laptop intel gpu doesn't clock above 200 MHZ

[TheDylPickle]

owning a dell latitude e7440, i was expecting to be able to do normal tasks without lagging.
I was wrong.
I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10, and updated all the drivers to the latest version (Even used a previous graphics driver, and an intellimodded driver without avail), but after a short while of chrome surfing, or light gaming, the frames drop significantly, and usually never go back up until a restart occurs (sometimes that doesn't work either).

What I realize from this is that the intel GPU was stuck at 200 MHZ after a short while, and will never go beyond that frequency.

thru my little research, I've found out that my CPU had a 15 watt power limit, and would throttle after a while of pushing the cpu past 15 watts.
however, whenever the cpu and gpu get clocked down, they don't manage to go back up, even when the temps run down to 60-70 and the cpu power wattage is at 9-12W.

How can I release this lock so that the GPU can perform consistently throughout my session?
Or at least, how can I have the GPU run higher than 200 MHz during anything slightly graphic/cpu intensive? (Non-Demanding Games like League of Legends, or FL Studio, Chrome)

specs:
core i7 4600U
12 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
256 GB SSD

 

[flavallee]

Dell Latitude E7440 (support site)
Have you updated the BIOS to version A25 which was released on March 01, 2018 and is listed as an urgent update?

The Intel Core i7-4600U 2.10 GHz dual core processor is a 15 watts 4th generation model.


According to Intel, that processor has an Intel HD Graphics 4400 integrated graphic device.


That graphic device has a base frequency of 200 MHz and a maximum dynamic frequency of 1.10 GHz.

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[TheDylPickle]

The BIOS has been updated to A25 when the issue occured.
I know the base frequency is 200 MHz, but shouldn't it clock up a bit when needed to keep the framerates high enough?

 

[123Zbyniek]

https://www.intel.pl/content/www/pl/pl/support/articles/000006728/graphics-drivers.html

 

[TheDylPickle]

https://www.intel.pl/content/www/pl/pl/support/articles/000006728/graphics-drivers.html

How is that supposed to help me?

 

[123Zbyniek]

The manufacturer does not recommend overclocking these graphs.
You do it at your own risk!
If you choose to do so, you can use the Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) -> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/66427/processors/processor- utilities-and-programs / intel extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html? _ga = 2.89933339.1466647026.1527761191-1849976179.1511097714
(read the instructions carefully and use the experience of other users (eg YouTube).
However, you must take into account that you can ruin your computer!

 

[TheDylPickle]

The manufacturer does not recommend overclocking these graphs.
You do it at your own risk!
If you choose to do so, you can use the Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel® XTU) -> https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/products/66427/processors/processor- utilities-and-programs / intel extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html? _ga = 2.89933339.1466647026.1527761191-1849976179.1511097714
(read the instructions carefully and use the experience of other users (eg YouTube).
However, you must take into account that you can ruin your computer!

No, that won't do.
First, I'm using a ULV CPU -> no overclocking for me.
Second, I can only change the MAX Graphics Clock ratio, which doesn't help in my case because I'm always going to be stuck at the base speeds.

 

[crjdriver]

First and foremost you need to understand that your laptop is NOT designed for gaming; it is designed for general office stuff ie running office, email, web access, running spread sheets, etc, etc. Purpose designed gaming laptops have a real video card/chip, heavy duty cooling, large battery capacity, etc.

When you use a part in a manner for which it was not designed, you are almost always disappointed in the performance.
Since this is a laptop, settings are very restricted in the bios. You have a choice;
1 Live with it OR purchase a gaming laptop
2 Find a programmer to mod the bios file so you can set the video speed. Note this is NOT cheap; paying someone to write a custom bios file for you is going to cost hundreds of $

 

[TheDylPickle]

First and foremost you need to understand that your laptop is NOT designed for gaming; it is designed for general office stuff ie running office, email, web access, running spread sheets, etc, etc. Purpose designed gaming laptops have a real video card/chip, heavy duty cooling, large battery capacity, etc.

When you use a part in a manner for which it was not designed, you are almost always disappointed in the performance.
Since this is a laptop, settings are very restricted in the bios. You have a choice;
1 Live with it OR purchase a gaming laptop
2 Find a programmer to mod the bios file so you can set the video speed. Note this is NOT cheap; paying someone to write a custom bios file for you is going to cost hundreds of $

I guess, maybe I expected too much from this laptop. I didn't know it would underperform in terms of graphics compared to others with the exact same chip :/

 

[managed]

Does the CPU run at the correct frequency ? You may have to run something like Prime95 to make it go to full speed. You can check the speed with CPU-Z.

 

[TheDylPickle]

Does the CPU run at the correct frequency ? You may have to run something like Prime95 to make it go to full speed. You can check the speed with CPU-Z.

Tried running it for an hour, but it doesnt seem to do mich

 

[managed]

Tried running it for an hour, but it doesnt seem to do mich

It forces the Cpu to run at 100% which in turn should make it run at it's maximum frequency, so check the frequency with CPU-Z when Prime 95 starts, to make sure it's not being throttled.

 

[TheDylPickle]

It forces the Cpu to run at 100% which in turn should make it run at it's maximum frequency, so check the frequency with CPU-Z when Prime 95 starts, to make sure it's not being throttled.

When I played around w/ it, it goes up to around 1.6 ghz
But right now I can't even boot it (diff issue), so there's no trying here.

 

[managed]

The Cpu should go up to at least 2.1 GHz, or even 3.3 if the 'turbo' kicks in, as shown in Frank's post #2 above.

I see you started a new thread about the start-up problem here :- https://forums.techguy.org/threads/please-wait-bootloop.1211032/

 

[TheDylPickle]

The Cpu should go up to at least 2.1 GHz, or even 3.3 if the 'turbo' kicks in, as shown in Frank's post #2 above.

I see you started a new thread about the start-up problem here :- https://forums.techguy.org/threads/please-wait-bootloop.1211032/

Well, since the update, the CPU has been performing as expected.
I don't experience power limit throttling as much anymore (I let the CPU go up to 1.6-2.7 GHz). The GPU WILL clock up to 600-1100 MHz once in a while, but then it will go back down and stay at 200 MHz for a long while (feels like an indefinite amount of time).
Checking in XTU, the Package TDP does not reach the Max TDP (Running at 10-13 watts), and none of the throttlings seem to be turned on...