TitanZen
@urielkael
That is interesting what region is your laptop from? I not one to overclock and over/undervolt so it probably does not really apply to me. My question though is because I was on 305 and I never saw any features that allowed you to do said things.
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If you're referring to the BIOS, (non gaming) laptops generally don't have much options exposed to the user. You'll need to use either the official Intel XTU software or ThrottleStop to manage the CPU.
As much as how well designed the Pro Duo's cooling system is, which is surprisingly gaming grade like decent btw, there's still no way the Pro Duo can sustain a prolonged load at the max rated clock of 4.2GHz on all 8 cores, hell it can't even sustain the rated 45w TDP without thermal throttling even when only a few cores are loaded.
The difference in idle temps alone for me with undervolting is as much as -10°C and a performance increase of as much as 8% in Cinebench R20 as thermal throttling kicks in much later and less severe.
BTW, just got official word that they are locking down the BIOS for good. So if you want control over the i9-9980HK CPU that you paid so much for, you'll need to stick to 305.