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- Jan 24, 2017
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THIS. I think I finally solved it - after some googling to see if/how Windows could be throttling, I stumbled upon this page: HOWTO
isable CPU Throttling in WindowsI've always had my computer in 'performance mode' but when looking further into the advanced options noticed there were settings for the minimum and maximum processor state set to like 5%. How this is considered 'performance' mode I do not know, but immediately after following the short instructions on that page above, my core speed instantly read ~3,700 mhz on CPUID. Unbelievable - makes me wonder if every computer I've ever owned has been getting arbitrarily throttled in this way.
The computer is immediately snappier...my Firestorm benchmark score went from 3672 on the last run to now 5402, much more reasonable.
The irony is, what started this search was that I setup a new projector as a second monitor, and video that played smoothly on my main screen was immediately choppy when dragging over to the projector, and immediately smooth again when dragging back to the main screen. I messed around with refresh rates without success, so came here which you guys helped me realize my entire CPU was being arbitrarily throttled, which I could have gone forever not realizing.
Now, with a much snappier performing computer, every video is playing silky smooth and better than ever on the main screen, but testing it on the projector it is still choppy and dropping frames, haha. So the original issue didn't resolve itself yet but at least it pointed to a much larger issue that fortunately HAS been successfully remedied which I think was much more important. I'll keep troubleshooting the projector issue (which only seems to exist in "extend desktop" mode but disappears in "duplicate desktop" mode for some reason), but a HUGE thank you to you guys for helping me uncover the most pressing issue I didn't even realize I had.
