- Mar 5, 2014
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Hi,
First I want to apologize if I asked any dumb question: I don't understand very much about the subject. Uh, and my English is not the best too.
Going on: I have a mobile computer (laptop) with the following specifications:
CPU: Intel i7-4500U @ 1.8GHz (up to 3GHz with Turbo Boost)
GPU: AMD Radeon 8850M (2GB) and Intel 4400 (which I obviously won't use for games).
RAM: 8GB
HD: 1TB (5200rpm)
OS: Windows 8
The Windows experience index gives the lowest grade to HD (5,9). The rest will be >= 6,7.
The GPU is set to work at the maximum performance it can hold.
I was playing a game Minecraft at full settings and I had some lag (20-50 FPS) in a more resource demanding area of the game. If I open the task manager and check those graphics, however, the RAM use will be around 2,6GB, the HD usage will seldom reach 35% and the CPU will stay at 80%. I don't know how to monitor the GPU usage... but the temperature will be OK.
I can notice that, about a minute after I started playing, the fan will rotate with more frequency. All the temperatures will be OK.
My first question is: What bottlenecks the game? Is it the CPU, once it's the only hardware being at a high usage? If yes, why doesn't it reach 100%?
The second one: How can I know when Turbo Boost is active? Is it when the fan rotates faster?
Thank you in advance.
First I want to apologize if I asked any dumb question: I don't understand very much about the subject. Uh, and my English is not the best too.
Going on: I have a mobile computer (laptop) with the following specifications:
CPU: Intel i7-4500U @ 1.8GHz (up to 3GHz with Turbo Boost)
GPU: AMD Radeon 8850M (2GB) and Intel 4400 (which I obviously won't use for games).
RAM: 8GB
HD: 1TB (5200rpm)
OS: Windows 8
The Windows experience index gives the lowest grade to HD (5,9). The rest will be >= 6,7.
The GPU is set to work at the maximum performance it can hold.
I was playing a game Minecraft at full settings and I had some lag (20-50 FPS) in a more resource demanding area of the game. If I open the task manager and check those graphics, however, the RAM use will be around 2,6GB, the HD usage will seldom reach 35% and the CPU will stay at 80%. I don't know how to monitor the GPU usage... but the temperature will be OK.
I can notice that, about a minute after I started playing, the fan will rotate with more frequency. All the temperatures will be OK.
My first question is: What bottlenecks the game? Is it the CPU, once it's the only hardware being at a high usage? If yes, why doesn't it reach 100%?
The second one: How can I know when Turbo Boost is active? Is it when the fan rotates faster?
Thank you in advance.
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