as the CPU
weird, there is only one amdgpu not 2
there should be two
some stuff was cut off
1 hour of gameplay after applying PTM7950 on the cpu and gpu die. Removed the Arctic MX-6 thermal paste.
