As with MSI afterburner, having this open slows the iGPU down massively. The stats for the dGPU are repeatedly appearing and disappearing.

If I open furmark up, in the config menu it tries to display the temperature and TDP of the GPU.

I still can't confirm which of the 2 suspects it could be but I heavily suspect the latter. There is either something wrong with how it polls the iGPU, or it has to do with it trying to poll the deactivated(?) discrete GPU, I am not sure which. I'm guessing this has to do with the hardware polling. This only happens while 'Enable hardware control and monitoring' is enabled If the game is ran with the discrete GPU, the issue doesn't seem to be present It also allows you to monitor your GPUs temperature, fan speed, and power usage. MSI afterburner is free and universal, working with any graphics card- including NVIDIA and AMD- and any brand of laptop. Plugging in the charger immediately speeds it back up again MSI Afterburner is a program that allows you to overclock your graphics card. This is not happening when the laptop is charging, only while on battery This issue has been present across 2 OS reinstalls. Reinstalling MSI afterburner does not solve the issue. Note that the laptop also has a discrete GPU Wa_cq_url: '/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core/performance-maximizer.The CPU is an i5 11400H (Intel UHD graphics for 11th gen processors) Wa_audience: 'emtaudience:business/btssbusinesstechnologysolutionspecialist,emtaudience:business/itoperationsspecialist/itmanager,emtaudience:consumer/pcconsumer', Wa_english_title: 'Intel® Performance Maximizer', This keeps the card up to date to maximize performance. Wa_upeproducts: 'upeproducts:processors/intelcoreprocessors', Using the Live Update function, you can automatically check and update drivers and graphics BIOS. Wa_emtcontenttype: 'emtcontenttype:salesandmarketingmaterials/brief/productbrief', This makes Afterburner the most versatile graphics tweaking tool out there. If you have a GPU made within the last ten years, this thing will support it. Wa_rmarketingproducts: 'rmarketingproducts:processors/intelcoreprocessors', MSI Afterburner is, for the most part, compatible with every GPU regardless of make, model, chipset manufacturer, or card manufacturer.

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